Taking out my harddrive while Xbox 360 was on?

Question

I did that while I had the Red flashing lights, but can anyone confirm does taking your harddrive out while 360 is on damages anything at all?

Answer 1

If the 360 was Loading or Saving any information on to the hard drive and you removed it yes it can corrupt the data on the hard drive. Why would you remove the hard drive while the unit was powered on? If damage or corruption didn't occur don't make a habit out of removing any hard drive while the device which is using it is powered on, if corruption occurred you will have to format the drive resulting in you loosing all game save data.