Ryan314 Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 Well, ive read alot about how people's 360's were dying withing 6 months of purchasing.. i got one for christmas and my mom got the 2 year warranty... But my question is. If i bring it back what will they do? All of my game saves are on the hard drive and i refuse to lose all of it. Will they allow me to keep my hard drive or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 Well, ive read alot about how people's 360's were dying withing 6 months of purchasing.. i got one for christmas and my mom got the 2 year warranty... But my question is. If i bring it back what will they do? All of my game saves are on the hard drive and i refuse to lose all of it. Will they allow me to keep my hard drive or what? Good question, I would like to know as well. I have downloaded a bunch of market place stuff on mine that costed money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 30, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 Good question, I would like to know as well. I have downloaded a bunch of market place stuff on mine that costed money... Exactly, the xbox live arcade games, themes, gamer pics, etc. I dont understand what they would do.. Edit: Im asking thsi because i went to bestbuy today to pick up a game, and my mom returned a vacuum and there were 5 PEOPLE in front of me returning xbox 360 premium. And i saw 4 more sitting behind the counter, i asked like 3 of them what happened and they said it just died about 7 months in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 Exactly, the xbox live arcade games, themes, gamer pics, etc. I dont understand what they would do.. Let you keep the HDD I would guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 30, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 Let you keep the HDD I would guess. I guess, but then the new 360 comes with a hard drive so would they take the new hard drive out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted December 31, 2006 CID Share Posted December 31, 2006 They might swap out the hard drive for you when you get the replacement system. That is a really good question. Maybe call or go back to bestbuy and see if you could get a solid answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wknight40 Posted December 31, 2006 CID Share Posted December 31, 2006 I would guess like any computer that is returned for repair the HDD would be wiped clean. The first thing they will sya is what is on the HDD is the cause of the problem. When swapped they just give you a new console with a new HDD. At EB games I saw a device that allows the X-Box 360 to connect to you PC HDD. Not familiar with it nor do I recall the name but it may allow you to back-up the X-Box 360 drive before sending it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 31, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 31, 2006 Well i wont be sending it off, i have a 2 year warranty at bestbuy.. even though microsoft just came out with the 1 year warranty so ill refuse to give them my hard drive and have them swap it or something. They dont like confrontation at my bestbuy so they might just say here take the hard drive. I'm not one to put up arguments but i think thats wrong that you lose all your game saves and downloaded material etc. Im not going to spend money on the removable memory card either.. thats what the hard drives for in the first place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted December 31, 2006 CID Share Posted December 31, 2006 check on the forums and on yahoo and stuff. there might well be software or cheap hardware ways to get an xbox hd to talk to a pc since i doubt they use anything but a standard drive in there. that way you could make regular backups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 31, 2006 CID Share Posted December 31, 2006 check on the forums and on yahoo and stuff. there might well be software or cheap hardware ways to get an xbox hd to talk to a pc since i doubt they use anything but a standard drive in there. that way you could make regular backups. you can get your pc to talk to the xbox. but you can not pull the information off the drive with out hacking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 31, 2006 CID Share Posted December 31, 2006 Damn, that sounds like a racket. Someone will make money just making it more user friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wknight40 Posted December 31, 2006 CID Share Posted December 31, 2006 Rmemeber it is the consumer's/your responsbilibty to backup your PC HDD so you do not lose info needed after it is repaired. Same goes for a HDD in a game console unless you pay extra for it. On that not I did finde the Xbox 360 attachement that I mentioned in my earlier post. When I saw it at Gamestop it was $40 US. Found a site that wants $49.99 US. Still not a bad price to pay to not lose all of your hard earned game saves. http://us.codejunkies.com/shop/product.asp?c=US&cr=USD&cs=$&r=0&l=1&ProdID=403 (Purchase) http://www.msxbox-world.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4165 (Quick Run down) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 31, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 31, 2006 I dont think its right that i should have to dish out another 50 bucks after paying extra money for the premium version JUST so i could have a hard drive and save it all to it. I refuse to pay for a removable storage device, and will keep my hard drive if this breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted December 31, 2006 CID Share Posted December 31, 2006 i'm not sure, but I think the drive is encrypted... so it might not do you any good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 31, 2006 CID Share Posted December 31, 2006 Doesn't encrypted just mean it needs to be cracked?? I still say it is a racket. A totally unfair one. You should not need to buy a HD. So do all the consoles have this set up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 31, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 31, 2006 Well on the xbox theres two versions, the core and the premium. The core of course is less expensive and comes with less features. The premium comes with a headset, hard drive, wireless controller, and i think something else. The main reason i wante dthe premium was for the hard drive and so i could save my games, media, and other things on it. If they know the systems are known the break in 6 months they should let you keep the hard drive. ESPECIALLY because you can buy full games which can cost 60 bucks and download them to the hard drive. I CALL SHENANIGANS ! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wknight40 Posted December 31, 2006 CID Share Posted December 31, 2006 It's like any other PC. If it crashes and you do not have a backup or another PC to through the drive into then you are just SOL. These things are not made to fail in 6 months. Again like any PC it's enemy is heat. I have read plenty of forums of people haveing these systems fail because they do not allow sufficient cooling around the vents. It is called takeing care of your equipment. I have seen plenty of PC's give all kinds of problems from the blue screen of death to just shutting down for no reason. Remove the case blow the pound of accumulated dust, clean the fans off and no more problems. You other solution could be to purchase a second 360, when and if yours fails, swap HDD's then return the new for not working. Expensive to do but you'll have your HDD. Again unless where ever it is sent to they are willing to swap the drive or allow you to keep your drive and you send them the console and they use an off the shelf drive to fix yours. Other then that take some responibility and purchase a backup of some kind, plus if you can afford to shell out $400 dollars for the premium console and $60 bucks at a time for games I'm sure you can afford a $50 solution to back up the HDD before it fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted January 1, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 1, 2007 I didnt dish out 400 dollars for the system nor 60 for games, everything was a gift. I do not intend on buying games anytime soon either as i am low on cash. My mom was the one who got it and i had asked for the premium just for the hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wknight40 Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Here is something that should put your mind to a little ease. Microsoft extends it's X-Box 360 warrenty to 1 year for new and current users. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16326421/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Here is something that should put your mind to a little ease. Microsoft extends it's X-Box 360 warrenty to 1 year for new and current users. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16326421/ it should have been one year to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Ya i know its one year, they changed that a week or two ago i guess as a christmas present but if it breaks within that year it still doesnt solve my problem about the hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Can't you backup all of your game saves and stuff to a USB drive? Or is that only pics, mp3s and such? I just got one and im still learning.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Can't you backup all of your game saves and stuff to a USB drive? Or is that only pics, mp3s and such? I just got one and im still learning.... I read somewhere you can store things to an external device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 I TOTALLY FORGOT BOUT THE USB SLOT IN THE 360!! im gonna plug my flash drive in tomorrow that would be amazing i f i could save games on there, tho it doesnt help downloaded material from xbl in some other cases, personally i dont download themes and games etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 That is what makes a group so great. One of us will be thinking at the right time. And sometimes I just ramble onto it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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