Datel Xport 360 User manual

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Xport 360 User Manual
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 2
P ACK C ONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
S YSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................................ 2
INSTALLING T E XPORT 360 SOFTWARE .......................................................................................................... 3
CONNECTING T E XPORT ARDWARE TO YOUR PC ......................................................................................... 3
CONNECTING DEVICES TO YOUR XPORT .......................................................................................................... 4
X BOX 360 H ARD D RIVE ............................................................................................................................................ 4
X BOX 360 M EMORY C ARDS ...................................................................................................................................... 4
X BOX 1 M EMORY C ARDS .......................................................................................................................................... 4
INSTALLING USB DRIVERS (VERSION 2 NEW USB DRIVERS) .............................................................................. 4
XPORT 360 SOFTWARE .................................................................................................................................. 10
XPORT 360 SOFTWARE - INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 10
A CCESSING FILES ON YOUR X BOX 360 HARD DRIVE ....................................................................................................... 10
C ONNECTING TO YOUR X BOX 360 HARD DRIVE USING XPORT 360 ................................................................................ 11
UNDERSTANDING T E XBOX 360 FILE SYSTEM .............................................................................................. 12
USING DOWNLOADED XBOX 360 GAME SAVES ............................................................................................. 14
U SING D O NLOADED G AMESAVES – A S TEP BY S TEP G UIDE ......................................................................................... 14
WORKING WIT XBOX 360 MEMORY CARDS ................................................................................................. 15
CONVERTING .Z36 FILES TO .BIN .................................................................................................................... 16
T O CONVERT THE .Z36 FILE TO A .BIN FILE : ................................................................................................................ 16
COPYING A GAME SAVE TO YOUR 360 MEMORY CARD OR ARD DISK .......................................................... 16
1. C OPY FROM A M EMORY C ARD I MAGE (. Z 36 OR . BIN ) ........................................................................................... 16
2. C OPY A G AME S AVE F OLDER ............................................................................................................................ 18
COPYING ONE XBOX 360 ARD DRIVE TO ANOT ER ..................................................................................... 20
X BOX 360 H ARD D RIVE S ECURITY S IGNATURE (HASH N UMBER ) ................................................................................... 20
T RANSFERRING P ROFILES AND A LL S AVES ................................................................................................................... 20
BROKEN ARD DISKS, SECURITY SECTORS AND “PART” BACKUP IMAGES ..................................................... 22
TRANSFERRING XBOX 1 SAVES TO YOUR XBOX 360 ....................................................................................... 23
T RANSFERRING X BOX 1 G AMESAVES – A S TEP BY S TEP G UIDE ....................................................................................... 23
UNDELETE / S OW DELETED FILES ................................................................................................................. 25
U NDELETE U SAGE .................................................................................................................................................. 25
SUPPORT ....................................................................................................................................................... 27

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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of Datel’s XPORT for Xbox 360.
XPORT is a hard drive docking system that allows you to connect your Xbox 360’s hard drive to your PC without
making any hardware modifications to your hard drive or Xbox 360, and without needing to have your Xbox
360 near your PC.
ith your XPORT docking station connected to your PC (via the supplied USB cables), you can instantly
connect Xbox 360 hard drives and memory cards and even Xbox 1 memory cards.
The PC software included with Xport provides an intuitive indows-based interface, allowing you to move files
between Xbox and Xbox 360 devices and your PC with ease.
PACK CONTENTS
Before getting started, please check that all parts are present. If anything is missing; please contact customer
services (see end of manual).
•1 x XPORT docking unit (with two USB cables attached)
•1 x Xbox to Xbox 360 memory card adapter cable
•1 x PC Software CD
•1 x User manual
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
In order to use XPORT for Xbox 360, you need a computer and console set-up that meets the following
minimum system requirements:
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Computer /
Processor
•Personal computer with 800Mhz processor
•256Mb RAM
•800x600 SVGA display
Hard Drive
•5Mb free hard drive space for installation
•Up to 20GB free hard drive space for complete back-up
Connectivity
•At least one free USB port.
•Two USB ports required for direct transfer between a
memory card and Xbox 360 hard drive.
•USB 2.0 highly recommended for high-speed data transfer

