20gb to 60gb hard drive transfer

Now that the 60gb pros are available Im thinking of swapping mine over to free up some space, if I get a trasnfer cable I assume it will work the same as transferring to a 120gb hard drive?

But more importantly does the "you have to be online to play live downloads" rule still apply, this is what xboxs site says:

"Please keep in mind that licenses for downloaded content like Xbox LIVE Arcade games and TV shows from Video Marketplace are tied to your console not your hard drive. The hard drive transfer kit will move all data from your 20GB hard drive to your Xbox 360 Elite System's 120 GB hard drive, but due to data security provisions it cannot move the licenses associated with some content. This means that while all of your Xbox LIVE Arcade games and Xbox LIVE Marketplace TV shows will transfer, you will have to be connected to Xbox LIVE (to verify your identity) in order to access that content. This process is permanent-do not transfer your data if you wish to access it while offline. "

However I had heard that this problem had been fixed, can any one else give me confirmation of this?

thanks :)

However I had heard that this problem had been fixed, can any one else give me confirmation of this?lilfrightmare

Yes, the problem with DRM licenses has been fixed, you can migrate all of your licenses from on xbox to another if you need or want to. Here's the link to the MS page on it. As far as the transfer kit, I'm not sure if the existing one works for the 60 GB HDs, I'm still trying to find that out myself.

Thats awesome! now I just need to find out if the cable will work with a 60gb

Ok, I bought the 60gb Pro and borrowed the transfer kit from a friend.

Does the cable work with the 60gb? My experience over 2 hours last night says "NO".

I even spent about an hour on the phone with my new bestest friend at 1-800-4MYXBOX, LOL. The guy was clueless and even spent 20 mins talking with other support techs and supervisors.

I posted this same question over at IGN and another user said the same thing....he ended up using a 512mb memory unit to move all his stuff.

I wonder if a USB card reader would do the trick since I have a 4gb SD card and 3-4 transfers beats 16-20. Does anyone know the answer on the USB reader and the 360?

Well, while browsing Microsoft's online tech support, I stumbled on this link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937279/en-us

Check this out:

So, according to M$, it's possible to transfer from a 20GB unit to a 60GB unit...

Well, while browsing Microsoft's online tech support, I stumbled on this link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937279/en-us

Check this out:

Transfer content from your existing Xbox 360 Hard DriveloadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation'); Important Content can only ever be moved from a smaller source drive to a destination drive that is the same size or larger and only one time. For example, the following hard drive pairings allow transfer from source to (">") destination:20GB > 20GB
20GB > 60GB
20GB > 120GB
60GB > 60GB
60GB > 120GB
120GB > 120GB

So, according to M$, it's possible to transfer from a 20GB unit to a 60GB unit...

fporto_br

Well... turns out I'm wrong...

Just got a 60GB 360 and borrowed the transfer cable and software from a friend. And... it didn't work at all. This resource page at M$ is completely innacurate. The transfer kit works only with a 120GB HDD unit. It wasn't able to recognize the 60GB unit and I couldn't move my stuff from one to another.

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Well, while browsing Microsoft's online tech support, I stumbled on this link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937279/en-us

Check this out:

Transfer content from your existing Xbox 360 Hard DriveloadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation'); Important Content can only ever be moved from a smaller source drive to a destination drive that is the same size or larger and only one time. For example, the following hard drive pairings allow transfer from source to (">") destination:20GB > 20GB
20GB > 60GB
20GB > 120GB
60GB > 60GB
60GB > 120GB
120GB > 120GB

So, according to M$, it's possible to transfer from a 20GB unit to a 60GB unit...

fporto_br

Well... turns out I'm wrong...

Just got a 60GB 360 and borrowed the transfer cable and software from a friend. And... it didn't work at all. This resource page at M$ is completely innacurate. The transfer kit works only with a 120GB HDD unit. It wasn't able to recognize the 60GB unit and I couldn't move my stuff from one to another.

The cable can only be used once and then it is useless this is so we dont all start swapping game purchses 

do if you borrowed the cable then i take it your friend had already used it and that is why it is not working 

As was previously stated, a transfer kit can only be used once. Do the 60GB HDDs not come with a transfer kit? If not I'm sure you can contact Microsoft and get them to send you one if you can prove that you purchased a new 60GB HDD.z3dd1cu5