Cannot download games, DLC or updates to external hard drive when in Instant On mode....

It seems that when I set the Power and Startup set to "Instant On", and the setting "When Xbox is off turn off storage", is unchecked, and I'm using the external hard drive at the main download hard drive. When I'm downloading updates, games or DLC it
seems to NOT want to work automatically in sleep mode when I shut the Xbox off. Although the power light stays on the power supply, and still connected to network, as I can see the light on my switcher, i notice the external hard drive power is off. and nothing
is getting downloaded. updates and DLC do not get downloaded to the external hard drive in instant on mode? it seems I have to put it back into energy saving mode before I start downloading, and let the Xbox stay on the whole time. is there another setting
that I missing to fix this?

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How to make external hard drive the main download drive?

hi, I'm just up dating my post about the external hard drive., as found a new issue. It seems that when I set the Power and Startup set to "Instant On", and the setting "When Xbox is off turn off storage", is unchecked, and I'm using the external hard drive
at the main download hard drive. When I'm downloading updates, games or DLC it seems to NOT want to work automatically in sleep mode when I shut the Xbox off. Although the power light stays on the power supply, and still connected to network, as I can see
the light on my switcher, i notice the external hard drive power is off. and nothing is getting downloaded. updates and DLC do not get downloaded to the external hard drive in instant on mode? it seems I have to put it back into energy saving mode before
I start downloading, and let the Xbox stay on the whole time. is there another setting that I missing to fix this?

 

How to make external hard drive the main download drive?

okay instant on mode is already off because that's your way to get it to work with external hard drive it's an energy mode right now. And I have to keep the x box on in order for it to download to that hard drive. So you're saying leave the instant on mode
off and keep it on energy mode, and try to download to the internal hard drive? if it works with the external hard drive then it should work with the internal hard drive doing it that way shouldn't it? Because it does work with the external hard drive with
it on energy mode

 

Is the option to Automatically Download Updates selected?

 

It is an odd issue. Have you tried power cycling by holding the power button on the console for 10 seconds until it shuts down?

Which brand of hard drive are you using and is it USB 3.0?

 

it's a Seagate 2 tb and it works fine as an external drive and it's 3.0 of course. I have another thread I started a while back for another issue regarding the external hard drive and I posted the same question there on that same thread and someone is helping
me there.

 

Great, thanks for the info. The issue may lie directly with the hard drive itself. Historically the Seagate brand has never played well with Xbox consoles. From the 360 where they have never really worked to the One where they work intermittently others
have complained about this brand.

My suggestion (if it's possible for you) is to get your hands on another drive and plug it in for a while to see if the issue improves. I use a WD drive and have never had any issues with it.