external disc drive for digital consoles

No,afraid not.No external disc drives will work.It's a digital console only.

Hi,

For issues with the download/install problem with Fallout 4 it sounds like there is something corrupt the drive or external storage (if you own an external drive). I'm not sure what that issue is as though. If other games install, but Fallout 4 won't either from disc or download, it won't be a hard drive issue. Do other games install okay?

Regardless of how you install a game, disc or digital the console always checks first if you have a digital license for the game. If this isn't found (it takes seconds) it will look for a disc. Digital downloads aren't locked to a specific account. You only need to own the game either digitally tied to your account or on disc.

So, if you have access to an external drive, you could take this to your friends console and either copy or download Fallout 4 to an external drive. Then insert this drive into your Xbox and use your disc to launch the game. This should work.

If you're having issues installing other games you may need to perform a console reset.

Sadly, no. External disc drives have been used in previous consoles across all brands to support massive game piracy. The disc drive in an Xbox One has special capabilities to verify that discs are genuine and this cannot be safely done with an external
drive. The disc-free console simply cannot be used to play disc games. Fortunately, all titles are available for digital download so it can play everything you'd want it to play. But if you have an existing collection of Xbox discs, you should definitely buy
the console with a disc drive.

You could try (if you have one) an external disc reader on USB.

External Blu-ray drives (Xbox One games are on BD discs) are not supported by the Xbox One All Digital console.

External hard drives work just fine offline.

To make your content work offline - specifically digital content - you need to make sure that the console you are using is your 'Home Console'. When your console is set to your home, you must also put your console into 'offline' mode.

Once this has been done, you can play indefinably offline, both from the internal hard drive and an external hard drive regardless of whether a game a digital purchase or installed from a disc. Use of an external hard drive does not require a connection
to LIVE.

There is also no restriction to using an external hard drive to install games from disc whilst also offline.