XSATA user`s guide to Xplorer360
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1. unable to provide support on 3 party software such as Xplorer360 For help using Xplorer360 check www 360gamesaves com DATEL CUSTOMER SERVICES EUROPE Customers Services Datel Ltd Stafford Road Stone STAFFS ST15 ODG UNITED KINGDOM Email support datel co uk Web www codejunkies com DATEL CUSTOMER SERVICES USA ATTN Customer Services Datel Design amp Development Inc 33 North Garden Avenue Suite 900 Clearwater FL 33755 Email support dateldesign com Customer service knowledgebase www datelcustomerservice com Main website www codejunkies com 2006 Datel Design and Development Ltd XSATA for Xbox 360 is a trademark of Datel Design amp Development Ltd Xbox 360 and Xbox Live are a registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the US and or other countries This product is not sponsored endorsed or approved by Microsoft2. winzip com Extract the contents to a new folder either on your desktop or a location you choose Find the uncompressed folder and browse through the contents into the UDATA folder Inside that folder you should find a file called datelinfo xbx Highlight this file and delete it You need to do this for all Xbox 1 saves that you want to copy to your Xbox 360 4 Add the gamesaves to your Xbox 360 s hard drive Connect your PC to your XSATA unit and boot up your Xbox 360 Open the a ay drive and navigate to the compatibility Ma a A O 4b4e0002 folder on Partition 3 amp Partition 3 ap Cahe Right click in the right hand window Sa ae Ea and choose Insert folder 5 Xbox 1 TDATA UDATA Content Drive Edit View Help z Partition 0 Name When prompted browse to the location where you extracted the Xbox 1 gamesave to Click once on the game folder don t double click or otherwise open it it will be inside the UDATA folder and be named something like 4b4e0002 Click OK to inject the gamesave into your Xboxl1 gamesaves folder on your Xbox 360 You should now be able to load your gamesaves for that game on your Xbox 360 Disconnect your PC from XSATA and insert your Xbox 1 game disc into your Xbox 360 to play 7 Technical support If you are experiencing any technical difficulties with your XSATA please contact Datel s technical support department using the following details Please note Datel are
3. XSATA user s guide to Xplorer360 Xplorer360 is not developed or supported by Datel Xplorer360 is designed and developed by the team at www 360gamesaves com and is great software for accessing and managing content on your Xbox 360 s hard drive that we want to help you get the most of Visit their website for more detailed information discussions and tutorials IMPORTANT Upgrading Xplorer360 The version of Xplorer360 included on this software disc distributed with XSATA has been specially modified for XSATA users to be compatible with the maximum number of Xbox 360 hard drives If you download a newer version of Xplorer360 from www 360gamesaves com you may find that you lose compatibility with your drive If this occurs we recommend returning to this original version and trying future versions of the Xplorer360 software for improved compatibility 1 Introduction Xplorer360 is a PC software program that allows you to view and modify the contents of your Xbox 360 s hard drive file by file when it is connected to your PC using a hardware solution like XSATA The combination of XSATA and Xplorer360 gives you access to your Xbox 360 s hard drive in a way that Microsoft never intended For the initiated this provides the ability to backup and restore files download and use other player s game saves shared over the Internet and even modify the content of specific files For the beginner however the Xbox 360 s file system ca
4. Xbox 360 game saves Topic introduction Now that you ve hopefully backed up your Xbox hard drive s valuable content to your PC see Section 3 and familiarised yourself with the basics of the Xbox 360 s file system see Section 4 it s time to get to the good stuff If you haven t done so already head over to www 360gamesaves com and click on the gamesaves link in the navigation bar You ll see a whole host of gamesaves created by other gamers and submitted to the site available for you to download for free Using downloaded gamesaves Step by step guide If you see a gamesave for a game that you own that you would like to download follow the link on www 360gamesaves com to download the file Choose to save it to your desktop or somewhere else that you will be able to find readily 1 Extract the downloaded folder Files downloaded from www 360gamesaves com are in compressed folders using the RAR format Use a program such as WinRAR www rarlab com or WinACE www winace com to extract the compressed folder into a new none compressed folder Make a note of the folder name 2 Open your profile folder Connect Xplorer360 to you hard drive as described in Section 1 and open the Content folder on Partition 3 as described in Section 4 Now you need to open the folder for your gamer profile Because there may be more than one profile on your hard drive you will need to identify which profile is which A good way to do this is to
