External Hard Drives: De-Formatting From Xbox One

Discus and support External Hard Drives: De-Formatting From Xbox One in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; 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... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by Rhys Spagnolo, Nov 8, 2015.

  1. 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, Nov 8, 2015
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  2. n7oldnavy
    n7oldnavy Guest
    HELP

    My Xbox One Can"t format my external hard drive or move/copy games Help.
     
    n7oldnavy, Nov 8, 2015
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  3. Legion413
    Legion413 Guest
    File recovery from HD formatted by Xbox One

    I need some help from my fellow gamers. I'm wondering if any of you know how to recover files from a formatted hard drive. More specifically a Toshiba 3TB external hard drive that was formatted by an Xbox One. The problem I am having is that my computer wont recognize it anymore when I plug the hard drive into it. Can anyone help me figure out how to get my data back from it (if it still exists)?
     
    Legion413, Nov 8, 2015
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  4. StuartATrueRed Win User

    KESU Hard drive not connecting to my Xbox One S

  5. 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.
  6. ThisGameIsSucky Win User

    Formatting External hard drive questions.

    This guide from WindowsCentral about hard drives on the Xbox One should prove useful.

    https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-one-external-hard-drive-guide

    The hard drive formatting process could take anywhere from no time at all to a while depending on the size of the hard drive in some cases. As stated by WindowsCentral on how to properly format:

    1. Connect your external hard drive to an Xbox One USB port. An on-screen pop-up will display.

    2. Select Format storage device.

    3. Enter a name for the drive using the on-screen keyboard.

    4. Select Install new things here to automatically install future games on this drive.

    5. Select Format storage device.

    If you run into any problems refer to this Xbox Support page about external storage troubleshooting.

    https://beta.support.xbox.com/help/hardware-network/storage/console-doesnt-detect-external-storage
  7. Internet Expert Win User

    My Xbox One will not format my external

    If you have a Windows PC, connect the external hard drive to it and give it a reformat. Sometimes, people need to give a hard drive an extra reformat on the computer because it's currently in a format that the Xbox cannot change (for some reason).

    - Connect the external HDD to the PC.

    - Go to "My Computer" (Win+E)

    - Right click the external hard drive, and select "Format..."

    - Ensure it formats to "NTFS", leave all other settings the way they are.

    - After it finishes, attempt to format the drive on the Xbox again.

    NOTE: If your external hard drive came pre-formatted with more than one partition, you will need to reformat the entire drive so it has one and only one NTFS partition. You can manage disk partitions via "Disk Management" in Windows.

    Hope this helps!
  8. Jay O. Win User

    How to format an external hard drive for xbox one

    you have to format Xbox One/360 external hard drive from
    NTFS to FAT32.
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