External Hard Drive Power Cycling

Discus and support External Hard Drive Power Cycling in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; I recently purchased a Western Digital Easy Store 8TB drive new from Best Buy to use with my Xbox One X. While the console is in standby/sleep mode,... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by teknomusik, Nov 17, 2017.

  1. teknomusik
    teknomusik Guest

    External Hard Drive Power Cycling


    I recently purchased a Western Digital Easy Store 8TB drive new from Best Buy to use with my Xbox One X. While the console is in standby/sleep mode, the external drive is constantly powering on and off. I’ve tried enabling and disabling the option to power
    off the external storage when the console is off, but that didn’t help.

    Before I connected this drive to my Xbox One X, I had it connected to my Xbox One S to transfer games from that system to the new drive, and I noticed the same behavior with that console as well.

    Can anything be done to fix this? If not, is there an 8TB external drive that works properly with the Xbox One I should get instead?

    :)
     
    teknomusik, Nov 17, 2017
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  2. ItsOminousCloud
    ItsOminousCloud Guest
    Games not appearing on external hard drive

    After power cycling my Xbox I can't access any of the games on my external hard drive, the console recognises the external hard drive and knows that it is 68% full but nothing appears on it. None of my games on the internal drive will start either due
    to the 'Taking too long to start' error. I've tried restarting, power cycling and reconnecting the power cable but nothing so far has worked. Disconnecting and reconnecting the external hard drive hasn't worked either. Has anyone had experience with this or
    knows a fix?
     
    ItsOminousCloud, Nov 17, 2017
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  3. Davuswho(2)
    Davuswho(2) Guest
    Error Code 0x800706ba

    I'm using an external 3tn usb 3.0 that is usb powered.

    Power cycling the Xbox via the power cable temporarily bypasses the issue until it happens again.
     
    Davuswho(2), Nov 17, 2017
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  4. Ricardo Lechuga Win User

    Help,my Xbox has turned on me

    If you have an external hard drive connected via USB disconnected and it performs a power cycle, check for the same error without connecting the external hard drive
  5. ChiefJoboo 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.
    Can you uninstall it, power cycle as I posted above, install another game (such as a 360 title or any other game), power cycle, and then reinstall Destiny?
  6. XBF Ezra G Win User

    WiFi doesn’t work after connecting an External Drive (SDD or HDD)

    Hi Antonio_Castelli,

    Thank you for your post. I understand you are experiencing an issue with your network connectivity when an external hard drive is connected to your Xbox One S. To troubleshoot this, please unplug the external hard drive, perform a

    power-cycle    , then plug in the external drive again once the console has restarted.

    Please let us know how this goes!
  7. SpyShadow Win User

    Nothing works right...apps won't stream, games won't launch

    Hello try doing a power cycle on your console,

    http://xbx.lv/19Pxh2o

    Are you using an external hard drive?
  8. Davuswho(2) Win User

    Error Code 0x800706ba

    ... Is everyone using a external hard drive ..
    I'm using an external 3tn usb 3.0 that is usb powered.

    Power cycling the Xbox via the power cable temporarily bypasses the issue until it happens again.
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