5. count the number of saves available in your profile using the Xbox 360 dashboard and then find the profile with that number of saves on your hard drive using Xplorer360 z Partition 0 Name When you have identified the profile amp Partition 2 apa you would like to put the save in Se Partition 3 double click on its folder or click the Cache Een plus icon to display its contents Compatibility oo E Content iek Hovering over space in the right panel OOOOOOOOOOOOO000 a 4541070 right click and choose Insert new EQ0012DD544FAEE5 CQFFFEO7D1 folder from the pop up menu 00004265446246F FFFEOVD 1 b You will be prompted to browse to the i 45410709 gamesave folder that you downloaded H E 54430701 Right Click and extracted in Step 1 4400703 a 4D5307D3 Follow the next step CAREFULLY 53450705 3 Choose the gamesave folder you downloaded Some gamesaves have been uploaded to www 360gamesaves com where the gamer who created the gamesave has included his profile folder others have been uploaded where only the game folder has been included The profile folder is the 16 character folder starting with E000 Browse for Folder kzl Choose a folder to inject into the target Desktop m My Documents E My Computer HA 344 Floppy A Local Disk C 4 DVD Drive Di CD RW Drive E a My Network Places HOS 1 Click once 3 AP Web 3 BATCH OUT 9 Client Web 2 C
6. hard drive Arcade Cache Demos Themes Gamerpics Videos Compatibility click on the plus icon next to the 5 Content Content folder all 000 s oooo000000000000 dp 54460702 Arcade games HL 584107EC Gamer pics H gt y FFFEO7D 1 Trailers ete E00012DD5A4FAEES ENANA GCA AS IAEF Because all files and folders on the Xbox 360 hard drive use an 8 or 16 character hexadecimal filename individual files can be difficult to identify Try opening a file s folder and clicking on the file inside to see its file size to help you identify specific files S E Content To list what gamesaves you have in a oooo000000000000 particular profile click the plus icon FO0012DD5A4FAEES next to a profile s folder When the 00004265446246F ie opens yo sub folder ra AT will have an 8 character name an i ae ee look similar to 545407D4 is a folder 3 6 54430701 for a specific game The actual game E E E4073 save for that game is within another 4 4n53070D3 sub folder 4 534507D5 D E H7 I Another folder of interest to gamers who also own Datel s Action Replay for Xbox 1 is the compatibility folder This is where Microsoft stores the drivers patches and other files relating to Xbox 1 emulation Most interestingly this is also where gamesaves for Xbox 1 games are stored see Transferring Xbox 1 gamesaves tutorial for more info 5 Using downloaded
7. lick OK A Frvilatire cectnn Cancel 4 Check your gamesave on the Xbox 360 When you browse to the folder that you would like to add ensure that you select the game folder not the profile folder if it has been uploaded Click ONCE to select the game folder which will look like 534507D7 but do not double click it or otherwise open it With the game folder highlighted click the OK button You will see a progress bar appear for only a couple of seconds whilst the folder is injected into your profile folder on the hard drive Once this is complete you have successfully added a gamesave to your profile Once you have completed step 3 remove the USB lead connecting your PC to your XSATA which will reboot your Xbox 360 When the console boots up check the saves in your profile using the dashboard you should see the new gamesave waiting for you 6 Transferring Xbox 1 saves to your Xbox 360 Action Replay for Xbox 1 required This topic is only intended for Action Replay for Xbox 1 owners A unique opportunity exists for gamers who own an Action Replay for Xbox 1 system available separately from Datel www codejunkies com and an XSATA for their 360 who want to transfer their old Xbox 1 gamesaves to their Xbox 360 Transferring Xbox 1 gamesaves Step by step guide TIP Ensure your games are compatible Some Xbox 1 games are not compatible with Xbox 360 though compatibility upgrades are periodica
