The memory stick I use in my Xbox 360 is generally working but sometimes it fails to read (or write?)... I would like to replace it.
Can I just clone the memory stick using my Mac?
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Sign up to join this communityThe memory stick I use in my Xbox 360 is generally working but sometimes it fails to read (or write?)... I would like to replace it.
Can I just clone the memory stick using my Mac?
Your best option is to obtain another memory stick (a normal USB stick should do).
Then plug both into the same Xbox and use the storage function on the console to move items from the bad stick to the new stick, hopefully salvaging as much as possible.
The disks are formatted with a special file system as soon as you opt to use them with your Xbox 360 so you can't really see the files if you plug the memory stick into a Windows or OS X machine.
Yes, you can use the command dd
for that, which is available on all unix operating systems. it makes an exact copy of the stick.
See this answer on apple.stackexchange.com for details, here is an excerpt though:
diskutil
to find the path of your USB drivesudo dd if=/dev/disk0 of=/dev/disk2 bs=128m conv=noerror,sync
Please note that the devices used here are purely as example, you have to figure the device of your usb stick yourself via diskutil