Certain games won't load

Hello Zach Culver,

Thank you for your contribution to the Microsoft community.

I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with your games not loading when you plug in your external hard drive. One possible solution is to try disconnecting the external hard drive and then restarting your console. Once your console has restarted, try launching the games again without the external hard drive connected. If the games load successfully, then the issue may be related to the external hard drive.



Another possible solution is to try using a different USB port on your console to connect the external hard drive. Sometimes certain USB ports can have issues, so switching to a different one may help.



If neither of these solutions work, you may want to try formatting the external hard drive and then reconnecting it to your console. However, please note that formatting the drive will erase all data stored on it, so be sure to back up any important files before proceeding.



I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions or concerns.

YanYannn
Microsoft Community Moderator

Hello Zach Culver,

I am glad to know that you are able to resolve your issue. if you need further assistance, please create a new thread to discuss these concerns by clicking this link: Create a new question (microsoft.com)

Regards,

No games were on my hard drive. But I bypassed the issue and bought a capture card instead.

Update number 2, That did not fix it. I have to clear the cache every time I exit the game or it won't re-load, game is constantly hanging at the same point, and the map seems to stop loading beyond a certain spot, very early in the game.

hard restart your console and internet connection. If getting a this maybtake a few minutes to load message please just wait it will usually load within 2 minuets or less