Can you use external hard drives on xbox series s

This article explains the difference between using a regular external hard drive versus the custom external storage for the Series S/X- https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09...xbox-series-s-custom-storage-solution-primer/

An external hard drive used on the One will work for the Series S/X, but won't have the exact same performance as the one created for the Series S/X.

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Are you able to move the X|S games to your external hard drive or is it just the non X|S games you're having issues with?

You can check which drives work on Xbox X|S and see if yours is compatible. You can find more details here: https://www.lifewire.com/use-extern...#toc-what-drives-work-with-xbox-series-x-or-s

I hope this helps resolve your issue.

Hi KhaledAbdul Ghani

Yes you can! As the Series S has limited space on the drive, you can connect an external hard drive to store games and media.

Are you sure about that?

I've got a Series S and all of my Series X|S games can ONLY run from either internal or expansion storage, they won't run from a slow external mechanical hard drive. Even an external SSD isn't considered quick enough for these games.

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XBox One games can run from either but Series optimised games must run on internal or expansion.

You can back up Series games to external, but not run them there.

Any games that are Series S/X optimized can only run on the internal hard drive or the Seagate Expansion card. The external hard drive you are using can only store them.

Hi,

External hard drives are not fast enough for Xbox Series X|S titles. Unfortunately you can't play these games off slow USB external hard drives. They need either be installed internally or to an optional Xbox Series X|S Expansion card.