TweakTips you deserve a pint!! This was my Hail Mary. I was getting all the E100 codes and nothing from the troubleshooting screen would work. I bought a new 1TB SSD did a simple NTFS format following other tutorials and same results. Ran tests on the original HD and it passed. I was at a loss and almost relegated to sending the Xbox in for repair or waiting for the new Series X. I decided to follow your instructions and OMG!!! It worked. One thing I had noticed was even though it seemed nothing was going on with the new SSD in the box I pulled it out and checked it had all the same files as the old HD but I had never got passed the "something happened" screen even with a factory reset. I reformatted the new SSD with HD Prep Script per your instructions and I believe that made the difference. Your video and instruction saved me money and my Xbox my friend. Thank you!!! NOTE TO OTHERS: If simply formatting a new HD and throwing it in the box does not work and you have followed other instructions with no joy WATCH THIS VIDEO. It essentially creates a brand new Xbox HD that the Xbox likes and is ready to update. When all else failed and repair was imminent this worked for me.
Much appreciated for the simple guide, well made, informative, and easy to look at editing. Fixed my xbox the same day as watching this video. Bravo and thank you.
Just got done doing this repair for my xbox x with the help of your video. Thank you so much for such a complete guide. Got the hard drive and caddy you recommended and the software from the description. Everything is working now. Mircosoft wanted $250 for a replacement console. They said they couldn't repair it only replace. Been pissed about the whole situation buying a $400 console and having it break in less then two years and they wanted $250 more to make it right. You made my year. $50 for the HD and caddy and your video and i'm gaming again. Thank you for the help and saving me $200.
Hi Jeremy - Brilliant news, and very happy to have helped - it makes making these videos worth while when I hear good news stories like yours - very happy indeed. Thanks for coming back and letting us know, and happy gaming.!
@@Tempur253 Thanks Jeremy, bless you, that is very kind. I do this to help others out. If you would like to make a donation, instead of giving to me, please feel free to give some loose change to a charity of your choice.
Thank you so much for the video. My Xbox One X started taking a long time to load up and very sluggish in the menus. Games would not respond correctly. After watching some videos online I decided to change out the hard drive with a 1Tb SSD. I followed your video step by step and I was able to get my Xbox One X back up and running. Just now loading up my first game to see how everything is running. So far so good. Thank you again!
Thanks! I bought a bad console that was seemingly trash for 20 dollars. The hard drive wouldn't take to the script and when it did for some reason it replicated itself. Purchased a new harddrive and did this, worked as well as new. Thank you again!
Thank you so much for this in depth guide. I watched and rewatched the Andrew Paul video (which is excellent) but did not work. it cleared my E102 but then i got an E106. He missed the important step of opening the OSU1 files for drive x which you actually did. You saved this xbox one. Thanks so much
Thank you so much. The most time consuming part for me was just carefully disassembling and re-assembling my xbox to install the new hard drive. Everything worked like a charm.
I was in e101 & e106 Loop on my Xbox one x after doing all the steps. New SSD didn’t work... but now it works again! It was a developer / insider build after all. Had to wait for new OSU to come out a few days ago to fix the insider build corrupt files. I Plugged in new OSU1 with flash stick and it updated great. Then I joined insider hub on the console and went to -> settings -> manage devices -> unenroll Xbox one x from developer program -> restart -> reset to factory. Now I’m back to release build with no issues and a new SSD. Woo hoo!
Had a problem 102,103,106. I used your video and followed along, console would still remain on E106. Tried power cycles, bind and eject and nothing. I did one hallmary and was surprised it work . I combined OSU1 with OSU 3 files onto a USB to perform offline system update. Now there are 6 files that share the same name and won't move over. Keep the larger OSU3 files. So basically you are making a USB drop OSU3 into OSU1 and let it overwrite the 6 files. Then try to perform the offline system update. This worked for me, it may not work for you but I wanted to share bc I'm just a normal guy and this video helped me out a lot to get a brand new hard drive installed, formatted. Thanks. Drew. Microsoft Certified Professional
Hey thanks for this it worked for me on the second go! In case anyone is having issues I tried this twice. The first time I tried with an old 2.5" 2tb drive from an external HDD enclosure that I had reformatted. It didn't work, I kept getting E200 error codes on startup with the recycled HDD. I tried again with a brand new 2tb HDD and it worked first time. Make of that what you will, but if anyone is stuck might be something to consider.
Absolute life saver you are!! Thank you for making such a good tutorial! Last week my Xbox one X frozed while I was playing, tried to reboot and it never turn on again. Tried holding sync and eject button but nothing shows up, just no signal via HDMI. My Xbox is out of warranty anyway so I decided to open up myself, took out the 1TB Seagate hard drive and plug into my PC and it won't read the HD, that's when I know something is up with the drive. I have a 240GB SSD lying around and I thought I'd give it a try just to make sure it's the HD. Followed your tutorial but at about 70% update, it always error out with error code E102 which I kind of suspect as 240GB is not enough storage. I went ahead and bought a new 1TB Samsung 970EVO SSD and followed the instructions again, this time it boots up all ok. I'm up and running again saving me fortunes to repair it from Microsoft. Just want to say thank you for this great tutorial!
Followed another tutorial that was super similar, but it wouldn’t work. This did. Started receiving “There’s a problem with your saved games” on my One X, and shortly after it’d brick. Bought a 2TB Seagate Barracuda and followed this with no issues. Thanks so much.
So found your video to be helpful! But through my experience I learned that if a console is part of the "Xbox Preview Program," then none of this, including the OSU1 offline update will work, even with a new hard drive. I thought my Xbox One X had a bad hard drive since a recent update got caught in a fail/restart cycle. Replaced the hard drive with a new one, but same issue continued to happen and offline update would always instantly fail. Decided to test the old hard drive with SeaTools and both short and long generic tests passed on the old HHD. So started looking at other issues. Finally was able to determine that the offline update and/or scripts for a new hard drive will not work for a console on the Xbox Preview Program. To do so, the console must be removed (unenrolled) from the preview program and then offline update or even an online update will work. At least that is what worked for me.
Thanks Kyle - you are correct. It will sometimes work for Preview enrolled Xbox's but it will force a "standard OS" update as soon as it is up and running again
So I’m currently in this situation. Just bought a used xbox one x and apparently it was part of the preview program (xbox insider). The OS version is 19041.6288.amd64fre.xb yada yada yada.. I’m simply trying to upgrade to a SSD. Just did an upgrade last month, and all I did was throw the new SSD in the xbox and do an offline OS1 update. Everything worked perfect. This time around is way different. Keep getting error codes. Have done multiple restores and attempted offline updates. Even joined the insider program and unenrolled to get the xbox serial number off the program. Let the xbox run for 72, which it said it may need that long to unenroll. Restarted xbox, restored xbox, tried everything. Still has that same insider program OS. Won’t accept the OS1 offline update with the factory HHD. If I go through the process in this video with my new SSD, do you think everything will be ok or do you think the insider program has messed it up. Xbox works completely. Just can’t upgrade to SSD or offline update
@@abasiczombie. Hi - on a PC, delete ALL partitions from the SSD so the SSD it totally blank. Then, install the SSD into the Xbox and power on - from the menu select offline update and plug in a USB with the latest OSU1 from Microsoft. After it installs, it will force you to download and re-install the Insider OSU1
@@TweakTips do I need to delete all partitions from the SSD if I just opened it? It’s brand new, never been used apart from trying to offline update to OS1 about 20 times. Gets to 1% and says something went wrong. Error: E101 00000504 8B050041
@@abasiczombie. When you say you joined the insider program, I assume you did that through your own account/gamertag? If the previous owner originally had it on the preview program, then maybe Microsoft is still tracking that system is enrolled through their account/gamertag? I had two Xboxes have this issue at the same time, and full factory resets doesn't seem to unenroll them from the program. So I had to have my brother sign in to my account on his Xbox and then go to the preview program and unenroll the Xboxes on my account. Then for me, online updates instantly worked on both boxes. So if you by chance can still contact the previous owner, may see if they can still unenroll that Xbox from the preview program. That at least would be my best guess.
YOU ARE DA BEST!!! Fucking hell the feeling of not being able to game for 3 weeks!! All thanks to you my Xbox is up and running again. It had shown all the errors (E101, E102, E106, etc.) First I replaced the connectors but that didn't work. Soon I realised the problem was in my hard drive. Got a new one and did as you said and BOOM! Finally it's as good as a new one. Don't doubt this vid fellas, it works 💯% Cheers and thanks once again!
Thank you so much for this guide! Simple and straightforward, seriously could not recommend it enough for any that are looking to attempt this repair. Thank you once again sir, couldn't have done it without this video!
For those who have xbox one x, already changed the hd and continues to present errors and crashes, I solved my adapting an external hd case and feeding the power of hd by the usb input of the console itself. Because the problem is in the power supply pro hd on the motherboard. The hd is going off or crashing with the console running due to some power instability, so throwing crashes and errors on power up. This tip is only for those who already changed the hd and the errors continued. I had to have surgery on the case plate, because I had to cut and unsolder the Data Sata socket (keeping the power sata socket), so that I could put a sata data cable from these computer and connect it to the motherboard. xbox, I kept the hd inside the console, the case wire I went through one of the side holes, without cutting the case, and plugged it into the usb input of the console. Remembering that the case card will only serve to power the hd, you will have, as said, use a sata data cable to connect to the motherboard, if not the device does not turn on. I'll wait for some technician to post which motherboard component is failing so I can replace this component because it's hard to figure out when the problem happens only once in a while. I've been testing and forcing the Xbox for 5 days, and it didn't crash anymore, no errors either.
