How to attach or remove your Xbox 360 Hard Drive

You may want to remove your Xbox 360 Hard Drive (HDD) from your Xbox 360 console. For example, you may want take your saved games or your Xbox LIVE membership with you when you're on the go.

This article provides a step-by-step description that you can follow to remove your Xbox 360 HDD from your console. Additionally, there is a step-by-step description that you can follow to attach your Xbox 360 Hard Drive to your console.

Before we remove or attach your Xbox 360 Hard Drive, please read the following:

Note When you remove or attach your Xbox 360 Hard Drive, avoid touching the HDD bay contacts or the HDD connector contacts with your fingers or metal objects.

With that out of the way, let's remove or attach your Xbox 360 Hard Drive.

Remove your Xbox 360 Hard Drive

1. Turn off your console.
2. Press the release tab on the front of the HDD, and then lift the unit from the console.

Attach your HDD

1. Turn off your console.
2. Remove the HDD bay cover from your console.
3. Position the HDD over the HDD bay with the narrow end (the front) pointed toward the front of the console and the broad end (the back) pointed toward the back of the console.
4. Position the back of the HDD against the back of the HDD bay. Make sure that the ridge along the back of the HDD rests underneath the lip on the back of the HDD bay.
5. Push the front end of the HDD down until the tab clicks.

Additional support

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