External Games and Apps partition?...

nickyoung2001 · Jun 6, 2015

Hi,

I have a 1 Tera-Byte Hard Drive. This is what I have done...

I have split my hard drive into 2 partitions, each 500gb. One for Pictures, Vidoes and Music and the other for Apps and Games (on Xbox)

If I plug the hard drive into my Xbox, goto Settings>System>Manage storage, I can see the hard drive. But it only comes up as one hard drive unless I press the A button then goto Media Player then I can see two partitions (Pictures, Videos and Music and
GamesApps)

If I want to use the 2nd patition for games and apps, I have to format the whole hard drive but I only want to format the 2nd partition. Not the 1st one as well because I`m using that for Pictures, Videos and Music.

Basically, how do I make it so my Xbox only formats the 2nd partition?

Nick

:)

{Parity} · Jun 6, 2015

Harddrive questions

You can't disable the internal hard drive. Go ahead and attach an external hard drive and move all you games/apps/saves to it and run your games from the external drive.

NewBlacksmurf · Jun 6, 2015

Headset not working

A couple of ideas...

-update the controller

-test while controller is plugged in via USB

-(Worse case scenario) ONLY IF all games and apps are on an external HD - do a factory reset

DO NOT do a factory reset if games and apps aren't on an external HD just contact support first

Galactic Geek · Jun 6, 2015

It's my understanding that it's all or none.

Mr Boozyhead · Jun 6, 2015

Yeah you can only format the lot I'm afraid

Obsessive Power · Oct 31, 2018

I'm pretty sure the Xbox One formatting modifies the external hard drive's MBR (Master Boot Record). This is why when you plug a Xbox One formatted HDD back into a PC, it's not detected, unless you run Disk Management and reconfigure the drive.

I believe this was done for security reasons to prevent illegal modifications to purchased content amongst other things.

So the answer is no. You can't use an external on a Xbox One and a PC. A bit of a downer, but at least the console can read USB Flash storage for video playback.

Obsessive Power

I'm pretty sure the Xbox One formatting modifies the external hard drive's MBR (Master Boot Record). This is why when you plug a Xbox One formatted HDD back into a PC, it's not detected, unless you run Disk Management and reconfigure the drive.

I believe this was done for security reasons to prevent illegal modifications to purchased content amongst other things.

So the answer is no. You can't use an external on a Xbox One and a PC. A bit of a downer, but at least the console can read USB Flash storage for video playback.

Mr Boozyhead

Yeah you can only format the lot I'm afraid

Galactic Geek

It's my understanding that it's all or none.

gds1972

As long as the external hard drive meets the external storage requirements of the Xbox One then yes you can.

For an external storage drive to save games and apps from Xbox One, it must meet the following requirements:

It uses a USB 3.0 connection. If you’re using a USB hub, the hub must also be USB 3.0 or later.

It has 256 GB or larger storage capacity.

It has a partition. Typically, drives come with a preformatted partition. For more information about partitioning an external hard drive, refer to the manufacturer’s instructions.

support.xbox.com/.../console-doesnt-detect-external-storage

JOHLC

Hello!

In order to use an external hard drive for the Xbox One it must meet the requirements.

External drives are required to be formatted NTFS per:

For an external storage drive to save games and apps from Xbox One, it must meet the following requirements:

It uses a USB 3.0 connection. If you’re using a USB hub, the hub must also be USB 3.0 or later.

It has 256 GB or larger storage capacity.

It has a partition. Typically, drives come with a preformatted partition. For more information about partitioning an external hard drive, refer to the manufacturer’s instructions.

support.xbox.com/.../console-doesnt-detect-external-storage

External Games and Apps partition?...