Absolutely perfect, I have about 10 Xbox one x some had hard drive issues, i was replacing hard drives and when replaced with just usb osu1 files they was getting stuck at 58% but after this instructions made also fresh usb files the hard drive updated all the way successfully, many thanks for the video 👍
@@timdowney3337 have you taken the hard drive out? And do the steps above? I noticed when I did hard drive steps above and put it on Xbox only for configuration than if I was to unplug hardrive again from Xbox just so I can reassemble the Xbox I would have issues, so when you do the steps above finish the job don’t keep unplugging hard drive, also when you press buttons at the front press left button first than right and hold, usb at the front
So now I have and Xbox which I have finished the job in regards to configuration but I have to get motherboard out to stick Mx-4 fresh paste, but I unplugged hard drive to get motherboard out and reassemble now Xbox gives me again error 101 maybe other ones not in home, so again I have to take hard drive out do above steps and this time not move anymore hard drive, this happens to me with 3-4 xboxes I have same situation with one tonight
@@JiMiGj1234 Yes I followed these instructions perfectly with a brand new 500GB SSD. I get e106 when I hold sync and eject after it partially preps console. I've also replaced SATA cable in the xbox. Could e106 in this case be an issue with other hardware such as the motherboard?
@@timdowney3337 106 105 those for me was hard drive, by any chance you have not changed the disc drive, but that would be error 100, so why don’t you remove hard drive connect it to laptop via external connector start fresh follow all the steps, than use the cmd program now as we speak I am doing another Xbox 4 to go, and on my one I just got error 101 fresh usb, so my solution to this one is I am going to disassemble the Xbox one x, apply fresh paste to processor than do the above steps to hard drive, connect hard drive as it I am not going to remove again and just put Xbox together only with 1/ 2 screws, out usb front, press left button right button hold them, press power button, keep holding untill second beep, I have usb at the front and I have usb which lights up when in use, so for you does the update process even start? Do you get error second restart?
Many thanks!, I had trouble with my Xbox one x project scorpion , the HDD was busted , I have buy a SSD , and installed on my Xbox , with your help from this video , and I can say is working , and much faster , many thanks again
Matt Mattinson I’m facing an issue with my xbox one x that it turns on but I get a black screen. Was this the similar symptoms you were having? Also when trying to do the troubleshoot of the machine while pressing the eject + sync then power I never hear the multiple beep and no major sounds of the drive running and thats why I think my issue could also be a drive issue .
Sergio Cardona , to be onest I don’t know , my Xbox was starting and showing me an E 105 error , I have look up on internet , and it was hard drive problem ,
@@sacg1352 Hi Sergio - this could be a faulty hard drive, or it could be a fault retimer chip. If you turn on your xbox and leave it powered on, does it turn off automatically after a couple of minutes? If it does, then you have a faulty hard drive, if the xbox stays powered on, then it is more than likely your retimer chip which needs replacing - here is a video of how to replace the retimer - th-cam.com/video/W_hJsG-IGUw/w-d-xo.html
New X box X. Only used 2 months but bought last year. Wouldn’t update wouldn’t do anything. Found this. Got new HD and followed through. One working X box. FANTASTIC.
Thanks for watching the video everyone. The original links in the description went offline, so I have updated and added the links from our friends at Console Therapy - consoletherapy.com/support/install-xbox-one-os-on-new-hard-drive/
If i keep getting both E101 and E203 does that most likely mean my hard drive needs replacing? (I've tried doing a offline update and formatting all data from it)
Came here after watching some of XFiX's vids and such. This is another excellent video on the subject. The one 'gotcha' is that, after you install your new drive into the XBox, you need to follow this special power-on sequence correctly the FIRST time, i.e. from a "cold boot". If you make a mistake and the XBox starts up "normally" (goes the home screen right away), that's OK -- just UNPLUG it, re-plug it, and start over as from a "cold boot" again. Make sense? Another point of note. Most of the files in the System Update A/B folders are language-support. You can technically exclude the ones you don't need. All of these language-support files are named like "aa-bb.xvd", where the "aa-bb" part is the language-country code; for example, "en-au" is "English-Australia", "es-mx" is "Espanol-Mexico" (Mexican Spanish), etc. As an English speaker, for example, I ONLY included the 3 that started with 'en-**': "en-au.xvd", "en-ca.xvd", and "en-gb.xvd". Notice that none of those are "en-us", United States English; so in THEORY, I probably did not need ANY of the language files. Since US English is the 'default' language of the console, it stands to reason that there's no 'extra language file' for it. But I figured it doesn't hurt to have at least one, if the XBox system-updater starts looking for them. Hope that helps future viewers & hackers. GLHF! =)
This video help me out so much thank you guys for making this video an links. Saved me 60pound now I can fix it myself. An isn't as hard as the computer shops make it out to be.
Honestly, im having so many issues with the xbox x. Games crash and stutter, games on hdd wont load/boot most of the time. So thanks for this video mate
Did you install the new hard drive? I bought my xbox one x off of ebay and it worked great for a couple of months and then I started getting several different types of error codes and now I think I may have to resort to replacing the hard drive.
Hello, I get to 7:32 in the video. It shows the New Volume hhd as Disk 2 in disk management, but the script only allows [0,1]. I do not have a Disk 1 shown in Disk Management. If I click 1, it then shows some caution and warning screens, and says under guid that the "ECHO is off" and no further information. It says it will ease all data on the disk and if I should continue. How can I fix it to get it back on track?
Hi, thanks for the comment. It sounds like it could be either your hard drive is faulty (windows not detecting) or the USB/SATA adapter/cradle is not working. Do you have any lights on your adapter? Can you hear the hard drive spin up when you connect it to your PC?
How do I know what size SATA Caddy to get for my existing Xbox One machine in order to connect it to my computer? The link you provided shows some for a 2.5 inch drive and another one is for a 3.0 inch SATA drive. Also, I thought I read somewhere that if you upgrade your existing HD from a 1TB drive to a 2 TB drive that you will end up having errors because the Blue Ray Drive has to match the existing HD - is that correct?
Hi Eddie - it is the 2.5 inch version you need (like this one - amzn.to/3aKgk0D). The hard drive capacity has no match with the blu-ray drive so a 500GB, 1TB or 2TB drive will work fine
Recently Microsoft updated this process, so you no longer need to partition the drive (as long as the original OS version on your Xbox is newer than 2021) - simply delete everything from your replacement hard drive (including the partitions), install it into the xbox and follow the video from here - th-cam.com/video/tUisAJjfGz0/w-d-xo.html
Recently Microsoft updated this process, so you no longer need to partition the drive (as long as the original OS version on your Xbox is newer than 2021) - simply delete everything from your replacement hard drive (including the partitions), install it into the xbox and follow the video from here - th-cam.com/video/tUisAJjfGz0/w-d-xo.html
when i copy from folder a to folder b ! there is not enough space on system ipdate 199mb additional ! system update (x) 11.9gb like yours it shows on the video
Hi Darren - Recently Microsoft updated this process, so you no longer need to partition the drive (as long as the original OS version on your Xbox is newer than 2021) - simply delete everything from your replacement hard drive (including the partitions), install it into the xbox and follow the video from here - th-cam.com/video/tUisAJjfGz0/w-d-xo.html
@@TweakTips ok so i decided that im just going to buy a original xbox one because its for me and my family but thanks anyway you deserve a sub even more 😎
After seeing so much people with the same problem it has to be more than just a hdd replacement. I've replaced my hdd and I'm still getting errors I've seing another video where they say the problem is related to the xbox one x not being capable to delivery enough power to hdd. There's "fix" by getting the power from the usb port but I didn't tried it yet
Need help here done this to the word and thought it was going to work. Update got to 85% in the installation process using a new drive then crashed. Constantly getting error 101 now and won't even try to update as the error message shows instantly every time!!!! : (
Thanks so much! My Xbox one X wasn’t booting up for a year and was dusting away in the attic because Xbox wanted to charge me 270€ for repair! Which is insane. Now I can use it again thanks to following these exact steps, and saved 270€. I used the original hdd too. Now looking to upgrade de hdd to a ssd, using these same steps.
@Kieran Arnold There is a ribbon cable which is connected to the bottom case - the other end of the cable connects to the motherboard via the metal casing (it has a metal plate with two screws to fasten it). Make sure you have connected that cable back up again when you re-assembled the console. Also check you have pushed it correctly back in place on the motherboard and tighten up the screws.
@@TweakTips screen freeze and after couple of minutes go to a Black screen and stays there forever. After that I shut down holding the power button for 10 sec. Then I turn on and stays with in a Black screen.