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O/S
•Microsoft indows XP Home or XP PRO
Console
•Xbox 360 with official Xbox 360 hard drive
Optional
•Xbox 360 memory card(s)
•Xbox memory card(s)
INSTALLING T E XPORT 360 SOFTWARE
Insert the XPORT 360 software CD ROM, and follow the on-screen prompts to install the software on your PC.
If the CD does not auto-run, browse to the CD and run the ‘SETUP’ program.
After installation, leave the CD ROM in your drive until you connect a device (see next chapter) to the XPORT
dock. At this point you’re most likely prompted to install drivers. Direct indows to the root of the
installation CD for these drivers. Once this has happened, you can remove the software CD. If you are not
installing from CD Rom or have downloaded an update from the web, any new versions of the drivers can be
found in the installed programs folder (usually “C:\program files\datel\Xport 360” or “C:\program files
(x86)\datel\Xport 360”
At the end of the installation, you have the option to have a short-cut icon created on your desktop.
CONNECTING T E XPORT ARDWARE TO YOUR PC
XPORT has two high-speed USB leads integrated into its moulding. One lead is used to connect your PC to your
Xbox 360’s hard drive, with the other used to connect your PC to memory cards plugged into XPORT.
hen the USB lead used for hard-drive connectivity is in use, a blue LED is illuminated on the front of the
XPORT. The memory card’s USB lead does not illuminate the LED.
Naturally, if you only have one spare USB port on your PC, you can switch between the leads depending on
whether you want to connect your computer to your console’s hard drive or its memory cards. But if you
connect them both, you can position your docking station conveniently next to your PC and leave it there, and
bring your hard drive or memory cards to your XPORT whenever you want to access their content using your
PC.

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CONNECTING DEVICES TO YOUR XPORT
XBOX 360 HARD DRIVE
To connect an Xbox 360 hard drive to the XPORT dock, hook the rear of the hard drive (the rounded end)
under the lip at the back of the XPORT dock before lowering the drive onto the hard drive connector inside the
XPORT dock.
Ensure the connector aligns correctly before gently pushing down the front to latch the drive in place.
XBOX 360 MEMORY CARDS
Connect an Xbox 360 memory card to the XPORT dock by slotting it into the memory card port on the front of
the dock.
XBOX 1 MEMORY CARDS
Connect an Xbox 1 memory card to your XPORT dock using the supplied Xbox to Xbox 360 memory card
adapter cable. Attach your Xbox card to one end of the cable (the larger socket end) and the other end to the
memory card port on your XPORT dock.
INSTALLING USB DRIVERS (VERSION 2 NEW USB DRIVERS)
Note for users updating from Version1.xx software: Version 2 of the Xport software uses updated drivers to
version 1. For this reason if you were previously using version 1.xx of the Xport software and had installed the
USB drivers to use memory cards, you will need to update to the latest drivers.
Please note that the USB drivers are not required for Xbox 360 Hard Disk access, you only need to install the
USB drivers if you intend to use Xbox 360 memory cards and/or original Xbox (Xbox 1) memory cards.
To start, plug in your Xport hardware and also plug in a memory card into the device. If any “New device”
install drivers dialogs appear cancel them.
Open Devices Manager: Click the start button and click Run, in the Run box enter devmgmt.msc
If you are installing the USB drivers for the first time you will find two uninstalled devices called “Memory
Unit” and “Xbox Security Method 3, ……”. You only need to install the driver for the memory unit but if you
want to install for both of the new USB devices you can. Right click one of the devices to open the context
menu and select “update driver”.

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If you are updating from Version 1.xx of the Xport software and have the old USB drivers installed; Locate your
existing Xport 360 device driver(s), they will be in the section “USBIO Controlled Devices” and be called “X360
MU USBIO – Device 1”. Right click one of the “X360 MU USBIO – Device 1” devices to open the context menu
and select “update driver”.

