How to Use An External Hard Drive On Xbox One and Series X or S - Move Xbox Games to External Drive
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- How to Use An External Hard Drive On Xbox One and Series X or S - Move Xbox Games to External Drive
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If you're looking for instructions on how to setup and use an external hard drive on an Xbox, you've come to the right place! In this video I explain how to correctly format the drive and how to move games back and forth between internal and external storage. These days, games are taking up more and more space but the good thing is that you can use any USB 3 drive on the Xbox. And the way to tell if the drive is compatible is the blue plastic inside the connectors. It's subtle but a quick and easy way to visually tell which hard drives will work.
And with portable USB drives you won't even need an AC power supply. You can also buy SSDs like this WD Black D30 which are plug and play. SSD stands for solid state drive in case you didn't know and you'll definitely get faster transfer speeds with something like this. No matter what you choose, here's how you set it up. With the external storage plugged in, the Xbox will ask me to configure this drive. If I choose Use For Media the Xbox won't have to format the drive. That's because it's currently set up to store only photos, videos and other files... But it won't work for Xbox games. However, it will work on a Windows computer because it's typically already formatted to work on PCs.
But to use it for Xbox games select the Format Storage Device button. This will erase everything on the external hard drive and reformat it to only work on the Xbox. So keep that in mind. Then I can rename the drive for easier identification. Giving the drive a unique name really helps when switching between internal and external storage. When done, select and click on the arrow at the bottom right.
On the next screen I need to tell the Xbox whether I want new games downloaded directly to the external drive or continue saving on the internal storage. Choose your preference here but for now I just want to keep downloading to my internal storage. On this screen, I can cancel or begin formatting. I definitely want to use my external storage for games so I'll choose Format Storage Device. And pretty quickly, the Xbox will confirm my new drive is ready to use!
At this point, managing storage is an important thing to know how to do. I can manually move them to free up space on the Xbox. Here's how to do it. On the Home screen, navigate to the My Games and Apps button and hit A. In the Games tab, select a game to move. When I press the Menu button on the controller, a pop up window will appear. Here I'll select and click on Manage Game. If I choose to copy the game, the original game file will still remain on the internal drive. Or I can select Move All. Using Move All will transfer the game files to the external drive and delete it from the original location. I want to move the game so I’ll click A on the Move All button.
On the next screen I'll select Move to confirm this is what I want to do. I can now watch the transfer progress and the time it takes depends on the size of the game. When it’s done, I can see my selected game is now on the external drive. I can also move games from the external drive to internal storage on the Xbox. So after confirming I'm actually working on the external drive, I'll select Move All or Copy. Again, I'm just going to move the game. Here I’ll confirm to start to move the game.
It's all pretty easy to do and hopefully you're able to following along to better manage your Xbox storage. If this video was helpful please give me a thumbs up and hit the subscribe button to stay up to date on all my weekly videos!
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Well explained
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My avolusion drive already got set to media as soon as I plugged it in how do I change it?
I can’t format drive, I connected it to windows and unallocated the drive and reconnected it to the Xbox and it does not even detect the drive
i have the D30 1 terabyte and it doesn't work in my Xbox S and i Can't switch from media to storage device, what i can do?
the hard drive i bought doesn't have the blue plastic in the USB, will it still work on Series X??
also if I format it on Series X, can i take games from my One X and put them on the hard drive?
I found a hard drive it's wd passport 1 TB USB 3.0 gen 1 will if work and what format it requires exfat or ntfs?
I moved all my games to my external storage device and my Xbox is telling me I can’t play games I the external storage it has to be on internal storage is there a way to play them on that or did I waste 100 bucks?
Can I use any harddrive 3,0 1gig no wall plug to play all my games let me know if that's rite thank you
Thank you man i thought i ruined my xbox but after this video it helped a lot to understand how it works thank you❤
I have a samsung T7 and i plugged it in the front. Didnt give me the option to format. And kept saying too slow if i tried the option for game clips. So i just tried one of the ports in the back and worked and got it formatted for games and apps. Ill have to try a transfer to see how it works or if it can play games off of it. If it's just storage and not able to play from. Thats fine.
Can you copy videos and photos from external to internal
Does anyone know if I can partition a HDD and use one as NTFS and the other partition as an xbox storage?