@@DiegoCobain How long does the black screen stay for? Make sure you leave it for at least 5 minutes as sometimes after running through the process, the boot logo might not be display (leave it switched on for a while and the dash board might appear)
did the same no troubleshooting screen only system error screen...heard beep twice exactly but not working for me...sometimes it shows green bar about to fill and above it console image then interrupted by system error
I try 2 hardisk sata gate 500 and that is inside xbox 1tb... After the step chose a or b or c.. For size.. It say missing partion.. And on my laptop show Calculator not show any new part same the first step.. I dont know what is the broblume in
Very informative, but for the boot animations can I put it in the OSU file on the USB stick and do an online system update on the console to install them?
Not that I am aware of... You need to connect the hard drive back up to you PC. Have a watch of this video here - th-cam.com/video/nG1VNqVeSt4/w-d-xo.html
the newer OSU1 update files are too large to copy to both A and B on the System Update (X:) ... do you have any recommendations how to get past this problem? Will it work if i only copy to A ?
Recently Microsoft updated this process, so you no longer need to partition the drive (as long as the original OS version on your Xbox is newer than 2021) - simply delete everything from your replacement hard drive (including the partitions), install it into the xbox and follow the video from here - th-cam.com/video/tUisAJjfGz0/w-d-xo.html
@@TweakTips Hi, do I have to delete all the partitions I just made with cmd prompt so there is nothing on the hardrive whatsoever and then just install it into the xbox one x thats it and it should just sort itself out but I have to install an update with the usb?
Symptoms of failure: Slowing in loading times. Lagging in games, noises from the hard drive, having to factory reset the xbox often, and finally 3 boot noises and spinning sounds coming from the xbox then the xbox powering off without seeing the boot logo. (if youre seeing this last one you cannot copy the drive it's 💩)
If you have a PC with two HDD channels (two SATA controllers) on board, yes. You still need to boot Windows for this to work, so you can only add the hard drive as a second device
So i have a hard drive issue on my xbox one x and i want to swap drives. I have an ssd drive in my laptop which i dont use so i want to use that. I cant just take it out of the laptop and put it in the xbox? I figured it would format it self. Its very troublesome when i have to keep unplugging the xbox for days at a time or reseting it and offline update it. My 6 yr old and i love gameing together but this is a very big headache.
Depending on the laptop SSD capacity, you can use it. It should be either 500GB or 1TB ideally. You will still have to run through the process in the video to prep the hard drive before you put it into your Xbox though
@@babaganoosh1041 It depends on the current version of the firmware installed on your Xbox. If you have a version which is from September 2020 onwards, you will still need to ensure the drive is totally clean (no partitions) and then you can just install it. If your Xbox firmware is earlier than September 2020, you will need to follow the process in the video
I may have identified why this didn't work for me. Which zip files, if any, do you have to extract before transferring? I never extracted the boot animation, hdd master file, nor the OSU1 that I put on my USB.
@@TweakTips ive fixed it so i bought a 500GB SSD put it in without doing anything and it just installed the update lol i think u need 500GB minimum but thanks for trying to help me :)
hi I've followed everything in the video, however, if I plug USB stick s.der xbox and turn it on and the offline system update start I get the error code E101 however, when I press the Start eject button and Xbox button, the update starts from the USB stick but only charges it to 9 percent then I get another error code E106 Sorry for my English
Hi Andre - your English is good my friend. Did you hold down the eject and bind buttons until you hear 4 start up beeps? If not try it again as it takes a few attempts to get it correctly.
Hello, I'm getting error code e105 which isn't listed in your video, along with the something went wrong message on my Xbox one x. Do you have any idea whether this is also related to a HDD issue, or something else? It also sometimes gives the "something is wrong with your saved games" message with a screen that gives you the option to either reset the console, troubleshoot, turn it off. It also just randomly shuts down at times. Thanks for any help you can give me as I'm pulling my hair out over this.
E105 can mean a number of issues, faulty firmware and faulty hard drive - I would try swapping the hard drive as in the video with a replacement first of all - hope you get it working again.
@@TweakTips Thanks for the speedy reply. I think I will try swapping the HDD and see how that works. Because a few days ago, something really strange happened. I was playing Monster Hunter world and had invited two of my friends on one of my quest. The moment they joined, they could see my character, but I couldn't see theirs, even though we were all fighting the same monster. After that incident, I started getting the error codes again, lol. By the way, you got a new subscriber.
@@TweakTips Hello boomBeam Tech, How are you? I hope you are doing well. I just wanted to let you know that I have swapped my HDD with a new one. One of my friends upgraded to an SSD, so he gave me his old HDD. After swapping, I have so far not faced any of the E-error codes that were previously plaguing my console. But one peculiar thing I notice, is that the last update is dated 12/31/1600. Have you ever faced this issue, or have any idea of what could be the cause? Thanks in advance!
@@Imadeyourun Hi Festering, I am very well thank you, and hope you are too. That is a little odd, and not something I have seen before. I did have a strange date like that when running an update from USB - have you tried to manually check for an update with in the dashboard? It will probably say no update available (if you downloaded the latest update to USB) but worth a try. What version number does it give for the dashboard? If it is 10.0.18362.6065 then you have the latest version. If the Xbox is working correctly, I wouldn't worry about it too much, as the next update they push will fix the date issue. Also, its worth checking that the date and time is set correctly on your xbox.
@@TweakTips Yeah, I also doing fine, thank you very much. Yes, the update showing is the latest one: 10.0.18362.6065. And the time and date is also correct. I have read that other users were experiencing the same issue after having swapped there HDD and, or updating from a USB stick. It doesn't really worry me much, just as long as I don't get any more errors and I'm able to play without and further disturbances. I just wanted to know what the cause was since not even Microsoft themselves seem to have the foggiest. Anyway, thanks again for the swift reply. And I keep up the great work! You have really help a lot!
Hi Mich - that video is a little old now, and the process has changed. There is no need to run the bat file anymore. Have a watch of an updated video here - th-cam.com/video/xhCxK2Mzd5w/w-d-xo.html
@@TweakTips my problem with the whole process is that my xbox altough is doing the whole download process, by validation and around 28% of it (55% of total progress) gets the error E101. I can't seem to bypass it no matter how many drives i use. I used an SSD 1TB, HDD 1TB, different USB sticks to boot the Offline Update and nothing helped. Feck it, i'll just buy another. I wasted way too much of my valuable time for that piece of junk. I want to game with my kid so she doesn't do stuff on my PC.
@@michalisdoukas3912 Do you know if the Xbox is enrolled to the Insider Program? That can sometimes cause a probelm as the OSU1 download is standard (not Insider version).. the only way around that is un-enrolling from Insider and waiting for another OSU1 update to be released.
just started this process on a hard drive but when i get to the part where you drop the files into the X partition into the A folder it goes fine then I copy it and put it into B folder it won't go says not enough room. I followed every thing but now I'm frustated
i am currently stuck at 6:27 inthe video and my administrator says the system cannot find the path specified and i made sue to do everything right so if someone could help that would be great
Hi Martin - usually when you have had these errors, it means the hard drive is starting to fail, so you could reformat it and it will work for a while, but eventually it will start to produce the errors again. You could use it in a laptop (if you happen to have a laptop with no hard drive!) as Windows is a lot better at detecting bad sectors, marking them as faulty and not using them.. unfortunately the Xbox does not have that ability.
Instead of using an internal drive can you just use an external drive and bypass the internal? Like cancel out the internal drive and JUST use the external for Everything?
You can use whatever for internal long as it has 500 gb and download the Xbox script and bam new Xbox. my hard drives are damaged physically somehow or were used so long they keep disappearing and giving errors and crash’s that’s when you know you got a bad drive.
what if you a first gen xbox one and there is only a sensor for eject? do you still do it the same way my sync button is on the left side of the xbox as well?
My drive to select for the xbox create drive is numbered 5 but when I select 5 i get a almost sounds like an error sound as in it doesnt go that high. any thoughts
My xbox one s has been super laggy and has been freezing. I bought a new 1 Tb hard drive and downloaded both the files. I have also done the steps in the command prompt up to the storage size question. I will answer with c and after that it runs and the new smaller window pops up. However after this the files window does not pop up and it says "No USB/SATA drives found" I do not know what to do from here.
@@TweakTips yes I could and I followed the steps you showed to format it. In the command prompt it did give me a choice as to which drive I wanted to run the command on (drive 0 or drive 1) I picked drive 1 and followed the steps but at the end it said it couldn’t find it. I will try to do it again today and see if it works.
@@TweakTips I just did it again and I have the same problem. Another detail I forgot is that when I answer with c when it asks how big the drive is my computer for some reason opens the calculator app like 5 times. I don’t know if this is significant but I thought I’d add that in. I’m still getting the “No USB/SATA drives found” message
Another detail is that when it’s done running the prompt I go back to “this pc” in my files explorer and it does not let me open the Née Volume E drive anymore. None of the new partitions show up either.
Also when the calculator app starts up for some reason in the command prompt it says “Missing opperand” sorry for overloading you with all this information. I would be very grateful if you can help me set up my new force for my Xbox. Thank you!
Hi Alex - I have never tried a external SSD to be honest. I guess as long as you have the correct folder on the SSD it will work? Let us know how you get on
Im having an issue where no files open/ no new volumes are created as shown around 9:40 and within the command print it only shows 3 volumes and says no usb/SATA drive found when the hard drive is clearly connected by usb and it deleted the new volume created in the beginning. I’ve completely wiped the hard drive and created a new volume again. I’m not sure why I’m having this issue. It is a 2TB hard drive and I’ve tried selecting d) 2TB and also c)1TB and it still says no usb found and all the volumes do not show in command prompt.
