my external drive doesnt work correctly

Discus and support my external drive doesnt work correctly in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; my external drive just Shows a Music note Icon and when i click on it i cant Formate it. ive tried everything on PC. i formated it to NTFS and FATex i... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by CMPunk2, Jan 12, 2020.

  1. CMPunk2
    CMPunk2 Guest

    my external drive doesnt work correctly


    my external drive just Shows a Music note Icon and when i click on it i cant Formate it. ive tried everything on PC. i formated it to NTFS and FATex i also deleted absolute everything and it still doesnt work. it doesnt matter how many times i Restart
    the console and unplug it. i even bought a new USB 3.0 cable but it still doesnt work i CANT install GAMES AND APPS it just doesnt give me any Options to Formate it for XBOX. I also completely reinstalled my whole Xbox one X and it still doesnt work. it doesnt
    even work on my other 2 xboxs. please help me...

    :)
     
    CMPunk2, Jan 12, 2020
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  2. XBF Brad A Win User

    my external drive doesnt work correctly

    Hello CMpunk,

    Thanks for coming to the forums. We understand having issue with an external Hard drive. Currently the console and PC are reading it as a media drive. This will not allow you to install games on it. When you plug it in on the Xbox and it asks you to format
    for the Xbox go ahead and do this. You can look over the
    troubleshoot external hard drive    . If it doesn't meet three requirements it will treat it as a media hard drive also. Also check out

    manage storage Xbox one     for more information on setting up an external.

    When you first connect, Xbox will prompt you to format your device. You can use it for Xbox games and apps, or for personal media such as pictures, music, and video. (Xbox will treat devices that don’t meet the above requirements as media storage.)

    If after all this and still reading it as a media storage, it may be the external is not compatible. You would need to reach out to the manufacturer then.

    Hope this helps.

    Brad
  3. gds1972 Win User

    External hard drive not formatting on Xbox One

  4. Cooterbooterz Win User

    Unplayable

    The Xbox hard drive is garbage, load everything on an external hard drive and your problems solved. I had my hard drive 50% full then it wouldn't do anything. Now with every single thing on an external is actually works correctly the way it should work.
  5. Poisoned Wiener Win User

    My 300GB Hitachi HDD not working on Xbox 360 after update

    Replugging my drive with any combonation of powering my console on and off doesnt work. I have several USB Thumb Drives that work in my console just fine. My USB 3.0 cable for the External Hard Drive gets powered by the console, but still will not show up.
  6. onyxishere Win User

    External Hard Drive Help

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