Delete the Cache on Your Xbox 360

If your Xbox 360 is running slowly, or your games are lagging, you may need to clear your HDD (Hard Disk Drive) cache. Clearing the cache gives your Xbox 360 more random data storage area, making your console run faster and complete disk ops much quicker.

Steps

Clear system cache under Device Options

  1. Turn on your Set up Your Xbox 360.
  2. Scroll across to the system tab and select the storage devices option.
  3. Highlight the hard drive or memory unit option (it should say "Hard Drive, 12 GB free", for example).
  4. Press Y for "Device options".
  5. Select "Clear System Cache". The following message should appear: "This will perform maintenance on your Xbox 360 storage device. Do you want to continue?"
  6. Select "Yes".
  7. Restart your console. You have now cleared your hard drive cache and your Xbox 360 should run faster and have improved game-play on certain games (The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, Fallout 3, Halo 3, or other games).

Hold A on Startup

  1. Start your Xbox 360.
  2. When it is starting up, hold down button A.
  3. This will clear all patches. The Xbox should run faster and have improved gameplay.



Warnings

  • You will lose updates when the cache is cleared, but these can easily be downloaded again.
  • Games like Battlefield 3 and Defiance have very large updates (1-3 GB), so these can take quite awhile to download again.

Things You'll Need

  • Xbox 360 console.
  • Xbox 360 controller.
  • Basic knowledge of Xbox 360 maintenance.

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