Hi Colby - System Error E100 relates to a failed optical drive firmware check. Make sure you have connected the BluRay/Optical drive back correctly and it is powered (does it accept discs?) - That is all said with the presumption that you have the original optical drive and that you not swapped your optical drive with another?
@@TweakTips no way to fix that correct? Formatted it a few times and same issue. I have another hard drive I will try. Thanks for the help and happy Holidays and merry Christmas!
@@Murph2417 Thanks Colby, Merry Christmas to you too my friend. No, unfortunately no (easy) way to repair faulty sectors on the hard drive. One other thing to try (if you have a spare) is to try another Hard drive cable in the Xbox - are you using the same cable on the good hard drive as on the one that shows E100?
Hello there, great videos, xbox one x, my original hdd was damaged so I replace it with another new hdd, just did all the steps on this video but when I'm trying to do the offline update the update start the downloading but at 59% say something to wrong error 101 😔 what can I do?
@@timdowney3337 well here is what i did to fix that...my new hdd is a toshiba 1TB...but the real size is 930gb so I did the format for a 500gb hdd and after I just connected the hdd to my laptop and manually extend the "User Content" partition that was all (you can use mini tool partition wizard) .... something strange that happened to me was the pen drive I was using had this issue and for some reason the downloading process stop at 59% so I changed the pen drive and finally worked all the instructions in this video...I'm already playing again
@@pabloadolfolopezalegria7390 My works again! It was a developer / insider build after all. Had to wait for new OSU to come out a few days ago to fix the insider build corrupt files. I Plugged in new OSU1 with flash stick and it updated great. Then I joined insider hub on the console and went to -> settings -> manage devices -> unenroll Xbox one x from developer program -> restart -> reset to factory. Now I’m back to release build with no issues and a new SSD. Woo hoo!
Thnx from Russia! It’s work! It’s need to change windows system language to USA English before start the script for Non English Windows localization OS. 😅👍
Thank you for your clear and simple to use video ! My Xbox One S 500 Gb HDD was dead, I had the E102 error code. I installed a new 1Tb HDD, following all your instructions to the letter. But, a problem appeared during the offline update... The box stop doing the update at 3% of the third step (60 % of total update), indicating me the following error code : E100 00000706 80070002. Do you ever seen something like that ?
Hi Laurent - That error code indicates the update cannot find your DVD/Blu-Ray drive - are you sure you have connected it back up correctly? You can test it by trying to insert a disc into the drive to see if it has power
@@TweakTips Hi to all the team, I just checked the DVD/Blu-Ray drive. It takes a dvd and read it (I heard the "normal" noises of this working). I can't understand what's wrong... Is it possible to combinate 2 Fault Codes in the same time. So, I maybe had the E102 and the E100 together, and when the 102 were resolved, the 100 appeared ?!
So I had an original Xbox One and then I bought an Xbox One S the Xbox One had a one terabyte while the Xbox One S Had a 512 gig So I tried placing the one terabyte inside the one as but it would not work kept giving me error codes and the Xbox would not work what is the problem
Can these files be used on an Xbox One Elite instead of either the S or X as described above? Only the boot animation refers to the Xbox One Phat console, which presumably means non S and non X? thanks
Hi Craig.. Yes, they can be used on any XBox One model (including Elite), and yes you are correct, the "Phat" is also known as the original Xbox One (non S and X)
@@TweakTips Sorry, one other question. If i am replacing with a new hard disk, do i not need to worry about OSU2 or OSU3 files as recommended on the Xbox support page?
@@craigtaylor1711 Hi Craig - no you can use just the OSU1 file (as you are replacing your hard drive) - OSU2 (and 3) are for updating current versions - as you are starting from fresh (new hard drive) you can just install OSU1
You have to go to the channel he linked in the description then go to the playlist that has the hard drive thumbnail then there should be a link to download it im not sure if you ever figured it out but here you go if you didn't
TweakTips you deserve a pint!! This was my Hail Mary. I was getting all the E100 codes and nothing from the troubleshooting screen would work. I bought a new 1TB SSD did a simple NTFS format following other tutorials and same results. Ran tests on the original HD and it passed. I was at a loss and almost relegated to sending the Xbox in for repair or waiting for the new Series X. I decided to follow your instructions and OMG!!! It worked. One thing I had noticed was even though it seemed nothing was going on with the new SSD in the box I pulled it out and checked it had all the same files as the old HD but I had never got passed the "something happened" screen even with a factory reset. I reformatted the new SSD with HD Prep Script per your instructions and I believe that made the difference. Your video and instruction saved me money and my Xbox my friend. Thank you!!!
NOTE TO OTHERS: If simply formatting a new HD and throwing it in the box does not work and you have followed other instructions with no joy WATCH THIS VIDEO. It essentially creates a brand new Xbox HD that the Xbox likes and is ready to update. When all else failed and repair was imminent this worked for me.
Thanks David.. appreciate it. Great to hear you got your XBox up and running again
Much appreciated for the simple guide, well made, informative, and easy to look at editing. Fixed my xbox the same day as watching this video. Bravo and thank you.
Great news! Thanks for letting us know Jeff
Just got done doing this repair for my xbox x with the help of your video. Thank you so much for such a complete guide. Got the hard drive and caddy you recommended and the software from the description. Everything is working now. Mircosoft wanted $250 for a replacement console. They said they couldn't repair it only replace. Been pissed about the whole situation buying a $400 console and having it break in less then two years and they wanted $250 more to make it right. You made my year. $50 for the HD and caddy and your video and i'm gaming again. Thank you for the help and saving me $200.
Hi Jeremy - Brilliant news, and very happy to have helped - it makes making these videos worth while when I hear good news stories like yours - very happy indeed. Thanks for coming back and letting us know, and happy gaming.!
@@TweakTips Xbox is still running great. Do you have a way I can make a donation?
@@Tempur253 Thanks Jeremy, bless you, that is very kind. I do this to help others out. If you would like to make a donation, instead of giving to me, please feel free to give some loose change to a charity of your choice.
A lot of hard work went into this. Thank you, you saved my Xbox One S.
I had my Xbox one S for 4 years I think my Hard drive is dying
@@unknownwolf4046 Yeah, I almost never even used the thing and the drive just up and died!
Thank you so much for the video. My Xbox One X started taking a long time to load up and very sluggish in the menus. Games would not respond correctly. After watching some videos online I decided to change out the hard drive with a 1Tb SSD. I followed your video step by step and I was able to get my Xbox One X back up and running. Just now loading up my first game to see how everything is running. So far so good. Thank you again!
Great news.. Well done!
Do I need to have a microsoft computer to format the hard drive? I have a mac computer.
Thanks! I bought a bad console that was seemingly trash for 20 dollars. The hard drive wouldn't take to the script and when it did for some reason it replicated itself. Purchased a new harddrive and did this, worked as well as new. Thank you again!
Great news... Thanks for letting us know.
Thank you so much for this in depth guide. I watched and rewatched the Andrew Paul video (which is excellent) but did not work. it cleared my E102 but then i got an E106. He missed the important step of opening the OSU1 files for drive x which you actually did. You saved this xbox one. Thanks so much
Thanks for watching, and for the comment Russell. Glad you got it working again.
Thank you so much. The most time consuming part for me was just carefully disassembling and re-assembling my xbox to install the new hard drive. Everything worked like a charm.
I was in e101 & e106 Loop on my Xbox one x after doing all the steps. New SSD didn’t work... but now it works again! It was a developer / insider build after all. Had to wait for new OSU to come out a few days ago to fix the insider build corrupt files. I Plugged in new OSU1 with flash stick and it updated great. Then I joined insider hub on the console and went to -> settings -> manage devices -> unenroll Xbox one x from developer program -> restart -> reset to factory. Now I’m back to release build with no issues and a new SSD. Woo hoo!
Great news.. well done Tim and thanks for sharing
Had a problem 102,103,106. I used your video and followed along, console would still remain on E106. Tried power cycles, bind and eject and nothing. I did one hallmary and was surprised it work . I combined OSU1 with OSU 3 files onto a USB to perform offline system update. Now there are 6 files that share the same name and won't move over. Keep the larger OSU3 files. So basically you are making a USB drop OSU3 into OSU1 and let it overwrite the 6 files. Then try to perform the offline system update. This worked for me, it may not work for you but I wanted to share bc I'm just a normal guy and this video helped me out a lot to get a brand new hard drive installed, formatted. Thanks. Drew. Microsoft Certified Professional
Thanks Drew - appreciate you sharing your tips
are you saying you saying you put both osu1 and 3 onto one usb?
If this works I'm buying you a beer.
Hey thanks for this it worked for me on the second go! In case anyone is having issues I tried this twice. The first time I tried with an old 2.5" 2tb drive from an external HDD enclosure that I had reformatted. It didn't work, I kept getting E200 error codes on startup with the recycled HDD. I tried again with a brand new 2tb HDD and it worked first time. Make of that what you will, but if anyone is stuck might be something to consider.
That's is brilliant.
It's nice to listen to an intelligent gent.
