The HDD Eraser app is used to format your Xbox 360 flash memory and hard drive to remove everything but the operating system. This app will permanently and completely delete all user data, ensuring that no-one will be able to recreate or access your personal information on the hard drive or flash memory after you’ve used the app.
To use the HDD Eraser app, you need the following:
To start the HDD Eraser app later, go to video, My Video Apps and then HDD Eraser.
Go to Browse Apps on the Apps hub. Select See All on the Social hub, select HDD Eraser, and then select Play now.
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A screen then shows an estimate of how long it will take to delete your data and “zero write” your drive so that all data will be permanently unrecoverable. Select A to continue.
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Once the process has started, there is no way to cancel it. Do not turn off your console or interrupt the process once it has begun.
Important If the console is unplugged or loses power in the middle of the format operation, the hard drive will become unformatted and not usable by your Xbox 360 console. If this happens, use the format function from the System Settings menu to rebuild the file system on the hard drive. Once this is done, the hard drive will be usable again by the console. For instructions on how to format a storage device for your Xbox 360 console, see “Format a storage device” at Xbox 360 storage.
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