The Negative Edge of a Console Hard Drive

**Mzo** · 01 Nov 2004, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by Wildkat

Was it like a clunking sound? Like metal tapping metal?

If so thats a classic HD failure. Time to mod it an drop in a 160 gigger.

Bingo. I have a spare HD lying aboot, actually. I may just do that.

Any way to replace the HD and log on to Live?

**Chux** · 01 Nov 2004, 05:32 PM

You'd have to copy everything over from the old hdd to your comp, then from the comp to the new hdd, and for that you'd need a chip... I think.

**Omni** · 01 Nov 2004, 06:14 PM

Sucky man.

I recently lost both my PS and PS2 memory cards. Soooo many RPG saves gone...

And Shinobi. The first game that made me proud to beat it in awhile.

The fact that I think you can import your saved game into Xenosaga 2 makes me even more upset.

**Diff-chan** · 01 Nov 2004, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by lithium

Microsoft should have made a solid, quality product in the first place. I think I can forego a bit of gaming instead of getting fucked up the ass by a company that knows we'll just buy replacements when their shitty consoles die.

Thats very nice, however, chances are you also bitch when a system is too expensive, too. If the Xbox cost $500 then Im sure it would last forever. However, when you gotta put together a top-notch gaming system and charge $150 you gotta cut corners somewhere. Same thing with PS2.

This is one regard where Nintendo is truly a superior company to its competition.

GameCubes dont break as much as Xbox or PS2 because their owners dont play them that much. A system cant get that much use from 2 good games a year.

Yea, GameCube is shit.

**MrWhitefolks** · 01 Nov 2004, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by diffusionx

Yea, GameCube is shit.

*high five*

ibtn 100%

LOL · 01 Nov 2004, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by diffusionx

A system cant get that much use from 2 good games a year.

You're being too generous.

**Geen** · 01 Nov 2004, 06:49 PM

This may be a good idea. I wish I had remembered everything about it the other day, but from what I remember and reading now, it seems the Action Replay for Xbox can transfer saves from your Xbox to your PC, and visa-versa. I'm going to take a stab in the dark and says it works with all games since it uses it's own program to transfer the saves. I'll see if I can find out more info.

**Joust Williams** · 01 Nov 2004, 06:53 PM

The GC is too solid-state to break more often than the Xbox, regardless of usage.

**Geen** · 01 Nov 2004, 06:58 PM

Forget what I said about the Action Replay for Xbox. I just found this on Datel's webpage:

Q: I can't get the Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, Phantasy Star Online, Burnout 2, or KungFu Chaos save to work.

A: Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, Phantasy Star Online, Burnout 2, and Kung Fu Chaos are all games that are designed to make a save that is tailored to your Xbox only, and this makes the save unable to be copied or transferred. If you see a save for these games then they are from the Community and are unofficial and will not work if downloaded.

This sucks.