Thanks Anthony
Absolute life saver you are!! Thank you for making such a good tutorial!
Last week my Xbox one X frozed while I was playing, tried to reboot and it never turn on again. Tried holding sync and eject button but nothing shows up, just no signal via HDMI. My Xbox is out of warranty anyway so I decided to open up myself, took out the 1TB Seagate hard drive and plug into my PC and it won't read the HD, that's when I know something is up with the drive. I have a 240GB SSD lying around and I thought I'd give it a try just to make sure it's the HD. Followed your tutorial but at about 70% update, it always error out with error code E102 which I kind of suspect as 240GB is not enough storage. I went ahead and bought a new 1TB Samsung 970EVO SSD and followed the instructions again, this time it boots up all ok. I'm up and running again saving me fortunes to repair it from Microsoft. Just want to say thank you for this great tutorial!
You are more than welcome Lohrii - glad you are back up and running again
Lohrii Alo ... do you have the model/ part number of Samsung 970 ssd you bought? Thanks
@@hianyen I bought the "Samsung 860 QVO 1TB" for 9.9K INR on Amazon www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07KSHCG3R
Followed another tutorial that was super similar, but it wouldn’t work. This did. Started receiving “There’s a problem with your saved games” on my One X, and shortly after it’d brick. Bought a 2TB Seagate Barracuda and followed this with no issues. Thanks so much.
So found your video to be helpful! But through my experience I learned that if a console is part of the "Xbox Preview Program," then none of this, including the OSU1 offline update will work, even with a new hard drive. I thought my Xbox One X had a bad hard drive since a recent update got caught in a fail/restart cycle. Replaced the hard drive with a new one, but same issue continued to happen and offline update would always instantly fail. Decided to test the old hard drive with SeaTools and both short and long generic tests passed on the old HHD. So started looking at other issues. Finally was able to determine that the offline update and/or scripts for a new hard drive will not work for a console on the Xbox Preview Program. To do so, the console must be removed (unenrolled) from the preview program and then offline update or even an online update will work. At least that is what worked for me.
Thanks Kyle - you are correct. It will sometimes work for Preview enrolled Xbox's but it will force a "standard OS" update as soon as it is up and running again
So I’m currently in this situation. Just bought a used xbox one x and apparently it was part of the preview program (xbox insider). The OS version is 19041.6288.amd64fre.xb yada yada yada..
I’m simply trying to upgrade to a SSD. Just did an upgrade last month, and all I did was throw the new SSD in the xbox and do an offline OS1 update. Everything worked perfect. This time around is way different. Keep getting error codes. Have done multiple restores and attempted offline updates. Even joined the insider program and unenrolled to get the xbox serial number off the program. Let the xbox run for 72, which it said it may need that long to unenroll. Restarted xbox, restored xbox, tried everything. Still has that same insider program OS. Won’t accept the OS1 offline update with the factory HHD. If I go through the process in this video with my new SSD, do you think everything will be ok or do you think the insider program has messed it up. Xbox works completely. Just can’t upgrade to SSD or offline update
@@abasiczombie. Hi - on a PC, delete ALL partitions from the SSD so the SSD it totally blank. Then, install the SSD into the Xbox and power on - from the menu select offline update and plug in a USB with the latest OSU1 from Microsoft. After it installs, it will force you to download and re-install the Insider OSU1
@@TweakTips do I need to delete all partitions from the SSD if I just opened it? It’s brand new, never been used apart from trying to offline update to OS1 about 20 times. Gets to 1% and says something went wrong. Error: E101 00000504 8B050041
@@abasiczombie. When you say you joined the insider program, I assume you did that through your own account/gamertag? If the previous owner originally had it on the preview program, then maybe Microsoft is still tracking that system is enrolled through their account/gamertag? I had two Xboxes have this issue at the same time, and full factory resets doesn't seem to unenroll them from the program. So I had to have my brother sign in to my account on his Xbox and then go to the preview program and unenroll the Xboxes on my account. Then for me, online updates instantly worked on both boxes. So if you by chance can still contact the previous owner, may see if they can still unenroll that Xbox from the preview program. That at least would be my best guess.
YOU ARE DA BEST!!!
Fucking hell the feeling of not being able to game for 3 weeks!! All thanks to you my Xbox is up and running again. It had shown all the errors (E101, E102, E106, etc.) First I replaced the connectors but that didn't work. Soon I realised the problem was in my hard drive. Got a new one and did as you said and BOOM! Finally it's as good as a new one. Don't doubt this vid fellas, it works 💯%
Cheers and thanks once again!
Thank you so much for this guide! Simple and straightforward, seriously could not recommend it enough for any that are looking to attempt this repair. Thank you once again sir, couldn't have done it without this video!
Thanks Ethan
I can't thank you enough for such an informative video! Followed your steps and fixed my One X!! Thank you thank you!! :)
Great News.. Thanks Cayli
For those who have xbox one x, already changed the hd and continues to present errors and crashes, I solved my adapting an external hd case and feeding the power of hd by the usb input of the console itself. Because the problem is in the power supply pro hd on the motherboard. The hd is going off or crashing with the console running due to some power instability, so throwing crashes and errors on power up. This tip is only for those who already changed the hd and the errors continued. I had to have surgery on the case plate, because I had to cut and unsolder the Data Sata socket (keeping the power sata socket), so that I could put a sata data cable from these computer and connect it to the motherboard. xbox, I kept the hd inside the console, the case wire I went through one of the side holes, without cutting the case, and plugged it into the usb input of the console. Remembering that the case card will only serve to power the hd, you will have, as said, use a sata data cable to connect to the motherboard, if not the device does not turn on. I'll wait for some technician to post which motherboard component is failing so I can replace this component because it's hard to figure out when the problem happens only once in a while. I've been testing and forcing the Xbox for 5 days, and it didn't crash anymore, no errors either.
Great work Jairo - thanks for your top tip
Thats why i have the one s
Absolutely perfect, I have about 10 Xbox one x some had hard drive issues, i was replacing hard drives and when replaced with just usb osu1 files they was getting stuck at 58% but after this instructions made also fresh usb files the hard drive updated all the way successfully, many thanks for the video 👍
Are your usb drives working? I've tried with two different flash drives and can't get osu1 to work. It keeps bringing me back to e101
@@timdowney3337 have you taken the hard drive out? And do the steps above? I noticed when I did hard drive steps above and put it on Xbox only for configuration than if I was to unplug hardrive again from Xbox just so I can reassemble the Xbox I would have issues, so when you do the steps above finish the job don’t keep unplugging hard drive, also when you press buttons at the front press left button first than right and hold, usb at the front
So now I have and Xbox which I have finished the job in regards to configuration but I have to get motherboard out to stick Mx-4 fresh paste, but I unplugged hard drive to get motherboard out and reassemble now Xbox gives me again error 101 maybe other ones not in home, so again I have to take hard drive out do above steps and this time not move anymore hard drive, this happens to me with 3-4 xboxes I have same situation with one tonight
@@JiMiGj1234 Yes I followed these instructions perfectly with a brand new 500GB SSD. I get e106 when I hold sync and eject after it partially preps console. I've also replaced SATA cable in the xbox. Could e106 in this case be an issue with other hardware such as the motherboard?
@@timdowney3337 106 105 those for me was hard drive, by any chance you have not changed the disc drive, but that would be error 100, so why don’t you remove hard drive connect it to laptop via external connector start fresh follow all the steps, than use the cmd program now as we speak I am doing another Xbox 4 to go, and on my one I just got error 101 fresh usb, so my solution to this one is I am going to disassemble the Xbox one x, apply fresh paste to processor than do the above steps to hard drive, connect hard drive as it I am not going to remove again and just put Xbox together only with 1/ 2 screws, out usb front, press left button right button hold them, press power button, keep holding untill second beep, I have usb at the front and I have usb which lights up when in use, so for you does the update process even start? Do you get error second restart?
Many thanks!, I had trouble with my Xbox one x project scorpion , the HDD was busted , I have buy a SSD , and installed on my Xbox , with your help from this video , and I can say is working , and much faster , many thanks again
Hi Matt - great news, glad you got it working again
Matt Mattinson I’m facing an issue with my xbox one x that it turns on but I get a black screen. Was this the similar symptoms you were having? Also when trying to do the troubleshoot of the machine while pressing the eject + sync then power I never hear the multiple beep and no major sounds of the drive running and thats why I think my issue could also be a drive issue .
Sergio Cardona , to be onest I don’t know , my Xbox was starting and showing me an E 105 error , I have look up on internet , and it was hard drive problem ,
@@sacg1352 Hi Sergio - this could be a faulty hard drive, or it could be a fault retimer chip. If you turn on your xbox and leave it powered on, does it turn off automatically after a couple of minutes? If it does, then you have a faulty hard drive, if the xbox stays powered on, then it is more than likely your retimer chip which needs replacing - here is a video of how to replace the retimer - th-cam.com/video/W_hJsG-IGUw/w-d-xo.html
New X box X. Only used 2 months but bought last year. Wouldn’t update wouldn’t do anything. Found this. Got new HD and followed through. One working X box. FANTASTIC.
Thanks Martin - glad you got it working again
Thanks for watching the video everyone. The original links in the description went offline, so I have updated and added the links from our friends at Console Therapy - consoletherapy.com/support/install-xbox-one-os-on-new-hard-drive/
@booBeam Tech the link still updated?
