External storage issues

MetalBarracuda · Dec 30, 2015

I have recently lost the use of my external hard drive for watching videos from via the media player app. It was initially working but the next day the media player app could not recognise my hard drive being plugged in. But looking in to settings and storage
the external hard drive shows up but shows as being empty, Then if i plug it into my laptop again its comes up and shows that all the files are still on the hard drive.

Can anyone please help.

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SiNAR 212 · Dec 30, 2015

Yes, the PlayStation 4 Supports External Storage, but There’s a Catch

Well now I am wondering if the X1 will let us use it to put game son it, probably not

It was probably a given, but we now know that while the PlayStation 4 supports external storage (like the PlayStation 3 before it), we won’t be able to use that storage to play downloaded games. Thank Sony games honcho Shuhei Yoshida — one of those rare corporate divisional presidents who spends a pile of time fielding questions on Twitter, pretty much daily – for confirming as much last week.

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WPAK · Dec 30, 2015

Xbox One and External Hard Drive (HDD) Install Issues

Hi there,

if this keeps happening to the external storage device I would start to think that the external storage device might be having some (hardware) issues and could stop working at all any time soon.

I personally would get a different external storage device to see what happens when using that one.

{Parity} · Dec 30, 2015

Have you tried the hard reset on the console? Try this. Disconnect the HDD from the XBOX. Hold the power button on the console for 10 seconds or until it shuts down completely. Remove the power cord from the back of the console for 5 minutes. Plug the
power cable back into the console (do not connect the HDD yet) and power up the console. Once it is online and logged in completely re-connect the HDD. Let us know how it goes. Good Luck!

MetalBarracuda · Dec 30, 2015

Yes that has worked thank you !

{Parity} · Oct 31, 2018

No problem. Glad it worked for you. Happy Gaming!

MetalBarracuda

Yes that has worked thank you !

EggsBoxJuan

In that case I personally would check out that Reddit post, if you're comfortable with the Disk Management tool on your PC. More often than not removing and then creating the disk partition again will help.

Mousepoon

Like I already said, its correct format, USB 3, and 8tb. In storage I don't have a format for games and apps option, only "view contents" and "set as capture location" everything you said I already addressed in the original post, my Seagate XBOX LICENSED
harddrive should have 0 issues.

Bruh_877

Don’t worry I have transferred the games to the internal storage and it seems to be working

{Parity}

Try performing a hard reset. It will sometimes resolve those issues.

Hold the power button on the console for 8 seconds or until the power shuts down completely. Unplug the power cord from the back of the console for 5 minutes. Plug the power cord back in and restart the console. Once it is back up and operational test
the results.

Let us know. Good Luck!

External storage issues