How do I format an external Seagate hard drive that was used for Xbox One back to Windows?

Hello xX Mc Gomb Xx,

"Do i need a whole new hard drive or just the cable..." Well, it's kind of hard to tell for here. But, if there is a problem, it's more likely to be the HDD then the cable. When you say "external seagate hard drive", is that a USB laptop drive or a full
size HDD in an enclosure using an external power supply? The reason I ask is because in the past I have seen a significant discrepancy in performance between the two types of drives. With the higher RPM full size HDD having a much better and consistent transfer
rate. However, at this point I would recommend that if there is nothing on your external Seagate hard drive that you want and need to keep, use a Windows PC to

re-create and or re-format the disk partition on your Seagate hard drive to NTFS. Again, make sure it is re-formatted to

NTFS. Also, be very careful when using Disk Management and Format Partition. Because if you click on the wrong button at the wrong time, things can go very bad very quickly. After you have done this, you can reconnect it back to the Xbox One where it will
ask you to "Format storage device" again for games and apps. Now, I can't guarantee that this will fix your particular external hard drive issues, but it won't cost
you any money to give it a try.

support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17418/windows-7-create-format-hard-disk-partition

support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/console/format-flash-drive-to-ntfs-windows

support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/console/manage-storage

Good luck and good gaming,

SA

To make your hard drive work again with your computer/or windows you need to plug it into your Xbox 360, and re-format it. Your hard drive will then be formatted to Fat-32, but you can plug it into Windows/your computer, and re-format back to
NTFS, (Which is, the recommended one). Since the Xbox one runs of the Windows 8 Platform you cannot use your hard drive on Windows. The Xbox One does not format the external hard drive correctly. I have learned this my self.
Doing the following steps can let you use the hard drive with Windows again.

Hi there,

Does the drive show when going to Disk management in Windows, usually it will show there, where you should be able to control partitiions and or format the hard drive.

Be aware that this will delete all on the partition/harddrive

Sourbucket,

A lot of folks have had issues with the USB cable. Try using a different USB 3.0 cable and see if the Xbox One will recognize the drive. Obviously, the external hard drive has to be at least 256 GB and using USB 3.0 as well. Let us know your results. Thanks,

So I double checked the format and it is NTFS. And yes it is a seagate 2tb external xbox one hard drive, 3.0usb. So I am not sure why it will not let me use it for games. When the hard drive is a game drive.