Hi Great Video. But had a doubt. Once I download some games in the Drive and then format it as shown in the video, will I be able to again plug it to my pc and download other games? If no, what should be done? Appreciate your help. Thanks
Once you format the external Xbox drive it will not work on a PC anymore. So it really should be a dedicated drive just for the Xbox console. In order for the drive to work on a PC again, you’ll need to reformat it on the PC. But that will erase everything. So you need to have separate drives for Xbox snd PC.
Very Informative Video Did This A While Back With The One S.I Think I Am Gonna Go Digital But I Do Still Love Those CD Boxes And Box Art. After Years On PS4 I Gonna Stay Team Xbox.
Good man
Hi! and thanks for the video. I'm tying to use a Portable SSD of 16TB to store games in my Xbox. I formatted as NTFS and it only recognize my drive for multimedia. It doesn't appear the pop up to format then for games. As it say in the SSD package the USB is 3.1. Do you know how can I solve this problem? many thanks for all your help. Best
must be unallocated i think to to be able to detect by xbox console . maybe plug your portable ssd on pc and delete the formated ssd. once unallocated plug now on your xbox
What about the video pictures is anyone talk about how to copy it over
Good video. Am better informed. Please, can I play games directly from my external hard drive on my Xbox one?
Yes you can play games directly from the external drive on your Xbox. But for next gen games made specifically for Xbox Series S/X those games can only be played from the internal drive or the external expansion card. Next gen games cannot be played from a USB 3.0 external drive.
i have a doubt @TheRenderQ my seagate hdd (the same one you have) it is just blinking blue and nothing else
nothing is popping up on my xbox
what must i do?
Same
When games are move to the new hard drive can you play it from there ?
I have a 5 and it only works with last gens so xbox im assuming is the same but it will hold all game files
also, all data and progress you make in the game is still there even after Its transferred?
Yes you will still have all your data and progress when you move your games to the external hard drive. Your game data is actually stored in the cloud with your Xbox profile. That’s why when you sign in on another Xbox your progress will be with you when you play.
@@TheRenderQwhat if you only play OFFline an don't ever play ONline?
Is it good for Xbox series x ??
Does this mean that if I use a WD My Book for my Xbox One, go and buy an Xbox X, that when I configure it on the Xbox X it will delete everything that is stored on there for my Xbox One?
Nvm. I believe your last tip answered my question :)
Actually if your external USB 3 drive is already formatted on Xbox One it will work on the One X/S no problem. Just unplug from the Xbox One and plug it into the One X/S. No need to format it in this situation. It’s only when the hard drive is new is when you need to format it for the Xbox. Just remember it will erase everything when you format.
so you have to move the games back to the xbox before actually playing them?
No, you can play the Xbox games right from the external hard drive. No need to move them back to the console to play. Just keep the drive plugged in. Just remember the external drive has to be a USB 3 drive.
Nothing about game clips ??! Where do they get stored ?
My son accidentally clicked "Media" when it was plugged in. How do I amend this to "Games" please?
I clicked format and now the external says 0.0 does that mean it deleted my stuff?
Did you fix it?
@@redraven4624 hell nah jit it deleted everything
Hey!
Hope everyone is well 😊
I myself are having a bit of a problem:
I have 512GB SandDisk SSD (5A SCIA is what the Xbox is telling me) which I have used on the computer for files and pictures. The Xbox I have is Series S.
1.) Firstly I connect the SSD to Xbox and hold down the power button and the Media Player pops up with my USB (D:) - cant do anything further.
2.) Im going to Settings > Storage devices and see that I have the SSD only for Pictures, music and videos
Conclusion: I cant store games or change installation locations for them.
I tried looking up online where was said I need to plug the SSD to my computer again and format it? What does it exactly do?
Other people that I saw were saying you need another cable for the said SSD (a blue one). Rigth now I have only green and black.
Very grateful if someone could explain this to me and help me store my games. 😢
Greetings!
No way to use usb 2.0 external drives to do this?
On the Xbox you’ll need to use USB 3.0 external hard drives for storage. 2.0 won’t work.
@@TheRenderQ ok i found a 3.0 external HDD but i only have 2.0 CABLES, do i also need a 3.0 CABLE to do this?
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Bro has 8 terabytes💀
Doesnt work. No such options come up or exist. 4tb drive compatible with xbox but f_(k!ng xbox wont format it
Why tf can't I just use the 60$ external hard drive that was meant for my xbox one its work's and plugs in but why do I still have to move the game file tp my xbox storage so its just forcing me to spend even more money on a ssd card its just dumb