External Hard Drive issues

Discus and support External Hard Drive issues in XBoX Accessibility to solve the problem; Hello, I am having issues with my external hard drive(its a seagate if that will help). It started last night by "taking too long to load" any of the... Discussion in 'XBoX Accessibility' started by KageKen69, Jan 28, 2021.

  1. KageKen69
    KageKen69 Guest

    External Hard Drive issues


    Hello, I am having issues with my external hard drive(its a seagate if that will help). It started last night by "taking too long to load" any of the games/apps I tried playing.

    I figured this might be just a short term thing(it happened before and fixed itself within a few hours) so I went to bed. Got up this morning and now my xbox one s won't even recognize the external drive(I keep most of my games and apps on it since it's a 3tb).

    I tried looking for solutions online and have already done the following; adjusted power setting to not turn off external drive when power to console is off, reset the console several times, hard reset(holding down the console power button) 3 times, connected the external drive to every USB port, unplugged both console and external drive, and finally just finished a factory reset(wiped everything including games and apps).

    The drive was being recognized again but it was saying that it was still 90% full however none of the apps or games were showing as available for use. I downloaded Hulu again and then the external drive became unrecognized again.

    I don't know what is causing this, or if anyone else has had a similar issue, but if you have any advice or suggestions, I would be very appreciative.

    Thank you.

    :)
     
    KageKen69, Jan 28, 2021
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  2. One Pint Johnny Win User

    Tv configuration App Not working

    Having the same issues. Could be something to do with the external hard drive maybe, not had time to troubleshoot yet though.

    Some ideas to try maybe?

    1. Make the Xbox One drive the primary drive, while the external drive is still plugged in

    2. Try with the external hard drive unplugged

    No idea if this will make a difference, but this issue only started for me since I got an external drive. Unless others are having the same issue with no external hard drive?
  3. Francia J. Win User

    Xbox Series X issues

    Do you have an External hard drive plugged into your console? A corrupted External hard drive may cause issues as well.
  4. Francia J. Win User

    Brand new Xbox s series suffering from controller disconnect

    Do you have an External hard drive plugged into your console? A corrupted External hard drive may cause these issues as well.
  5. Peachy900757 Win User

    Xbox unable to load games at all :(

    If you have an external hard drive could you try deleting a game and installing it directly to the console's hard drive to rule out issues with the external drive itself?
    I am not using a external drive :(
  6. EightBasil56474 Win User

    Corrupted game file

    Can you try putting the game on an external Hard drive (USB3.0 and at least 256GB) to see if it's a hard drive issue?
    The thing is I don't have an external hard drive and they cost like 70 bucks. I was just wondering if there was a way to fix it without the external hard drive.
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