copying xbox one data on external drive to xbox one S external drive

gmhowe · Jan 31, 2017

Now that I have Xbox One S and added a external drive, is there a way to copy data from the old Xbox One external drive to the new one ?

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GingerHazAGun · Jan 31, 2017

Potential Issue Regarding External Hard Drive Support?

When Microsoft announced the Xbox One would have external hard drive support, I bought a Seagate 1TB USB 3.0 external drive. It worked fine for a couple of months, but one day I turned the Xbox One on and it was as if there was no external drive plugged
in at all. I tried just about every method that didn't involve losing all the data on the external drive, but nothing was successful. The Xbox One just didn't see that the external drive was plugged in. As a last resort, I plugged the external drive into my
computer and reformatted it, then plugged the external drive back into the Xbox One. Voila, problem solved. The Xbox One instantly recognized the blank external drive and suggested setting it up for the Xbox One. Unfortunately I have to re-install all my games
now, but at least I still have an external drive. I was never able to figure out whether the issue was on the Xbox One side or the Seagate external drive side.

MrAdyCarter · Jan 31, 2017

Transfer from one Xbox One to Another Xbox One

The best way is via the external drive.

You can chose to either move, or copy, content to it. I'd personally suggest copying everything to the external HDD and then using that on the "new" Xbox One. That way all your installed/downloaded games are still on the internal drive of the old one, and
all your games are also on the external drive of the new one.

Theres really no data aside from installed games/apps really, your saves and such will sync right over upon signing into your gamertag

gmhowe · Jan 31, 2017

Have not set up the Xbox One S yet, due to this question

Mister Maka · Oct 31, 2018

Hey there gmhowe.

You'll need to move your games over onto an external storage device one by one. Check out the steps on

this page for info on how to set up external storage. Once it's all moved you should be able to access it on your Xbox One S no problem.

Nursemorph

You should be able to do that, yes:

"Power down your Xbox One.

Unplug the external drive.
Connect the external drive to your Xbox Series X, S.
Power on your Xbox Series X, S.
Wait for the external drive to be detected. This may take a couple of minutes.
When the drive is detected, you are free to copy any games you want onto the Xbox Series X, S internal storage."

Taken from here:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-transfer-data-xbox-one-series-x-series-s

Mister Maka

Hey there gmhowe.

You'll need to move your games over onto an external storage device one by one. Check out the steps on

this page for info on how to set up external storage. Once it's all moved you should be able to access it on your Xbox One S no problem.

Nixelplex

The data is backed up in the cloud. This will allow you to access the data from other consoles when connected to Live.

XBF Leonzo G

Hello Joe Gans,

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. The saved data for each game is upload to the

Xbox cloud through your account when the account is connected to Xbox Live. Therefore, you account will collect the saved data once it is logged into Xbox Live on a different console. We hope this helps!

Joe Gans

Thanks XBF LG, but I already know that.

I'm looking to make a backup of that saved data as well.

Is it possible to also have a backup/saved copy on my external drive?

Walts

copying xbox one data on external drive to xbox one S external drive