External hard drive

hey,

My seagate hard drive has stopped being detected, followed the guide and changed the cable - no change. Any ideas???

:)

 

External hard drive choices

So what external hard drive do you recommend?

This article reviews HDD, SSD and a Hybrid
The Xbox One hard drive upgrade guide • Eurogamer.net

They think this one is overall best option Toshiba HDTB120EK3CA Basics 2TB USB 3.0 2.5 Inch Hard Drive - Black:Amazon.co.uk:Computers & Accessories

Thoughts?

 

Hard Drive Storage Limit

if adverts for "compatible" external hard drives are any indication it would seem the external storage patch should be coming some time soon although I note it wont be in the first patch released.

Xbox One 1TB Portable Hard Drive by DIGISTOR™-DIG-82153

 

The
support guide on external drive detection specifies three "solutions":

1. Check for system updates on your Xbox One console.
2. Uncheck "When Xbox is off, turn off storage" in power settings.
3. Unplug and replug drive; use different USB port on Xbox;
   power cycle the console.

Assuming you've exhausted all of the above solutions, is it at least detected when it is plugged into a desktop computer, preferably running Windows on it? If so, the data on it may have been corrupted at some point, and will need to be reformatted (this
erases all data on that drive). Reformat (as "NTFS" in the file format options), plug into your Xbox, follow steps reformat on Xbox, and reinstall your games. If it isn't detected on the computer, then there may be something wrong with the hard drive.

If you power on the hard drive, put against your ear, and you hear
repetitive patterns of clicking, then this may be a symptom that the hard drive has died.