How to remove personal info from XBOX 360

[JonUrban]

I have decided to sell my XBOX 360 as I rarely use it and no longer need it for HD-DVD. However, before I list it on eBay I want to remove my username and information that might be on there. Is there an easy way to do this? Will the downloaded arcade games I bought (Defender, etc) be available to the new owner?

Thanks for your help, I'm really not up to speed on this thing!

 

[IcEWoLF]

Reformat your 360 to factory defaults, it should be on the systems* slide,then go to the Hard Drive options it should wipe your whole HDD out.
Let me know if you have anymore questions.

 

[JonUrban]

IcEWoLF,

Thanks for the response. Will formatting the HD wipe out all of the "updates" that the unit seems to always do when I turn it on? If so, the new owners will have a lot of updates to do!

Thanks

 

[BigTimMN]

yep it will.. but its either that, or they can get yoru info...

 

[mdntblu]

IcEWoLF,

Thanks for the response. Will formatting the HD wipe out all of the "updates" that the unit seems to always do when I turn it on? If so, the new owners will have a lot of updates to do!

Thanks

I think they will just get the latest update and not have to get all the prior ones. But for any game updates it will get whenever they play a game that requires an update.

 

[JonUrban]

Thanks Brad. That's too bad, as it seems that there have been many many updates that I've done since I got it, but if that's how it's done, so be it.

 

[IcEWoLF]

When new updates are out, the old ones are included too, so they may need to update their 360 once or twice, and probably a separate update for games like GoW/Halo 3 and few other games.