Resetting Xbox Series X query Seagate expansion card?

Xbox Series X|S games can not be run from USB storage devices. These drives are too slow for Series X|S games, regardless of them being on Game Pass or not.

Series X|S games can only be played on either the Internal SSD, a Seagate Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X|S or the WD_BLACK C50 Expansion Card for Xbox

Hi . My name is Kyle and I'm an independent advisor. If you choose to delete everything when resetting, it will erase the Xbox's internal storage only. Expansion cards and external storage are not affected by this. Please reach back if you have further questions. Thanks, Kyle

Thank you, so resetting the Xbox Series X won’t have been badly affected with the Seagate expansion card installed at the same time?

Correct, resetting won't have any impact on the expansion card. You can leave it connected. If there's ever anything that needs to be unplugged before resetting the Xbox would warn you beforehand. Thanks, Kyle

Thank you, and final question I promise! I formatted the Seagate expansion drive on the Xbox again after resetting, does that just wipe it back to default settings like a memory stick being reformatted? Thanks.

Hi OnlyAlex22. My name is Kyle and I'm an independent advisor.

If you choose to delete everything when resetting, it will erase the Xbox's internal storage only. Expansion cards and external storage are not affected by this.

Please reach back if you have further questions.

Thanks,
Kyle

Correct, resetting won't have any impact on the expansion card. You can leave it connected. If there's ever anything that needs to be unplugged before resetting the Xbox would warn you beforehand.

Thanks,
Kyle