No format option for external hard drive.

Discus and support No format option for external hard drive. in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Hi, when i plug in a external hard drive in my Xbox One the format option does not come up. It's a new drive, usb 3.0 and 3 tb and it is recognized as... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by FutureDegree334, Nov 27, 2016.

  1. FutureDegree334
    FutureDegree334 Guest

    No format option for external hard drive.


    Hi, when i plug in a external hard drive in my Xbox One the format option does not come up. It's a new drive, usb 3.0 and 3 tb and it is recognized as a media drive. No format option in manage storage, only view content. Tried hard resets, formatting to
    exFAT and FAT32 etc.

    Does anyone have solution? Thnx!

    :)
     
    FutureDegree334, Nov 27, 2016
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  2. Phil Lindridge
    Phil Lindridge Guest
    Cant format hard drive

    External hard drive added to xbox it reconises and shows for photo video and audio. No option to format to game and app use No format option for external hard drive. :( any ideas
     
    Phil Lindridge, Nov 27, 2016
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  3. Morbidpsycho
    Morbidpsycho Guest
    External Hard Drive

    Not sure , I'll check and let you know what I find.


    ok , I found out how to do it . Find the settings then go to System then from System find the column that has Storage listed at the top. Underneath it should have "Manage Storage" . Then when I click on that it says Storage Select a device to see its options and I have an Internal and my formatted X box external hard drive . Move the Highlight from the Internal to the External hard drive and click the "A" button on the controller and it brings up a list
    View Contents , Install here by default , Rename , and Format.
    So just highlight the Install here by Default and your games will install on the External hard drive instead of the Internal.


    I hope this helps out .
     
    Morbidpsycho, Nov 27, 2016
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  4. EggsBoxJuan Win User

    Hard Drive Issue

    Power the xbox off by pressing and holding the power button on the front of the xbox for 10 seconds, disconnect the external drive, power the xbox on again and once it has fully booted up reconnect the external drive.

    If that doesn't help you may be best formatting the hard drive again and starting over. Should you do that can you format the hard drive on your PC by the regular method rather than the disk management tools. Right click the hard drive on the desktop and
    select the format option.
  5. onyxishere Win User

    120GB Hard Drive not recognised by Xbox 360 anymore...

    Formatting the drive will not work nor will hooking up another external drive as you will only be granted 32 gb for external storage. As I said earlier, your only option here will be to purchase a new hard drive. Sorry.
  6. KrizanLovich Win User

    Which external hard drive to use with Xbox 360 ?

    as per the other comments about the use of the external hard drive for the 360 I am in the update preview program which allows additional External hard drives to be used.I purchased the same Seagate 2tb external hard drive as per my xboxone but when I apply
    the format on the xbox360 as per the instructions it replies with unable to format. Would like to know what external hard drives are compatible? I no the hard drive works as tried it on the xboxone after it would not format for the 360

    thanks

    NZ Racer
  7. StuartATrueRed Win User

    KESU Hard drive not connecting to my Xbox One S

  8. cbsstone Win User

    Additional hard drive issues

    The hard drive needs to be formatted via the onscreen option in the Xbox One menu when you plug it in. I have two Western Digital 4tb My Book external drives (I want to have plenty of storage) and for both drives I had to format them through the on screen
    options on the dashboard.
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