External Hard Drive for Xbox One only coming up as media player

Discus and support External Hard Drive for Xbox One only coming up as media player in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Hi I bought an 2TB external hard drive to store some of my Xbox One games on. I specifically bought a 3.0 USB drive as I knew this was a requirement,... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by MikeKoppel, Feb 16, 2021.

  1. MikeKoppel
    MikeKoppel Guest

    External Hard Drive for Xbox One only coming up as media player


    Hi

    I bought an 2TB external hard drive to store some of my Xbox One games on.

    I specifically bought a 3.0 USB drive as I knew this was a requirement, however when I load up my Xbox with it plugged in the option to format doesn't pop up.

    Instead it just allows me to store media files only on there.

    I previously asked the question and got given the following advice:

    "If you connect this drive to your PC, does it show there? If it does, I suggest running Disk Management which a program built into Windows 10. You can get to it by right clicking on the Windows 10 Start button and selecting Disk Management from the list.

    When the Disk Management is loaded you should see your drive in the list. Right click on the drive and select Format. Leave all the drop downs at their default values, but insure NTFS is selected, and insure there is a tick in the Quick Format box.

    Click Ok and in a few seconds Windows will format the drive again. Once this is done, reattach the drive to your console. Now see if you can format it for Xbox Storage."

    However I have tried this and still have the same issue. I have attached a picture of the hard drive showing up on my laptop and a picture of it showing up on my xbox as a media player.
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    External Hard Drive for Xbox One only coming up as media player [​IMG]

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    MikeKoppel, Feb 16, 2021
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  2. SilentRaver69 Win User

    External hard drive recognised but not

    If you need help with your Hard drive check out the support page
    Troubleshoot external storage detection on Xbox One
    I followed the guide on that link but it didn't help my problem the device is recognised it's on the list but when I go into media player or even pick it from the list in settings it comes up no device recognised in media player
  3. Internet Expert Win User

    Recording audio from the XBox

    If you have a USB flash drive or external hard drive, you can copy the music to the drive, plug the drive into the Xbox One, and play it from there (using Xbox Media Player or another app).

    As a side note, consider looking for an external USB disc drive if you still need to use discs on your computer for whatever reason. Most laptops and other computers are ditching disc readers nowadays, but you can pick up a USB disc
    drive for around $30-40, last I checked.

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  4. AMilli0NliGHTS Win User

    How to connect external hard drive?

    @Farscape247 I did that and the external hard drive shows, but when I select it only gives me the option to "view contents", when I select view contents it takes me to the media player, when the media player opens it says "no devices found".
  5. Obsessive Power Win User

    USB drive, external drive didn't work with Xbox one.

    You can already use USB Flash drives and hard drives on Xbox One to view videos, music and pictures. To view these files you first need to download the Media Player Preview App from the Xbox One Marketplace. Connect your device and load the app.

    To use an external hard drive for Xbox One storage, the device itself must be at least 256GB and USB 3.0. Which means the external storage for Xbox One data must be a hard drive, USB Flash drives are not supported for Xbox One storage.
  6. XBF Crystal P Win User

    Copy files from Mac to Xbox One external HDD ?

    Hi there espr3ss0,

    Thanks for the reply. I'm sorry to hear about the issue with external hard drive. The Xbox One acts as a media player by reading the files off the External Hard Drive.

    Take a look at the following troubleshooting article:


    Try this and let us know the results.
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