If i keep getting both E101 and E203 does that most likely mean my hard drive needs replacing? (I've tried doing a offline update and formatting all data from it)
@@PlanetNateGaming HI Nate - unfortunately yes, sounds like your hard drive is starting to fail
@@TweakTips so my best course of action is to buy a new one?
@@PlanetNateGaming I would certainly give it a try. It might be worth buying a used drive from eBay (cheaper) to test first of all
Thanks you.Just fixed my kids xbox after my son dropped it. Really good tutorial and having the files linked to download really helped.
Thanks Graham..
Watched your video problem sorted thank you for the great step by step guide
Came here after watching some of XFiX's vids and such. This is another excellent video on the subject. The one 'gotcha' is that, after you install your new drive into the XBox, you need to follow this special power-on sequence correctly the FIRST time, i.e. from a "cold boot". If you make a mistake and the XBox starts up "normally" (goes the home screen right away), that's OK -- just UNPLUG it, re-plug it, and start over as from a "cold boot" again. Make sense? Another point of note. Most of the files in the System Update A/B folders are language-support. You can technically exclude the ones you don't need. All of these language-support files are named like "aa-bb.xvd", where the "aa-bb" part is the language-country code; for example, "en-au" is "English-Australia", "es-mx" is "Espanol-Mexico" (Mexican Spanish), etc. As an English speaker, for example, I ONLY included the 3 that started with 'en-**': "en-au.xvd", "en-ca.xvd", and "en-gb.xvd". Notice that none of those are "en-us", United States English; so in THEORY, I probably did not need ANY of the language files. Since US English is the 'default' language of the console, it stands to reason that there's no 'extra language file' for it. But I figured it doesn't hurt to have at least one, if the XBox system-updater starts looking for them. Hope that helps future viewers & hackers. GLHF! =)
Thanks Nate - great tips
This video help me out so much thank you guys for making this video an links. Saved me 60pound now I can fix it myself. An isn't as hard as the computer shops make it out to be.
I was fixing my little brother's Xbox and this video was the fix. If you have problem with the system only updating to 50% this is the fix.
I will say I created the partitions myself instead of using the command prompt since that's not really necessary to have to do all that.
Thanks Trevor
Thanks for the video! I tried a lot of things, but your video save my console of trash. Thanks for sharing and answer doubts, greetings from Chile!
thank you so much! you have helped me a lot, I didn`t know what else to do.
Honestly, im having so many issues with the xbox x. Games crash and stutter, games on hdd wont load/boot most of the time. So thanks for this video mate
Hi Alex - you are very welcome
Thanks for sharing .
Finally got it done, awesome instructions just take your time
Thanks Jim
OHHH THANKS YOU REALLY HELP ME VERY A GOOD AND PROFESSIONAL GUIDE !
Thankyou so much purchased an Xbox one x off of Facebook as soon as I got home it kept booting to the trouble shoot❤️❤️❤️
No problem 👍
Did you install the new hard drive? I bought my xbox one x off of ebay and it worked great for a couple of months and then I started getting several different types of error codes and now I think I may have to resort to replacing the hard drive.
Is there any way to fix the old one (hdd) ?
Thanks! Bought a broken Xbox One X for $45, this fixed it!
Hello,
I get to 7:32 in the video. It shows the New Volume hhd as Disk 2 in disk management, but the script only allows [0,1]. I do not have a Disk 1 shown in Disk Management. If I click 1, it then shows some caution and warning screens, and says under guid that the "ECHO is off" and no further information. It says it will ease all data on the disk and if I should continue. How can I fix it to get it back on track?
Hi, thanks for the comment. It sounds like it could be either your hard drive is faulty (windows not detecting) or the USB/SATA adapter/cradle is not working. Do you have any lights on your adapter? Can you hear the hard drive spin up when you connect it to your PC?
Great tutorial! Thanks very much
It worked ! Thanks for the info.
How do I know what size SATA Caddy to get for my existing Xbox One machine in order to connect it to my computer? The link you provided shows some for a 2.5 inch drive and another one is for a 3.0 inch SATA drive. Also, I thought I read somewhere that if you upgrade your existing HD from a 1TB drive to a 2 TB drive that you will end up having errors because the Blue Ray Drive has to match the existing HD - is that correct?
Hi Eddie - it is the 2.5 inch version you need (like this one - amzn.to/3aKgk0D). The hard drive capacity has no match with the blu-ray drive so a 500GB, 1TB or 2TB drive will work fine
System Update partition didn't allocated enough storage to copy the same files in A and B... any suggestions?
What size hard drive are you using Shane?
@@TweakTips 1tb
Recently Microsoft updated this process, so you no longer need to partition the drive (as long as the original OS version on your Xbox is newer than 2021) - simply delete everything from your replacement hard drive (including the partitions), install it into the xbox and follow the video from here - th-cam.com/video/tUisAJjfGz0/w-d-xo.html
You have saved my life lol thanks mate my daughter is over the moon all fixed and working 👍
Will I not be able to format the new hard drive if I have a mac computer and not a microsoft one?
Wow, really good video! Thank you so much!
By the way, does it work on Xbox one fat?
Yes, sure does
Hi just tried to do this, but system update X saying not enough room to copy files to A folder and B folder.
Create the partitions yourself and make them larger than what he states. It says 12 gb in the video but really make it 14 gb and you will be fine.
@@ClevTrev7 how do i do that
Recently Microsoft updated this process, so you no longer need to partition the drive (as long as the original OS version on your Xbox is newer than 2021) - simply delete everything from your replacement hard drive (including the partitions), install it into the xbox and follow the video from here - th-cam.com/video/tUisAJjfGz0/w-d-xo.html
@TweakTips hi that video is private now and we can't watch it can you make a updated version?
when i copy from folder a to folder b ! there is not enough space on system ipdate 199mb additional ! system update (x) 11.9gb like yours it shows on the video
Hi Darren - Recently Microsoft updated this process, so you no longer need to partition the drive (as long as the original OS version on your Xbox is newer than 2021) - simply delete everything from your replacement hard drive (including the partitions), install it into the xbox and follow the video from here - th-cam.com/video/tUisAJjfGz0/w-d-xo.html
@TweakTips can you make that video public
Yay it worked! Thanks for the video!
Great news... well done Shawn
E102 is the worst error to get I'm going to try this when I get the equipment if it works Definite Subscribed
Let us know how you get on!
@@TweakTips ok so i decided that im just going to buy a original xbox one because its for me and my family but thanks anyway you deserve a sub even more 😎
After seeing so much people with the same problem it has to be more than just a hdd replacement. I've replaced my hdd and I'm still getting errors
I've seing another video where they say the problem is related to the xbox one x not being capable to delivery enough power to hdd. There's "fix" by getting the power from the usb port but I didn't tried it yet
Need help here done this to the word and thought it was going to work. Update got to 85% in the installation process using a new drive then crashed. Constantly getting error 101 now and won't even try to update as the error message shows instantly every time!!!! : (
Hi Craig.. Did you replace the hard drive? Sounds like your hard drive needs replacing
Thanks so much! My Xbox one X wasn’t booting up for a year and was dusting away in the attic because Xbox wanted to charge me 270€ for repair! Which is insane. Now I can use it again thanks to following these exact steps, and saved 270€. I used the original hdd too.
Now looking to upgrade de hdd to a ssd, using these same steps.
Great news Timo!
Do i have to do this step before i put my new internal Hard drive.? Thanks
Hi Karan - If you are installing a new hard drive, then yes.. you need the hard drive partitions created as in the video
booBeam Tech thanku so much
Did this today worked great....THANK YOU....
Took my xbox apart, now my front usb doesn't work nor my sync button or disc drive button?
Hi Tiger - do you have the Xbox ONE X or S?
@Kieran Arnold There is a ribbon cable which is connected to the bottom case - the other end of the cable connects to the motherboard via the metal casing (it has a metal plate with two screws to fasten it). Make sure you have connected that cable back up again when you re-assembled the console. Also check you have pushed it correctly back in place on the motherboard and tighten up the screws.
@Kieran Arnold I would open the console up again and check the cable is seated correctly, they are quite fragile and break easily
@Kieran Arnold It was probably rebuilding the first time you booted. Glad it is working now
Man you are the best! I fucked up a whole weekend and just found out your fix, it worked flawlessly!
Thanks Alex
I did the process on xbox one x but when I get to the dashboard the consoles stops suddenly. Btw the HDD is brand new Any tip?
Hi Diego.. When you say stops, does it crash and give you any error code?
@@TweakTips screen freeze and after couple of minutes go to a Black screen and stays there forever. After that I shut down holding the power button for 10 sec. Then I turn on and stays with in a Black screen.
@@DiegoCobain How long does the black screen stay for? Make sure you leave it for at least 5 minutes as sometimes after running through the process, the boot logo might not be display (leave it switched on for a while and the dash board might appear)
@@TweakTips thanks i'll try this. But is normal that console stop working in the dashboard or is there other problem?
