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« on: June 12, 2006, 04:13:00 PM »
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georgc

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« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2006, 03:42:00 PM »
so i can use this to get rid of that oblivion patch?
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« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2006, 03:07:00 PM »
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his is most useful for the engineers to help those who are unable to download a game update, a system update, or who are having problems with their achievements.


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Will not clear out system updates.


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« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2006, 03:43:00 PM »
georgc: yes you can.

This post has been edited by redead: Jun 12 2006, 10:44 PM
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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2006, 10:29:00 PM »
I did it a few days ago and it erased the COD2 update.  I was prompted to re-download it after loading the game up.
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« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2006, 11:05:00 PM »
Posted something similar to this on the Xbox Team site, but due to corporate moderation it might never see the light of day.

In summary, it was a remark about the differences between this feature and the Xbox "reformat" feature (Settings/About/five digit "secret code" beginning with Y) that was specific to each console, and why they chose it over a generic implementation.

I haven't been following the Xbox scene lately, though - had anyone arrived at a definitive answer as to the original Xbox's "clear user partition" feature, and whether it was serial/kernel/dash specific?
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« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2006, 05:04:00 AM »
QUOTE(bucko @ Jun 12 2006, 10:14 PM) View Post

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It's for people who cannot download an update because of some weird reason, not to remove the old and download the new.

It makes sence.
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« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2006, 05:45:00 AM »
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* Will not clear out the game areas of the hard drive where game titles cache their own information


So basically it WONT fix game cache related problems, only problems related to the console/profile.
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« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2006, 11:13:00 AM »
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So basically it WONT fix game cache related problems, only problems related to the console/profile.


Hmmm.. Might be useful to do this if you are going to sell your 360... Do this, delete your profiles, etc.
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Team Xbox Dev and PR Team about Clearing the System Cache
Posted by XanTium | June 12 17:37 EST

 
The Team Xbox Dev Blog posted some official info about the Cache Clear Function:
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With the release of the Spring Update we did provide a way for our product support engineers to help users diagnose and clear content from their system cache. This is most useful for the engineers to help those who are unable to download a game update, a system update, or who are having problems with their achievements.
The instructions for performing these steps were posted on Xbox.com in the forums by one of our support folks and wow... in a flash it seems like every website and forum site picked up on it and started to spread the word.

Below is the official word on this feature which the PR team is sending out to gamesites and news organizations who've asked about it:
"The HDD cache clearing feature is a part of the Xbox 360 technical support process and is only supported in those instances. While the cache clearing operation will not harm or render your console inoperable, it should only be used when instructed by the Microsoft customer support staff. As always, any gamers experiencing any issues with their console should contact 800-4-MYXBOX instead of attempting to troubleshoot on their own via this feature."

I can provide a little more context on this. Clearing out your system cache:
* Will clear out the temporary copies of achievements and gamertiles on Memory Units or Hard Drives (note these get re-downloaded when re-connected to Xbox Live)
* Will clear out Game Updates stored on Memory Units or Hard Drives. (note these will get re-downloaded when launching that Game while connected to Xbox Live)
* Will not clear out system updates.
* Will not clear out the game areas of the hard drive where game titles cache their own information