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The “Hardware Update izard” will appear.
In the “Hardware Update izard” select “no, not this time” and click next.

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Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” and click next.
Click the “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install” and click next.

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Click the “Have Disk” button.
You now need to select the new driver file. Click the Browse button and locate the new “Xport360_usb_v2”
driver file – it can be found at the install path:
32 bit indows Xp/Vista:
C:\Program Files\Datel\Xport 360
Select the“Xport360_usb_v2.inf” file.
64 bit indows XP/Vista:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Datel\Xport 360
Select the“Xport360_usb_v2_x64.inf” file.

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The devices manager will now have the “Xport 360 USB V2 Device” listed in place of the old driver. If you have
more than one Xbox 360 Xport device repeat the update driver process for that device too.

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XPORT 360 SOFTWARE
XPORT 360 SOFTWARE - INTRODUCTION
XPORT 360 is a PC software program that allows you to view and modify the contents of your Xbox 360’s hard
drive or memory card, file by file, when it’s connected to your PC using XPORT for Xbox 360.
XPORT 360 gives you access to your Xbox 360’s hard drive in a way Microsoft never intended. For the initiated,
this provides the ability to back up and restore files, download and use other players’ game saves shared over
the Internet and even modify the content of specific files. For the beginner, however, the Xbox 360’s file
system can be confusing and the potential to accidentally move or damage files means that caution should be
exercised.
Follow this guide to XPORT 360 carefully and you too can be a part of the growing community of gamers who
are harnessing this technology to do things that others only imagine.
ACCESSING FILES ON YOUR XBOX 360 HARD DRIVE
WARNING – POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE / LOSE DATA
By accessing your Xbox 360’s hard drive contents at file level, you are bypassing the safeguards the
Xbox 360 has in place to prevent you from damaging or corrupting either individual files or the
drive’s entire file system.
Before undertaking any modifications to files, or file structure whatsoever, we strongly recommend
backing up your entire Xbox 360 hard drive to your PC using the back-up functionality within the
XPORT PC software.
Datel cannot be held responsible for any loss or corruption of data caused by modifications you
have made to files or the file system on your Xbox 360 hard drive.
Make sure you read and understand all instructions and warnings relating to the file management
software you are using before making any changes.

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CONNECTING TO YOUR XBOX 360 HARD DRIVE USING XPORT 360
hen you first load XPORT 360 you’re presented with a dialogue box asking you to choose which device you
would like to access. Only devices that are connected correctly will be listed.
If the device you want to connect to (Xbox 360 hard drive, for example) is not listed, check the connection
between the hard drive and the XPORT dock and also between the dock and your PC.
SUPPORT TIP - If a memory card you know to be connected correctly does not appear in the list,
ensure you have installed the necessary drivers (see chapter 3) and check device manager for any
hardware conflicts, etc.

