External hard Drive Ready Message Randomly Appears...still after 1 year+ of being an option

OK. I've seen some posts on the forums about this issue...mostly about a year+ ago. So, does no one else have this problem anymore? I just bought an External & a USB 3.0 enclosure. Get that *** random 'External Hard Drive Ready' message. Which in effect
throws you out of the game or slows an install down...sometimes requiring a restart of the install. Is there no real fix for this?

Seagate 2TB ST2000DX001 SSHD

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Serious External Hard Drive Issues for Xbox One

I have the same issue.... My external drive worked since months.... After the last update i get the message external hard drive is ready again and again......

 

External hard drive ready message

Hi Mikele,

sorry to hear you are having problems with your HDD, there are a couple of things you can check.

First I suggest you all try toggling the Settings > Power > ”When Xbox is off, turn off storage” option – some drives will perform better with this option deselected.

If you have no joy with that then there are some other troubleshooting steps
here and see if any of those help.

I have heard of people having problems with enclosures - make sure its operating as USB 3 and has enough power. If neither xbox nor pc can see the HDD you should still be able to re-format and try again by connecting to your pc and using Disk Management
in windows.

If all else fails I suggest trying a purpose built external USB 3 drive - either borrow or buy one! I personally use a 2TB WD My Passport Ultra but there are plenty of options.

Hope that helps!

 

I may just get something different, so what do you use that has never had an issue? My current setup gives 1 error per 4-5 hours (at best)...or when trying to install CoD BO3 I was getting one every couple minutes until it stopped installing. Tried a different
port, completely shutdown XB1 and then I've only had 1 'ready' during the attempted reinstall. Something is flaky.

 

I do also have this problem with my seagate expansion drive 1tb.

Apparently microsoft has done nothing to fix it. The same drive worked flawlessly on my xbox 360. I just bought the xbox one and it turns out to be a non functioning piece of crap already, thinking of returning it.

 

Hey ZeusBonbon28!

Sorry to hear about the external HDD trouble! This particular thread is from last year, but we're happy to help out. Please create a new thread detailing your issue, thanks!