External Hard Drive cant recognize files

Odinmax999 · May 2, 2015

I have a 500gb external hdd that i use with my xbox 360, because there was a cap of 32gb on usb i had to use multiple Xbox360 folders inside the hard drive, switching between each one through a PC, i saw on the xbox page that if the storage unit didnt show
up with the full capacity, i needed to format, before that i copied all the 3 Xbox360 folders in the PC to put them back in after formatting the hard drive, now that i formatted it it wont recognize the files i copied back in. Is there any way to transfer
them from the computer to the hard drive instead of downloading everything again?

Help me

:)

Peanutman27 · May 2, 2015

External Hard drive for media

I have an external hard drive that I used to play movies. (I use the media player app)

I also used a flash drive for the same thing.

since the new update my xbox will no longer acknowledge the media files on my external hard drive. it will recognize that I have another storage device, but wont let me play or even see the files.

I am still able to use a flash drive to play files but I am wondering why I cant use my EHD.

any ideas?

TastierLion23 · May 2, 2015

My Console only accepts 2 USB formated flash drives

I have connect to my xbox 360 2 external flash drives formated for games. I have connected an additional hard drive for music files and it wont recognize more hdds. Please help.

Smwutches · May 3, 2015

Xbox files are not meant to be seen by the PC and transferred between the two. Doing so is actually a violation of the terms of service. So there is no legit way to get those files back.

SirStephenH · Oct 31, 2018

Also as I understand it, Microsoft changed the way it stores files on external storage which means files copied via PC, even if done right, wouldn't be compatible with the new system.

Smwutches

Xbox files are not meant to be seen by the PC and transferred between the two. Doing so is actually a violation of the terms of service. So there is no legit way to get those files back.

SirStephenH

Also as I understand it, Microsoft changed the way it stores files on external storage which means files copied via PC, even if done right, wouldn't be compatible with the new system.

Lady ll N lK

You have to have an external hard drive plug in. It does not have to be 360 just reformat it. External hard drives that plug in the USB are not recognized as a hard drive for the 360.

MateusFontana

Yes as I said, they are encrypted files, and the system only recognizes the change from one hard drive to another if the game is on the same system, in your case downloading the game from your brother's PC and transferring it to the external hard drive will not work, as said the files are encrypted which makes it impossible to read them.

EzequielNeves19

Perhaps your child's external hard drive is not working. Is your child's external hard drive recognized by the Xbox One? Does it turn on any lights?

External Hard Drive cant recognize files