Games and Apps are not visible until plugging in external drive.

thejaxster70 · Dec 15, 2015

1. I'm on xbox one with the latest update. I have recently bought a new xbox one (halo edition) and had some games and apps on my external drive. I moved them all over to the xbox one from the external drive. Now, the games and apps are not visible unless
I plug in the external drive. There are no games or apps installed on the external drive.

2. Is there a method or order in which things have to be moved to fix this. I have 2 xbox one consoles and I will update games and apps on one and then copy them to the other console. This seems to not work after the NXOE update. I can copy to my external
drive but it will not show up on the other console. This did work before the NXOE update.

I have limited internet (slow connection after 1.5 GB of data use) so, I would like to continue to make updates to on console and be able to copy to the other.

Is there a procedure to make the games and apps show up without plugging the external drive back in? Also, is there a procedure to be able to copy apps/games from one console to the next.

Thanks in advance.

:)

Dbole007 · Dec 15, 2015

Xbox One External Storage (Seagate Expansion 2TB USB 3.0) wont allow games/app saves and cannot be formatted

Are you plugging the external drive in the USB port on the left side of the console?? This is the port that is USB 3.0 for using the drives as an external drive for your games and apps.

{james_lachlan_robertson} · Dec 15, 2015

hard drive

As an idea for xbox one hard drives because they are internal and not external try plugging in an external drive to save or transfer all important games to external hard drive and leave not so important games onto internal drive
that way you can take them anywhere and not have hard drive failures with xbox one.

{Parity} · Dec 15, 2015

Not sure but is the drive that you are attempting to read the games and apps from the primary drive?

thejaxster70 · Dec 15, 2015

No, it was on the old system before I got the new halo console. I made the internal drive primary.

{Parity} · Oct 31, 2018

The drive you are copying to is the primary correct?

{Parity}

The drive you are copying to is the primary correct?

thejaxster70

No, it was on the old system before I got the new halo console. I made the internal drive primary.

{Parity}

Not sure but is the drive that you are attempting to read the games and apps from the primary drive?

Jurgen1488

If you have a new external drive. So after you plug him into the console. So the console itself will want to format it into its own format. Then, this disc will no longer be used elsewhere than on the Xbox. Until it is formatted in a PC.

When the console is formatted with this drive, a message appears in the console that connected the External Drive. You can then move games to this external drive via Manage game & apps.

Dbole007

Are you plugging the external drive in the USB port on the left side of the console?? This is the port that is USB 3.0 for using the drives as an external drive for your games and apps.

Games and Apps are not visible until plugging in external drive.