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UNDERSTANDING T E XBOX 360 FILE SYSTEM
Now that you can connect your PC to your Xbox
360 hard drive and see its files, here follows a
brief outline of the Xbox 360 file system.
The Xbox 360’s hard drive is split up into three
partitions.
For all the topics covered in this guide, the only
partition we’re 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, when you open up Partition 3 you see a folder structure similar to this:
The top folder (all 000s) is 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’s
likely 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
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To list what media content you have stored on
your hard drive (Arcade Demos, Themes,
Gamerpics and Videos), click on the ‘plus’ icon
next to the ‘Content’ folder (all 000s).
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. To help you identify specific files, try opening a file’s folder and
clicking on the file inside to see its file size.
To list what gamesaves you have in a particular
profile, click the ‘plus’ icon next to a profile’s
folder. hen the folder opens, each sub folder
(which has an 8 character name such as
‘545407D4’) is a folder for a specific game. The
actual game save for that game is within another
sub-folder.
Another folder of interest to gamers who play Xbox 1 games on their Xbox 360 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 the ‘Transferring Xbox 1 Gamesaves’ tutorial for
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USING DOWNLOADED XBOX 360 GAME SAVES
Now you’ve backed up your Xbox hard drive’s valuable content to your PC (see Section 3.c.) and familiarised
yourself with the basics of the Xbox 360’s file system (see Section 3.d.), it’s time to get to the good stuff!
Game saves for Xbox 360 are readily available for download from a variety of sites on the ‘net like
www.360gamesaves.com. hen you find a game save you would like to use on your Xbox 360, download it to
your PC’s hard drive and follow the steps below.
USING DO NLOADED GAMESAVES – A STEP BY STEP GUIDE
Extract the Downloaded Folder
Files downloaded from www.360gamesaves.com are in compressed folders using the RAR format. Use a
program such as inRAR (www.rarlab.com) or inACE (www.winace.com) to extract the compressed folder
into a new, uncompressed folder. Make a note of the folder name.
Open your Profile Folder
Connect your Xbox 360 hard drive to your XPORT dock (as described in Section 2.d.) and open the ‘Content’
folder on Partition 3.
Now you need to open the folder for your gamer profile. Because there may be more than one profile on your
hard drive, you need to identify which profile is which. A good way to do this is to 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 XPORT 360.
hen you have identified the profile you would like to put the save in, click on its folder (or click the ‘plus’
icon) to display its contents.
Identify the Correct Part of the Downloaded Save
IMPORTANT! You need to identify the correct part of the downloaded gamesave before adding it to your
profile.
Some gamesaves have been uploaded to www.360gamesaves.com and the gamer that created the gamesave
has included his profile folder in the .rar, others have been uploaded with only the game folder included.
The profile folder is the 16 character folder starting with “E000…”. You want the folder below the profile
folder (if it has been included) otherwise it will not work.
Example: If the folder you have downloaded is called “E0000C3E5A4FAEE5”, you need to open that folder and
find the folder inside, named something like “4E4D07D3”. It is the folder named “4E4D07D3” that you will be
dragging into your chosen profile.
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Next, drag the downloaded save folder from your desktop (or wherever you downloaded it to) into the
window on the right corresponding to the open profile folder.
Once this is complete, you have successfully added a gamesave to your profile.
Check your Gamesave on the Xbox 360
Once you’ve completed Step iv, detach the hard drive from your XPORT and re-attach it to your Xbox 360.
Switch on your Xbox 360 and when the console boots up, check the saves in your profile using the dashboard.
You should see the new gamesave waiting for you!
WORKING WIT XBOX 360 MEMORY CARDS
All of the functionality described in the previous section for managing your Xbox 360 hard drive can also be
applied to your Xbox 360 memory cards.
To access the content stored on your Xbox 360 memory card, attach it to your XPORT dock (using the slot in
the front of the dock). Click on ‘File’ then ‘Open HDD or Memory Card’. Choose ‘Xbox 260 Memory Card’
when asked which device to open.
You’re now viewing the contents of your Xbox 360 memory card. The file system and directory structure is
virtually the same as that for the XPORT 360 hard drive (described in the previous chapter) however you will
notice 2 partitions instead of 3. Gamesaves, profiles other content is all stored in the ‘Content’ folder on
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CONVERTING .Z36 FILES TO .BIN
You can use the Xport 360 software to convert .z36 files (compressed 360 memory card images) to .bin files
(uncompressed 360 memory card image).
“.z36” files are a popular memory card format which are generated by the “XChange 360” software (also by
Datel). They are simply compressed versions of the “.bin” memory card images.
“.bin” files can be used in the Xport 360 application as well as similar “Xplorer 360” application.
TO CONVERT THE .Z36 FILE TO A .BIN FILE:
1. Run Xport 360.
2. Cancel the select device dialog box.
3. Go into the file menu, select "Open Image".
4. In the file selection box, select your “.z36” file.
5. Xport 360 will tell you that the “.z36” file is compressed and ask you if it can decompress it. Select
“OK”.
6. You will be prompted for a destination filename, a good idea is to use the same filename as you
opened but with a “.bin” extension.
7. You can use this .bin file in Xport 360 and/or Xplorer 360. Xport 360 will now have loaded the file
and be displaying its contents.
COPYING A GAME SAVE TO YOUR 360 MEMORY CARD OR ARD DISK
A common thing to do is get a game save from the internet and want to put it on your Xbox 360 so you can try
it out.
1. COPY FROM A MEMORY CARD IMAGE (.Z36 OR .BIN)
Part 1 – Open the image and find the save:
1. Run Xport 360.
2. Cancel the select device dialog box.
3. Go into the file menu, select "Open Image".
4. In the file selection box, select your memory card image file (“.z36” or “.bin”; if you select a
“.z36” file you will be prompted to decompress it to a “.bin” file, follow the on screen
prompts and supply a destination filename).
5. Xport 360 will now have loaded the memory card image file and be displaying its contents.
6. Open the "Partition 2" tree, and the "Content" tree.
7. Inside the “Content” tree you will see more folders. For each “profile” on the memory card
there is one folder (there might only be one). The “profile” folders are named with 15 letters
and numbers and look something like "E0000195A4F2F49".

