External Hard Drive Not Formatting

Discus and support External Hard Drive Not Formatting in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; I just bought a 500 gb external hard drive with a USB 3.0 and connected to my Xbox one. It detects it but only as a media storage device, it doesn't... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by SuperSocksCJ, Jun 15, 2018.

  1. SuperSocksCJ
    SuperSocksCJ Guest

    External Hard Drive Not Formatting


    I just bought a 500 gb external hard drive with a USB 3.0 and connected to my Xbox one. It detects it but only as a media storage device, it doesn't ask me if I want to format, what should I do?

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    SuperSocksCJ, Jun 15, 2018
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  2. Rhys Spagnolo
    Rhys Spagnolo Guest
    External Hard Drives: De-Formatting From Xbox One

    I am going to tell you how to remove the formatting on a External Hard Drive from a Xbox One.

    Requirements:

    Xbox 360

    1. Insert external hard drive into Xbox 360

    2. Go into System

    3. Go into Storage

    4. Press 'Y' on External Hard Drive (Will be called "unformatted device")

    5. Click on Format

    6. The External Hard Drive will now contain the Xbox 360's formatting.

    7. If you do not want the Xbox 360's formatting on the External Hard Drive, all you need to do is format the External Hard Drive on a computer. Otherwise, if you don't care that the Xbox 360's formatting is on the External Hard Drive, then ignore this step.

    Hope This Helped Anyone Who Did Not Know How To Remove An Xbox One's Formatting From An External Hard Drive!
     
    Rhys Spagnolo, Jun 15, 2018
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  3. DynamiteKick01
    DynamiteKick01 Guest
    External Hard Drive Formatting?

    All over the internet people are saying that you can format an external hard drive to hfs+ to watch videos that are over 4 gigs in size on your xbox 360.

    I just want to hear an official answer (or even a highly knowledgable one!) on this matter.

    I have formatted my external to hfs+ multiple times, put movies on it, and yet the xbox 360 doesn't even know it's (the drive) there.

    What am i doing wrong?
     
    DynamiteKick01, Jun 15, 2018
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  4. KrizanLovich Win User

    Which external hard drive to use with Xbox 360 ?

    as per the other comments about the use of the external hard drive for the 360 I am in the update preview program which allows additional External hard drives to be used.I purchased the same Seagate 2tb external hard drive as per my xboxone but when I apply
    the format on the xbox360 as per the instructions it replies with unable to format. Would like to know what external hard drives are compatible? I no the hard drive works as tried it on the xboxone after it would not format for the 360

    thanks

    NZ Racer
  5. StuartATrueRed Win User

    KESU Hard drive not connecting to my Xbox One S

  6. ClubbedEric Win User

    Can't change install folder for xbox app (beta)

    Either format that drive or buy a external hard drive and use
  7. XBF Brad A Win User

    Problemas con disco externo[Translation-Problems with external disk]

    Hello Edward,

    Thanks for the replies. We recommend trying to format the external hard drive on a PC. Make sure to format to NTFS. Also here is a guide for issues

    detecting external hard drive    . If the hard drive is not compatible with the console it will read it as a media device no matter the format.

    Thanks,

    Brad
  8. Obsessive Power Win User

    Copy files from Mac to Xbox One external HDD ?

    Hi,

    Not sure what you wanted to do here, could you elaborate?

    As for external hard drives, you can't partition them for use as both external storage for games and for use with your Mac or PC. You can use an external hard drive on the Xbox One as a media drive, though.

    If you format an external hard drive for Xbox One games storage, the whole drive is formatted and the file system is changed.
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