sd card wont download

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Hello Isaiah, I believe that it is not possible to install PC games on SD cards, first because most games need and system files to run, and the second reason is the speed of reading and writing the cards that is very slow compared to external HD's.

How to install and uninstall a PC game on a Windows device

https://support.xbox.com/en-us/help/games-apps/...

That's a physical lock on the side of the SD card, but that's only on standard SD cards, or micro SD cards adapters, you are using the SD card directly right? I forgot that is a surface 3 sorry

Try to format it on Fat32 please

No as they have to be stored encrypted folder on a hdd or ssd

A SD card wouldn't haveenough read write speed and isn't practical for game storage

You gotta remember games read and rwrite constantly

It would wear out your SD card fast

And yes SD cards have limited life expectancy a lot less then a hdd would 10k read and writes at best

A micro SD card even at the 533x is only 80-100 mbps this also causes extreme heat

A hdd would be 200-800 mbps per second over usb even faster internally

Then you are talking gbps

Desktop Apps and games arent like mobile games they take a lot more processing and reading and writing to cache then mobile games and you are talking about gigabytes more space

Hdds and ssd have built-in caches which help speeds things along

SD cards aren't meant for constant reading and writing they are meant for backups or storage that's it

Xbox app stores games on encrypted storage folders your SD card reader wouldn't be able to keep up with your download

This ia also whynyou cant download directly onto yours card on phones

You have to download to nand storage before moving to your sdcard

This is why it takes so long to copy files ovrr

Most SD cards will only read at certain speeds but for writing it's a lot less

20-50mbps depending on your card unless you are spending a lot like hundreds it's not likely extreme you have to read the specs on your card most standard micro SD would be 20-40mbps max

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are there any plans to up the capacity of the usb memory sticks?

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They can, but I bet they won't as it encourages people to buy thier overpriced HDDs.[/quote]

2TB external HD = £60



250GB Xbox HD = £104



Lol.



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LOL, you pay nearly twice and you get 1/8 of the storage.

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[quote user="gooslaps goop"]

are there any plans to up the capacity of the usb memory sticks?

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They can, but I bet they won't as it encourages people to buy thier overpriced HDDs.[/quote]

2TB external HD = £60



250GB Xbox HD = £104



Lol.