8. lly released by Microsoft Check the backward compatibility list at http www xbox com en US games backwardcompatibilitygameslist htm TI P Upgrade your Xbox 360 Ensure your Xbox 360 has been updated to the latest version of the Xbox 360 dashboard amp backward compatibility See your user manual for information on how to do this 1 Create a gamesave for your game on your Xbox 360 If you don t already have a gamesave on your Xbox 360 s hard drive for the game s gamesave that you would like to transfer run the game on your Xbox 360 and make a gamesave If you do this afterwards remove the game disk 2 Copy the gamesaves from your Xbox 1 memory card to your PC Connect the Xbox 1 memory card containing the gamesaves you would like to transfer to your Action Replay docking station If the gamesaves are stored on your Xbox 1 s hard drive use the dashboard to transfer them to a memory card first Run the Action Replay software on your PC First drag and drop the gamesave folders from the memory card left window to the PC database middle window Next drag and drop the gamesaves from the PC database onto your computer s desktop or folder you prefer to use 3 Uncompress the zip folders Action Replay keeps gamesave data together in a ZIP file format You will need to extract the file to an uncompressed folder Windows XP can do this natively users of older operating systems will need to use a program like Winzip www
9. n be confusing and the potential to accidentally move or damage files means that caution should be exercised By following this XSATA user s guide to Xp orer360 you can be a part of the growing community of gamers who are harnessing this technology to do things that others only imagine 2 Connecting to your Xbox 360 hard drive using Xplorer360 Open Xplorer360 by double clicking its Xplorer360 icon Click on Drive gt Open gt Drive Edit View Help Harddrive or Memcard Open Image a cia ate TF d If you then see 3 partitions listed at exis soci aan b the top of the left hand pane then Backup Image Xplorer360 has successfully connected Restore Image to your hard drive Exit If you receive the error message Could not find a FATX drive to open then take a look at the troubleshooting section at the end of this guide for information on ensuring you have the correct drivers installed 3 Backing up and restoring your Xbox 360 hard drive Topic introduction Because accessing your Xbox 360 s hard drive at file level has the potential to delete or corrupt files essential to the 360 s file system it is strongly recommended that you perform and complete back up of the hard drive as a first step along the road to XSATA enlightenment A full backup also protects your valuable game saves and downloaded content in the event of hardware failure or damage to the drive Backing up Step by step guide Connect
10. w Help a Partition 0 3 partitions g Partition 2 g Partition 3 The Xbox 360 s hard drive is split up into 3 partitions For all the topics covered in this guide the only partition we are interested in is Partition 3 To view the contents of Partition 3 double click its entry in the list If you have at least one Profile on your Xbox 360 s hard drive and have downloaded at least some content from Xbox Live then when you open up Partition 3 you will see a folder structure similar to this amp Partition 0 Name N E pEoo00426544 ee Sup E C E00012DD5A cahe 000000000001 i Compatibility Content 0000000000000000 Content H E E000 12D05A4FAEE5 E EEA Profiles E 00004265446246r E Tm H2 1s mindew The top folder all 000 s is the folder where the 360 stores all media content you download like trailers and demos and is available to all profiles The folders below relate to each profile you have set up on your machine and are used to store the game saves for that profile TIP If you have more profile folders showing than you have profiles currently on your Xbox 360 it Is likely that you have removed profiles from your machine but chosen to leave the content on the drive This content remains in a profile folder on your hard drive but isn t associated to an actual profile through your 360 s dashboard To list what media content you have ie 000c0000 stored on your
11. your PC to your XSATA unit using the supplied USB cable once connected switch on your Xbox 360 Click on Drive gt Backup Image You will be asked to specify a location where you would like the back up to be stored Bear in mind that the back up known as an mage could be up to 20GB so ensure that you specify a location with sufficient free disc space Depending upon the amount of data on your hard drive the process of backing up up to 20GB of data could take around 1hr gt 1 hrs You will see a progress bar indicating the Status of the back up operation Restoring WARNING Restoring an Image to your hard drive will replace all content on your hard drive The process will not merge old and new content To restore a hard drive image first make sure you definitely want to completely replace all the data currently on your hard drive with the data contained within the hard drive image you have made previously Click on Drive gt Restore Image You will be asked to specify the location of the image file you would like to restore This will be the location you specified when you backed up the image confirm restore 4 Understanding the Xbox 360 file system Now that you can connect your PC to your Xbox 360 and see the file system on the drive you ll probably be baffled as to what it all means Here s a brief outline of the Xbox 360 file system so you know where to look for the good stuff Aplorer 360 Drive Edit Vie
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