External Hard Drive not available as capture location?

Discus and support External Hard Drive not available as capture location? in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Hi, quick question here. I recently got an external hard drive that I want to use as an external capture location. This one to be exact:... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by IAmOlku, Mar 19, 2020.

  1. IAmOlku
    IAmOlku Guest

    External Hard Drive not available as capture location?


    Hi, quick question here.

    I recently got an external hard drive that I want to use as an external capture location. This one to be exact:

    https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-STEA1000400/dp/B00TKFEEAS/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=seagate+1tb+expansion&qid=1584617313&sr=8-2

    It is USB 3.0, but when I try to plug it in and set it as an external capture location, it says:

    "To capture game clips and screenshots externally, storage must be formatted as NTSF."

    I have formatted the drive as NTSF on my Mac multiple times and plugged it back in. However, every time the same message pops up. I've tried restarting my xbox and power cycling it, however none of that seems to work.

    At this point, I don't know what else I could do and maybe the xbox is just faulty? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks in advance,



    :)
     
    IAmOlku, Mar 19, 2020
    #1
  2. ⸔ Joekage⸕ Win User

    External Hard Drive not available as capture location?

    Same problem I cant set up a Capture with an external hard drive Xbox X

    I have done these steps with both a seagate 2tb and Western digital 2tb ( i have a 4tb external for games already)

    I have formatted on Windows and Mac

    No difference

    It always comes up EFI and says format to NTFS even though both the PC and Mac recognize it as 3.0 NTFS each time

    Ive switched all usb hubs several times

    Im giving up seems its the system and i cant do it

    Ive tried for 3 days
    I'm having the exact same issues with my 4 TB Seagate it's a 3.0 and my PC is formatting it perfectly to NTFS but whenever I attempt to use any of the 3 available Xbox One S USB hubs the system registers my hdd as ETI and tells me to reformat to NTFS.
  3. ArminatorX Win User

    External Hard Drive not available as capture location?

    The Xbox will only format the drive in order to store games on it in a special Xbox format.

    In order to use the drive as media storage or capture drive, you will have to format the drive on a PC. If MacOS has trouble with NTFS, I recommend asking a friend with Windows, or using Bootcamp on your Mac to dual boot into a native Windows installation
    to format your drive.
  4. IAmOlku Win User

    External Hard Drive not available as capture location?

    How do I do that?

    The xbox told me to format it via PC. Is there a way to have the xbox to format it, and if so could you link me some instructions please?

    Sorry if this is a stupid question.
  5. THEGENPatten Win User

    External Hard Drive not available as capture location?

    Same problem I cant set up a Capture with an external hard drive Xbox X

    I have done these steps with both a seagate 2tb and Western digital 2tb ( i have a 4tb external for games already)

    I have formatted on Windows and Mac

    No difference

    It always comes up EFI and says format to NTFS even though both the PC and Mac recognize it as 3.0 NTFS each time

    Ive switched all usb hubs several times

    Im giving up seems its the system and i cant do it

    Ive tried for 3 days
  6. ArminatorX Win User

    External Hard Drive not available as capture location?

    It might be, that your Mac isn't properly formatting it in NTFS.

    If possible use Bootcamp on your Mac to boot to a native Windows system, or ask a friend with Windows PC to format the drive as NTFS.
Thema:

External Hard Drive not available as capture location?

Loading...

  1. External Hard Drive not available as capture location? - Similar Threads - External Hard Drive

  2. Can I use a normal external SSD hard drive instead of the XBOX certified External SSD

    in XBoX on Consoles
    Can I use a normal external SSD hard drive instead of the XBOX certified External SSD: I’ve done research yet haven’t found any good proper answers. Can someone please help me. a215d6a2-a47a-4d93-8a1a-d109750bc001

  3. Is there anyway to launch my games on my external hard drive without manually copying or...

    in XBoX on Consoles
    Is there anyway to launch my games on my external hard drive without manually copying or...: I previously used a Seagate 1TB External Hard Drive for my Xbox One a while back but it broke, but while it worked, I was able to plug in the hard drive, install and play games without moving or...

  4. Xbox installations starting and stopping. Using an external hard drive VIA USB?

    in XboX Insiders
    Xbox installations starting and stopping. Using an external hard drive VIA USB?: I have seen no solutions to the problem many are having with slow downloads and the installation downloading for a little bit and then stopping then slowly starting and stopping again making a...

  5. Out Of No Where My Xbox One Stop Reading My External Hard drived Fine One Day And Then The...

    in XBoX on Consoles
    Out Of No Where My Xbox One Stop Reading My External Hard drived Fine One Day And Then The...: I Have A WD Black P10 2Tb Game Drive It Was Formatted And Had Most Of My Games On It And Outta Nowhere One Day It Just Stopped Connecting To My Xbox One And I Have Tired Everything I Have Even...

  6. My external hard drive won’t appear on series x

    in XBoX on Consoles
    My external hard drive won’t appear on series x: So my hard drive won’t appear on my series X, it doesn’t list anything other than internal storage. I connected the hard drive to my PC and it appeared and I reformatted it to NTFS but when I...

  7. reformatting my external hard drive

    in XBoX on Consoles
    reformatting my external hard drive: I have a 2tb external hard drive i have been using for game storage on my xbox s/x, but i want to reformat it to a capture location. the xbox its self wont do it, and i cant get it to appear as a...

  8. How do I install pc xbox gamepass games to my external hard drive?

    in XBoX Games and Apps
    How do I install pc xbox gamepass games to my external hard drive?: [img] I am trying to install Skyrim onto my external hard drive for my pc. I have changed where my games install through settings > install options > and then selecting my hard drive. I have 2 tb...

  9. For A Couple Years I Used My Wd Black P10 game drive external hard drive and it worked fine...

    in XBoX on Consoles
    For A Couple Years I Used My Wd Black P10 game drive external hard drive and it worked fine...: For A Couple Years I Used My Wd Black P10 game drive external hard drive and it worked fine then outta no where one day my Xbox stopped detecting it. I have the Xbox one the old gen I have tried...

  10. External Hard drive usage with the Xbox app

    in XBoX on Consoles
    External Hard drive usage with the Xbox app: "Hi, I'm having an issue with the Xbox app on my PC not recognizing downloaded games stored on an external HDD. Here’s my setup and problem: I download games (e.g., Indiana Jones and the Great...