Decompression failure on Xbox series X

Thanks will give it a try

Hello @BronwynHolmes, I hope everything is going well!

Thank you for reaching Microsoft Xbox Forum support!

I would like you to go through the following steps to clear the Mac address and then perform a quick power cycle on your console:

Settings > Network Settings > Advanced Settings > Alternate Mac Address > Clear it and the console should restart. It would definitely help if you could restart the internet router while the console is restarting.

After going through the troubleshooting steps mentioned, I invite you to perform a quick power cycle by turning off the console and then unplugging all the cables. After 2 to 3 minutes, re-plug them back again, then restart your console.

In case the issue still persists, the next step would be to perform a reset on the console. To do so you will need to follow the steps below to perform a reset on the Xbox:

Settings > System > Console Info > Reset This Xbox > Reset and Keep my Games and Apps.

Note =>The "Reset and Keep my Games and Apps" option will not cause losing your games, but please be aware that you need to be completely aware of the email address as well as the password of your account before going for it because it will require you to sign in to the account.

I wish you a lovely day, and I hope this helps you out! All the best!

Kind Regards

Stay safe, and happy gaming!

So is there a list of games out there for series x that tell us which ones are going to be raw and compressed?

No, because ALL data is compressed, it's been this way since the early 32-bit era of video games. Data transfer speeds increase at the rate the system can decompress the files. A file can be 200MB on the storage device, but when it's read and decompressed it becomes a 500MB file to memory. These kinds of things are not easy to explain here.

All data is compressed and decompressed on pretty much any device that handles multimedia. Take a picture on your phone and it's stored as compressed JPG file. This might be 4MB in storage, but could become 15MB when it goes into memory.

I have all the same systems and all have failed minus the OG Xbox and Series X but that's still under warranty so I'd give it a few months before it joins them. 360 had red ring, xbox one disc drive failure, one x power supply failure, and now my Series S. I'm not paying $200 for out of warranty repair as Microsoft products have grown kind of stale. Time to try something different but thanks for your help.

finishing things up means that it is decompressing and patching the files. If you're on an Xbox one, the hard drive is much slower than the one in series, and therefore it takes a longer amount of time