Any way to recover a corrupted Xbox 360 save file?
'I saw save game corrupted error on Xbox 360 last night while playing game videos. It's happening all of a sudden. When I go back to play the other games, the same error appears on the screen. It seems that game files were damaged somehow. Will I have to delete all the games and reinstall? Sorry, I don't want to. Please help fix the corruption issue.'
The 'saved game corrupted' error, being similar to the corrupted data error on PS4, is likely to occur when players try to play a saved game on the console. If several times of logging out and logging in didn't solve the problem, you must take further measures. And so far, Xbox support team offers 2 viable solutions to help you get rid of the error.
When Microsoft came out with it's big XBox 360 firmware update at the beginning of last year, one of the cool abilities that they added to the console is the ability to install games directly to the hard drive.
- 1. Manually delete the corrupted game file
- 2. Request a repair from Microsoft support
How to delete the corrupted game file?
You can start the initial workaround by two steps. First, determine whether the game is corrupted. To do this, follow the steps behind.
Step 1. Select Settings-> System-> Storage.
Step 2. Select the storage location, and then press the A button.
Step 3. Select Games and Apps, and then press the A button.
Step 4. Select the game and then press the A button.
Step 5. Select the saved game, and then press the A button.
If you found yellow exclamation mark on the game file, it's virtually corrupted. Now, you can perform the second step. Select the saved game that has determined to be corrupted and choose Delete.
How to request an Xbox 360 repair?
Also, Microsoft has its professional Xbox 360 game console repair center, if the issue can still not be fixed by users themself, they're allowed to request a device repair.
Step 1. Copy and paste the device repair link in your internet browser and open it.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/devices
Step 2. Sign in as an Xbox 360 customer so you can register your Microsoft devices, view your Microsoft registered devices as well as create a repair order for your Microsoft device.
How to recover saved game on Xbox 360 hard drive?
It's so sad to delete your saved game files like this way. Since your game data, including pictures and videos are kept on the Xbox 360 hard drive, there is still a chance to get them back. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is specialized in data recovery field for over a decade, and it supports to recover documents, music, video, audio and many other types of files from internal hard drive, external hard drive, removable USB flash drive, pen drive, memory card and all the popular storage devices.
You're suggested to download the free data recovery software to give it try. Don't let a single important game file missing against your will.
Step 1. Launch EaseUS hard drive recovery software
- Run EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and select the drive on your hard disk where you lost or deleted files.
- Click Scan to start scanning all lost data and files.
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Step 2. Scan to find all lost hard drive data
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EaseUS hard drive recovery software will scan the whole selected drive and find all lost files, including all existing and hidden data.
Play store download game minecraft. Step 3. Preview and restore lost hard drive data and files
- You can find your deleted and lost files in 'Deleted files', 'Drive'(with your device drive letter).
- 'Lost Partition Files' or 'Extra Files' will list your formatted and RAW data there.
- You can double-click found files to preview them.
After the preview, please select wanted files that you lost on the drive and click Recover to save them to a safe location on your PC or other external storage devices.