Losing Data from an External HDD when plugging into XBOX ONE!

Discus and support Losing Data from an External HDD when plugging into XBOX ONE! in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Hello, last night I plugged my external HDD into my XBOX One, thinking that the films that were on it I could access via my Xbox. After formatting my... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by TomWWils, Oct 12, 2015.

  1. TomWWils
    TomWWils Guest

    Losing Data from an External HDD when plugging into XBOX ONE!


    Hello, last night I plugged my external HDD into my XBOX One, thinking that the films that were on it I could access via my Xbox.

    After formatting my external HDD I found I wasn't able to view these films

    Plugging back into my PC I see nothing now appears on my HDD.

    Doing some research last night I found out you need to run some recovery software to be able to get everything back. Software which I don't have. It's important to me as everything from the last 5 years is on there. (Documents, Photos, Films, etc.) somewhere
    around 1.5TB worth of data.

    Are you able to help?

    :)
     
    TomWWils, Oct 12, 2015
    #1
  2. Psyact
    Psyact Guest
    External Storage

    These might help you identify the problem:

    1. Power the Xbox One down completely and plug the external drive into a different USB port on the Xbox One. Power the Xbox back on and see if the problem persists. If it does, it's that particular USB port that's the issue.

    2. If the external HDD has a power cord, try plugging it into a different outlet. If it's plugged into a surge protector, try plugging it directly into a wall (temporarily, just to see if the power is the issue).

    3. Last option -- move your data on the external HDD to your internal HDD, and reformat it. I doubt this is the problem, but occasionally I've seen this work.
     
    Psyact, Oct 12, 2015
    #2
  3. external hard drive capabilities

    My question is with an external hdd can I download and save my game data to it AND put the movies I downloaded from my laptop on the external as well and play them from my Xbox one?

    I bought a 2tb recently, formatted it to and put some of my movies on it. Once I plugged it into the Xbox it had to be formatted for the games otherwise I could watch the movies. Now once I format it in my Xbox the movies are erased obviously. Any work around for this?
     
    Avery.Cameron, Oct 12, 2015
    #3
  4. JINX MANIA
    JINX MANIA Guest

    Losing Data from an External HDD when plugging into XBOX ONE!

    You should have read what it said before you format it. If you didn't format it then you just need to go into an App that is called Media Player or something like that. But it tells you you'll loes everthing when you do the format. So you lost everything
     
    JINX MANIA, Oct 27, 2015
    #4
  5. NeoOnis
    NeoOnis Guest
    test disk its free source and has tools to recover deleted partitions also will unlock drive back to windows
     
    NeoOnis, Oct 29, 2015
    #5
  6. NeoOnis
    NeoOnis Guest
  7. NeoOnis Win User

    Losing Data from an External HDD when plugging into XBOX ONE!

  8. NeoOnis Win User

    Losing Data from an External HDD when plugging into XBOX ONE!

    test disk its free source and has tools to recover deleted partitions also will unlock drive back to windows
  9. JINX MANIA Win User

    Losing Data from an External HDD when plugging into XBOX ONE!

    You should have read what it said before you format it. If you didn't format it then you just need to go into an App that is called Media Player or something like that. But it tells you you'll loes everthing when you do the format. So you lost everything
  10. Psyact Win User

    External Storage

    These might help you identify the problem:

    1. Power the Xbox One down completely and plug the external drive into a different USB port on the Xbox One. Power the Xbox back on and see if the problem persists. If it does, it's that particular USB port that's the issue.

    2. If the external HDD has a power cord, try plugging it into a different outlet. If it's plugged into a surge protector, try plugging it directly into a wall (temporarily, just to see if the power is the issue).

    3. Last option -- move your data on the external HDD to your internal HDD, and reformat it. I doubt this is the problem, but occasionally I've seen this work.
  11. Bazajaytee Win User

    External HDD's

    You can use any size external HDD with your Xbox 360 but it will format the HDD and only use 32Gb of the total space of the HDD. When you plug in the HDD you will have two options under the "System Settings" menu under "My Xbox." From there, you need to
    select the appropriate configuration option for your drive. One option erases all data on the drive before formatting it. The other option configures only a limited amount of space for Xbox 360 use, leaving any data on the drive untouched.
Thema:

Losing Data from an External HDD when plugging into XBOX ONE!

Loading...
  1. Losing Data from an External HDD when plugging into XBOX ONE! - Similar Threads - Losing Data External

  2. On my nintendo when I log out of my account do I lose my Minecraft data....

    in XBoX Accessibility
    On my nintendo when I log out of my account do I lose my Minecraft data....: I am not sure weather i should sign out of my microsoft so I can use another one if I will lose all my data on Minecraft. 2d8f88e6-b8c4-4fdb-92da-aa2365d39d57
  3. What do I do to transfer data without losing it

    in XBoX Games and Apps
    What do I do to transfer data without losing it: I just got my new Xbox and i got a question about it it says “your other Xbox console is taking a long time to sync to the cloud do I want to try again or sync last saved data “ but I don’t want...
  4. SO WHEN DO THEY FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH ULTIMATE WORD GAMES. LOSING ALL MY DATA REALLY HURTS.

    in XBoX Games and Apps
    SO WHEN DO THEY FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH ULTIMATE WORD GAMES. LOSING ALL MY DATA REALLY HURTS.: SO WHEN DO THEY GET THIS PROBLEM WITH UTAMITE WORD GAMES FIXED? I TRIED THE RESET, LOSING ALL MY DATA, WHICH REALLY HURTS. NOTA. I ALSO NOTICED ON THE CROSSWORD PUZZLE PART THE SAME ANSWER CAME UP...
  5. Son has graduated and needs his own account/membership without losing data.

    in XBoX Accessibility
    Son has graduated and needs his own account/membership without losing data.: My son has graduated, going to college and now needs his own Xbox account/membership. I signed up and created our Xbox and Microsoft account using my own MSN email/info years ago. I now have a...
  6. i keep losing my saved data on xbox one f1 2022

    in XBoX Games and Apps
    i keep losing my saved data on xbox one f1 2022: when i return play, i frequently have lost saved data in f1 2022 teams. today after xbox updated i lost save data from 8 races and was put back to season 1 race 22. this has happened several times...
  7. Losing years of xbox data due to redundent old email address

    in XBoX Accessibility
    Losing years of xbox data due to redundent old email address: Hi i have 2 microsoft accounts. One i had for many years that i used for xbox and a newer one i use for everything now. I was wondering if there is anyway you can help me merge the 2 accounts...
  8. why did I lose all of my Fortnite data because I deleted my local save data/file even...

    in XBoX Games and Apps
    why did I lose all of my Fortnite data because I deleted my local save data/file even...: I have an Xbox series s which I use all of the time. And I wiped my local save data because I wanted to free up some storage. But it made me lose my entire Fortnite account data which I had 1800...
  9. Will I lose my data on minecraft bedrock xbox one if i reinstall the game?

    in XBoX Games and Apps
    Will I lose my data on minecraft bedrock xbox one if i reinstall the game?: Hello, I have a lot of data on my minecraft bedrock xbox one and it recently has been slow. Will i lose my mods worlds ranks on servers etc if i reinstall minecraft my xbox one?...
  10. My Xbox One external drive is dead. Will I lose all the saved games data/progress?

    in XBoX on Windows
    My Xbox One external drive is dead. Will I lose all the saved games data/progress?: My external drive for Xbox One has likely died :( Will I lose all the saved games data, or will it all reappear once I reinstall the games? And how would I know if they're stored on the Cloud or...