HDD death

(F.L.) Anders

Hi all,
Hopefully someone can give me some advice. I got an error E68 message and one red light on my xbox last night and after a bit of checking it seems the problem lies with my harddrive. The xbox works fine if i plug it out.

Now what I'm wondering is, is it now a simple case of buying a replacement HD and starting all my games from scratch again or is there any way of recovering the information from the broken harddrive?

I have Live so i'm guessing my gamer points and all can be recovered but not my save games. Am I right? Any opinions/advice appreciated

Mr. K

What type of HDD is it? 20, 60 or 120 GB?

(F.L.) Anders

Oh yeah sorry, its a 20GB.

Mr. K

If you upgrade to 120 GB, you should get a transfer cable and disc. This allows you to transfer data from a 20 to 120 GB HDD only. Check out the contents of new HDD before you buy though!

(F.L.) Anders

Ah I see, Thanks for the info. Hopefully I can salvage it, I dont really feel like investing another 100+ hours in Fallout 3 let alone another 20 other games...

On a side note if the transfer fails will I be able to redownload arcade games and DLC for free to my gamertag profile. For example Battlefield 1943, as i've already paid for them?

Mr. K

I believe so, as long as you keep the same console (and there's no reason for you to change in this situation).

(F.L.) Anders

Cheers! Off to the shops with me so!