@@DiegoCobain It really depends on how well the files copied across during the hard drive rebuild. I have seen it a few times.
did the same no troubleshooting screen only system error screen...heard beep twice exactly but not working for me...sometimes it shows green bar about to fill and above it console image then interrupted by system error
I try 2 hardisk sata gate 500 and that is inside xbox 1tb... After the step chose a or b or c.. For size.. It say missing partion.. And on my laptop show Calculator not show any new part same the first step.. I dont know what is the broblume in
What size does Disk Manager show you in Windows?
Very informative, but for the boot animations can I put it in the OSU file on the USB stick and do an online system update on the console to install them?
Not that I am aware of... You need to connect the hard drive back up to you PC. Have a watch of this video here - th-cam.com/video/nG1VNqVeSt4/w-d-xo.html
the newer OSU1 update files are too large to copy to both A and B on the System Update (X:) ... do you have any recommendations how to get past this problem? Will it work if i only copy to A ?
FIXED: on the new OSU1 new update, theres a file called "all-langs.xvd" dont copy this to A or B and you'll be good to go.
Thank you so much 🙏🏾🙌🏾
Recently Microsoft updated this process, so you no longer need to partition the drive (as long as the original OS version on your Xbox is newer than 2021) - simply delete everything from your replacement hard drive (including the partitions), install it into the xbox and follow the video from here - th-cam.com/video/tUisAJjfGz0/w-d-xo.html
@@TweakTips Hi, do I have to delete all the partitions I just made with cmd prompt so there is nothing on the hardrive whatsoever and then just install it into the xbox one x thats it and it should just sort itself out but I have to install an update with the usb?
@CraftHell any other optional files like that?
Symptoms of failure: Slowing in loading times. Lagging in games, noises from the hard drive, having to factory reset the xbox often, and finally 3 boot noises and spinning sounds coming from the xbox then the xbox powering off without seeing the boot logo. (if youre seeing this last one you cannot copy the drive it's 💩)
Well my xbox isn't bootlooping it's just not letting me reset it
Can you also plug the Hard drive directly in your computer (not with USB-ports) with the normal ports your main hard drive is connected too?
If you have a PC with two HDD channels (two SATA controllers) on board, yes. You still need to boot Windows for this to work, so you can only add the hard drive as a second device
So i have a hard drive issue on my xbox one x and i want to swap drives. I have an ssd drive in my laptop which i dont use so i want to use that.
I cant just take it out of the laptop and put it in the xbox? I figured it would format it self. Its very troublesome when i have to keep unplugging the xbox for days at a time or reseting it and offline update it. My 6 yr old and i love gameing together but this is a very big headache.
Depending on the laptop SSD capacity, you can use it. It should be either 500GB or 1TB ideally. You will still have to run through the process in the video to prep the hard drive before you put it into your Xbox though
@@TweakTips
Its 750gb
Someone told me i can just plug it in and itll format itself. Not sure its true. Thats what i was going to do
@@babaganoosh1041 It depends on the current version of the firmware installed on your Xbox. If you have a version which is from September 2020 onwards, you will still need to ensure the drive is totally clean (no partitions) and then you can just install it. If your Xbox firmware is earlier than September 2020, you will need to follow the process in the video
I may have identified why this didn't work for me. Which zip files, if any, do you have to extract before transferring? I never extracted the boot animation, hdd master file, nor the OSU1 that I put on my USB.
i get to the find disk part and it says disk 0 and disk 2 but it says 2 to cancel.
Help please its applying the update but at 72% it stops and give the error again... i have a 480GB SSD and used the a method
Hi Jesper - what error shows at 72%?
@@TweakTips ive fixed it so i bought a 500GB SSD put it in without doing anything and it just installed the update lol i think u need 500GB minimum but thanks for trying to help me :)
@@jesper2853 No worries - thanks for letting us know. That is really handy to know.
@@TweakTips No problem :)
hi I've followed everything in the video, however, if I plug USB stick s.der xbox and turn it on and the offline system update start I get the error code E101
however, when I press the Start eject button and Xbox button, the update starts from the USB stick but only charges it to 9 percent
then I get another error code E106
Sorry for my English
Hi Andre - your English is good my friend. Did you hold down the eject and bind buttons until you hear 4 start up beeps? If not try it again as it takes a few attempts to get it correctly.
what did you do?
Hello,
I'm getting error code e105 which isn't listed in your video, along with the something went wrong message on my Xbox one x. Do you have any idea whether this is also related to a HDD issue, or something else?
It also sometimes gives the "something is wrong with your saved games" message with a screen that gives you the option to either reset the console, troubleshoot, turn it off. It also just randomly shuts down at times.
Thanks for any help you can give me as I'm pulling my hair out over this.
E105 can mean a number of issues, faulty firmware and faulty hard drive - I would try swapping the hard drive as in the video with a replacement first of all - hope you get it working again.
@@TweakTips Thanks for the speedy reply.
I think I will try swapping the HDD and see how that works. Because a few days ago, something really strange happened. I was playing Monster Hunter world and had invited two of my friends on one of my quest. The moment they joined, they could see my character, but I couldn't see theirs, even though we were all fighting the same monster. After that incident, I started getting the error codes again, lol.
By the way, you got a new subscriber.
@@TweakTips
Hello boomBeam Tech,
How are you? I hope you are doing well.
I just wanted to let you know that I have swapped my HDD with a new one. One of my friends upgraded to an SSD, so he gave me his old HDD.
After swapping, I have so far not faced any of the E-error codes that were previously plaguing my console. But one peculiar thing I notice, is that the last update is dated 12/31/1600. Have you ever faced this issue, or have any idea of what could be the cause? Thanks in advance!
@@Imadeyourun Hi Festering, I am very well thank you, and hope you are too. That is a little odd, and not something I have seen before. I did have a strange date like that when running an update from USB - have you tried to manually check for an update with in the dashboard? It will probably say no update available (if you downloaded the latest update to USB) but worth a try. What version number does it give for the dashboard? If it is 10.0.18362.6065 then you have the latest version. If the Xbox is working correctly, I wouldn't worry about it too much, as the next update they push will fix the date issue. Also, its worth checking that the date and time is set correctly on your xbox.
@@TweakTips
Yeah, I also doing fine, thank you very much.
Yes, the update showing is the latest one: 10.0.18362.6065. And the time and date is also correct.
I have read that other users were experiencing the same issue after having swapped there HDD and, or updating from a USB stick.
It doesn't really worry me much, just as long as I don't get any more errors and I'm able to play without and further disturbances. I just wanted to know what the cause was since not even Microsoft themselves seem to have the foggiest.
Anyway, thanks again for the swift reply. And I keep up the great work! You have really help a lot!
when do you release the power button after staring up?
Just tap the power button (only hold down and keep holding down eject and bind)
Links are not available anymore. Is there any chance you can provide the master disk bat file?
Hi Mich - that video is a little old now, and the process has changed. There is no need to run the bat file anymore. Have a watch of an updated video here - th-cam.com/video/xhCxK2Mzd5w/w-d-xo.html
@@TweakTips my problem with the whole process is that my xbox altough is doing the whole download process, by validation and around 28% of it (55% of total progress) gets the error E101. I can't seem to bypass it no matter how many drives i use. I used an SSD 1TB, HDD 1TB, different USB sticks to boot the Offline Update and nothing helped. Feck it, i'll just buy another. I wasted way too much of my valuable time for that piece of junk. I want to game with my kid so she doesn't do stuff on my PC.
@@michalisdoukas3912 Do you know if the Xbox is enrolled to the Insider Program? That can sometimes cause a probelm as the OSU1 download is standard (not Insider version).. the only way around that is un-enrolling from Insider and waiting for another OSU1 update to be released.
Does the software side of this tutorial work the same with an SSD as opposed to an HD?
Hi Ethan - yes, exactly the same process my friend
@@TweakTips Would I be able to format the new hard drive if my computer is a mac and not microsoft?
just started this process on a hard drive but when i get to the part where you drop the files into the X partition into the A folder it goes fine then I copy it and put it into B folder it won't go says not enough room. I followed every thing but now I'm frustated
FIXED: on the new OSU1 new update, theres a file called "all-langs.xvd" dont copy this to A or B and you'll be good to go.
You can actually run the .bat file right from the folder. Right click and run as admin
You could do.. but for me, it's easier to run (and see) in a full command prompt shell
Adam, will I be able to format the replacement hard drive if I have a mac computer and not a microsoft computer?
@@jamilgotcher5456 You should be able to, although I am not that familiar with a mac. It won't hurt to try!
i am currently stuck at 6:27 inthe video and my administrator says the system cannot find the path specified and i made sue to do everything right so if someone could help that would be great
Could I reformat the Xbox x hd that I just replaced ? Would it be useful again for another x box ? I had e102. This then changed to e106 .
Hi Martin - usually when you have had these errors, it means the hard drive is starting to fail, so you could reformat it and it will work for a while, but eventually it will start to produce the errors again. You could use it in a laptop (if you happen to have a laptop with no hard drive!) as Windows is a lot better at detecting bad sectors, marking them as faulty and not using them.. unfortunately the Xbox does not have that ability.
Thanks. Pretty poor HD failing after 2 months I replaced it with a Toshiba
Instead of using an internal drive can you just use an external drive and bypass the internal? Like cancel out the internal drive and JUST use the external for Everything?
