2 tb hard drive i bought is not being detected by Xbox to format. followed directions to a ...

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I have this same problem but with an xbox one. Right after the update the external hard drive wasn't being detected. Tried with a brand new drive with the same result.

Same here, a recent xbox os update broke compatibility with some external hard drives.

My seagate 5tb media drive stopped being detected by my xbox one s.

Drive checks out fine on a pc with no issues, however, xbox cannot detect the same drive.

I purchased a new 5tb WD external drive and after formatting on a pc it was not detected by xbox os also.

After 2 months of research I eventually fixed the extetnal drive not detected problem.

I used the Western Digital quick format tool to format the external drive and it finally solved the problem.

My 5tb media drive is now detected every time and the initial problem seems to be due to an xbox os update and certain partition types on extetnal hard drives.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...-2-tb-in/d26d09fd-d2a1-45f2-8353-99215964ffff

I have a 2 TB external hard drive that I plugged into the Xbox and formatted. Still can't download games to it.

I bought this
www.pcworld.co.uk/.../wd-my-passport-ultra-portable-hard-drive-2-tb-black-21807038-pdt.html

As long as its USB 3 then your good to go all you'll need to do is format it for the Xbox One. Either one you can keep plugged in and the console will keep it powered on so plug in and forget about it.

I am also having the same problem. I bought a brand new Seagate 3.0 USB 2 TB external hard drive, even formatted it on the computer, and the Xbox says "External Media Storage Ready" when plugged in.