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8. Open a “profile” folder, inside you should see the actual game save folder. It will be 8
characters in length and look something like “454107E8”. Xport 360 will try to name it with
the real games name where possible, so it may look more like this:
“454107E8 (Roster-FKroster-com)”
Part 2 – Open the drive or memory card to copy to:
1. Leave the copy of Xport 360 that you have the image file open in. Run a new, second copy of
Xport 360.
2. In your new Xport 360 window, open your 360 hard disk drive or 360 memory card.
3. Find the “Content “ folder on your HDD/MC. On a HDD it is in “Partition 3”, on a memory card it is
in “Partition 2”.
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5. From your first copy of Xport 360, drag the game save folder into the new copy of Xport 360 and
the selected profiles saves area.
The game save folder and its contents will now be on your 360 Hard disk (or memory card).
2. COPY A GAME SAVE FOLDER
If you have a save in the form of a zip file containing a folder named something like “454107E8” –
basically a name made up of around eight characters 0-9 and A-F - then you have a game save folder.
This needs to be copied to your user profile inside the content folder of either your hard disc or
memory card.
1. Run Xport 360.

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2. Open your 360 hard disk drive or 360 memory card.
3. Find the “Content “ folder on your HDD/MC. On a HDD it is in “Partition 3”, on a memory card it is
in “Partition 2”.
4. Open the profile of the user you wish to copy the save to.
5. Drag the save folder into the Xport 360, the save should be inside the user profile folder.
The game save folder and its contents will now be on your 360 Hard disk (or memory card).

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COPYING ONE XBOX 360 ARD DRIVE TO ANOT ER
ARNING: You can NOT copy one Xbox 360 hard drive to another Xbox 360 hard drive using the “backup to
image” option!!!! It is possible to transfer individual files & folders (game saves, demos, etc).
XBOX 360 HARD DRIVE SECURITY SIGNATURE (HASH NUMBER)
Xbox 360 hard drives contain a security signature which is unique to each drive. Hence, if you backup your
hard disc to an image (a complete 20/60/120 gig hard disc image), and then write this image to a new Xbox
360 hard disc, the Xbox 360 will look at the security signature, see it is invalid for that drive and refuse to work
with it.
If you have done this, the only way to fix the hard disc is to restore its own image back, replacing its own
security signature. This can be done by restoring with an entire backup image or a “part” image either created
by yourself or the Xport software – the Xport software will automatically create a “part” image of any Xbox
360 hard disk it sees as a safety measure.
TRANSFERRING PROFILES AND ALL SAVES
So, you have a new hard disk drive for your Xbox 360 and want to transfer your profiles and game saves to it.
You can do this simply by copying “Content” folder which can be found in “Partition 3” of your hard disk.
You can copy the entire content folder - this will include every profile and save from your hard disk. Or you can
go inside the content folder and select just the profile folders that you want.
1. Run Xport 360.
2. Open your 360 hard disk drive or 360 memory card.
3. Find the “Content “ folder on your HDD/MC. On a HDD it is in “Partition 3”, on a memory card it is
in “Partition 2”.