You can use whatever for internal long as it has 500 gb and download the Xbox script and bam new Xbox. my hard drives are damaged physically somehow or were used so long they keep disappearing and giving errors and crash’s that’s when you know you got a bad drive.
@@cookieboy1001 over a year reply
High asf
@@cookieboy1001 i guess a year long trip huh lol
@@cookieboy1001 i changed my hd but still get the hardware issue. I have to keep resetting
what if you a first gen xbox one and there is only a sensor for eject? do you still do it the same way my sync button is on the left side of the xbox as well?
Hi Shawn - yes, hold the sync (on the side) and eject, then power on
Thank you very much it worked wonders.
Great news Kieran.!
Do I need to take my Xbox apart to put the hard drive in
Yes, you do.. it is only a few screws
When i run the script it says no SATA/USB drives found then just ends the script
If you run windows Disk Manager, can you see the hard drive then?
@@TweakTips Same issue here, but i can see the drive in disk manager.
Do I need to buy a new hard drive or can I use the one from the Xbox?
You can use one from another Xbox (as long as it is fully functional and working obviously)
@@TweakTips ok thank you
@@TweakTips one more question is there another way to download those files? The link in the description is no longer working
My drive to select for the xbox create drive is numbered 5 but when I select 5 i get a almost sounds like an error sound as in it doesnt go that high. any thoughts
Does it make a "clunk" noise? Could be your hard drive is faulty or maybe an issue with the power to the USB of your PC
@@TweakTips no clunk noise. I replaced the drive but the system is still crashing
My xbox one s has been super laggy and has been freezing. I bought a new 1 Tb hard drive and downloaded both the files. I have also done the steps in the command prompt up to the storage size question. I will answer with c and after that it runs and the new smaller window pops up. However after this the files window does not pop up and it says "No USB/SATA drives found" I do not know what to do from here.
Open up DiskManager on your PC - can you see the drive in diskmanager?
@@TweakTips yes I could and I followed the steps you showed to format it. In the command prompt it did give me a choice as to which drive I wanted to run the command on (drive 0 or drive 1) I picked drive 1 and followed the steps but at the end it said it couldn’t find it. I will try to do it again today and see if it works.
@@TweakTips I just did it again and I have the same problem. Another detail I forgot is that when I answer with c when it asks how big the drive is my computer for some reason opens the calculator app like 5 times. I don’t know if this is significant but I thought I’d add that in. I’m still getting the “No USB/SATA drives found” message
Another detail is that when it’s done running the prompt I go back to “this pc” in my files explorer and it does not let me open the Née Volume E drive anymore. None of the new partitions show up either.
Also when the calculator app starts up for some reason in the command prompt it says “Missing opperand” sorry for overloading you with all this information. I would be very grateful if you can help me set up my new force for my Xbox. Thank you!
Hi when I hold in eject and pair buttons I get 1 power up tone immediately followed with power down tone.Any idea why? Any advice appreciated, thanks
I dont have the stuff to fix it do you know a place I can take it so they can fix it
If you are based in the UK try are friends at consoletherapy.com
Thanks!
I have an external SSD drive. Can I use that to try the offline update first or does it have to be the regular flash drive stick? Thanks
Hi Alex - I have never tried a external SSD to be honest. I guess as long as you have the correct folder on the SSD it will work? Let us know how you get on
Great video, do you know the max size for a replacement internal hard drive normal HDD for an Xbox One S, also what the max internal ssd size is?
Thank you very much. Max drive size is 2TB
Thanks for the video! Unfortunately, my Xbox One X is still failing to boot. The internal fan doesnt seem to spin up either..
Any other suggestions?
When you press the power button, does the power light stay on?
@@TweakTips Only for about 10 seconds. Then it makes the power down sound and everything shuts off.
@@stealthasf6903 Can you hear the hard drive spin up? Sounds like a power issue
@@TweakTips It spins up, and it's definitely a healthy drive - I've tested it. The voltage across the power supply seems fine too...
Im having an issue where no files open/ no new volumes are created as shown around 9:40 and within the command print it only shows 3 volumes and says no usb/SATA drive found when the hard drive is clearly connected by usb and it deleted the new volume created in the beginning. I’ve completely wiped the hard drive and created a new volume again. I’m not sure why I’m having this issue. It is a 2TB hard drive and I’ve tried selecting d) 2TB and also c)1TB and it still says no usb found and all the volumes do not show in command prompt.
tenia tu problema, lo e solucionado sin dar formato al disco... al principio de todo.
o tambien .probe otro pc y me salio a la primera
Hey, I have tried doing all this but am getting E100 upon doing the system update, it does it after the console restarts
Hi Colby - System Error E100 relates to a failed optical drive firmware check. Make sure you have connected the BluRay/Optical drive back correctly and it is powered (does it accept discs?) - That is all said with the presumption that you have the original optical drive and that you not swapped your optical drive with another?
@@TweakTips yes original optical drive but I have another hard drive that works with the system so I'm not quite sure what's going on
@@Murph2417 The hard drive (that shows the E100 error) probably has bad sectors so it is not reading/writing correctly
@@TweakTips no way to fix that correct? Formatted it a few times and same issue. I have another hard drive I will try. Thanks for the help and happy Holidays and merry Christmas!
@@Murph2417 Thanks Colby, Merry Christmas to you too my friend. No, unfortunately no (easy) way to repair faulty sectors on the hard drive. One other thing to try (if you have a spare) is to try another Hard drive cable in the Xbox - are you using the same cable on the good hard drive as on the one that shows E100?
Hello there, great videos, xbox one x, my original hdd was damaged so I replace it with another new hdd, just did all the steps on this video but when I'm trying to do the offline update the update start the downloading but at 59% say something to wrong error 101 😔 what can I do?
Same for me. I think it’s an insider program issue. No one seems to know what to do
@@timdowney3337 well here is what i did to fix that...my new hdd is a toshiba 1TB...but the real size is 930gb so I did the format for a 500gb hdd and after I just connected the hdd to my laptop and manually extend the "User Content" partition that was all (you can use mini tool partition wizard) .... something strange that happened to me was the pen drive I was using had this issue and for some reason the downloading process stop at 59% so I changed the pen drive and finally worked all the instructions in this video...I'm already playing again
@@pabloadolfolopezalegria7390 My works again! It was a developer / insider build after all. Had to wait for new OSU to come out a few days ago to fix the insider build corrupt files. I Plugged in new OSU1 with flash stick and it updated great. Then I joined insider hub on the console and went to -> settings -> manage devices -> unenroll Xbox one x from developer program -> restart -> reset to factory. Now I’m back to release build with no issues and a new SSD. Woo hoo!
Does this work for original Xbox as well
Sure does ;-)
Thnx from Russia! It’s work! It’s need to change windows system language to USA English before start the script for Non English Windows localization OS. 😅👍
Great news... thanks for the view and thanks for the comment.
I get an error code everytime that won't install drive x which is the system update folder. How can I fix that?
Does the script batch file run for you?
@@TweakTips It does everything but the system update drive x. Just get error coded at that point
Thank you for your clear and simple to use video !
My Xbox One S 500 Gb HDD was dead, I had the E102 error code. I installed a new 1Tb HDD, following all your instructions to the letter. But, a problem appeared during the offline update... The box stop doing the update at 3% of the third step (60 % of total update), indicating me the following error code : E100 00000706 80070002. Do you ever seen something like that ?
Hi Laurent - That error code indicates the update cannot find your DVD/Blu-Ray drive - are you sure you have connected it back up correctly? You can test it by trying to insert a disc into the drive to see if it has power
@@TweakTips Hi to all the team,
I just checked the DVD/Blu-Ray drive. It takes a dvd and read it (I heard the "normal" noises of this working). I can't understand what's wrong... Is it possible to combinate 2 Fault Codes in the same time. So, I maybe had the E102 and the E100 together, and when the 102 were resolved, the 100 appeared ?!
@@laurentkoch5717 It could be a OS issue with the XBox BIOS. I would try downloading the OSU1 file again and try re-installing the OS.
So I had an original Xbox One and then I bought an Xbox One S the Xbox One had a one terabyte while the Xbox One S Had a 512 gig So I tried placing the one terabyte inside the one as but it would not work kept giving me error codes and the Xbox would not work what is the problem
You will need to install the latest OSU1 file via USB
Can these files be used on an Xbox One Elite instead of either the S or X as described above? Only the boot animation refers to the Xbox One Phat console, which presumably means non S and non X? thanks
Hi Craig.. Yes, they can be used on any XBox One model (including Elite), and yes you are correct, the "Phat" is also known as the original Xbox One (non S and X)
@@TweakTips Sorry, one other question. If i am replacing with a new hard disk, do i not need to worry about OSU2 or OSU3 files as recommended on the Xbox support page?
@@craigtaylor1711 Hi Craig - no you can use just the OSU1 file (as you are replacing your hard drive) - OSU2 (and 3) are for updating current versions - as you are starting from fresh (new hard drive) you can just install OSU1
@@TweakTips tremendous, thank you for clarifying. Very much appreciated! :)
Do you have a link for the xboxhdd.master.5 file?
You have to go to the channel he linked in the description then go to the playlist that has the hard drive thumbnail then there should be a link to download it im not sure if you ever figured it out but here you go if you didn't
Dude thanks so much for the video! my xbox is up and working again! Much appreciated!