Unable to format WD external harddisk on my Xbox One

Discus and support Unable to format WD external harddisk on my Xbox One in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; I have an old usb 3.0 harddisk..recently before NXOE update i connected it to my xbox one and it asked me to format so that i can transfer my games... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by SaiSooraj 365, Feb 5, 2016.

  1. SaiSooraj 365
    SaiSooraj 365 Guest

    Unable to format WD external harddisk on my Xbox One


    I have an old usb 3.0 harddisk..recently before NXOE update i connected it to my xbox one and it asked me to format so that i can transfer my games from xbox one console to harddrive. But at that time i have some documents in the drive and havn't formatted
    it. Now after the new NXOE i want to use my haddrive to store games, but every time i connect it to Xbox One it is recognized as external storage media and it no longer asks me to format. I need to use this harddrive to store games now, Any help is much appreciated
    to solve this issue.

    :)
     
    SaiSooraj 365, Feb 5, 2016
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  2. KRONIC INC
    KRONIC INC Guest
    Preview program problems

    my xbox one wont detect my 2tb wd external hard drive. And than my xbox turns on by itself.
     
    KRONIC INC, Feb 5, 2016
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  3. duvadan
    duvadan Guest
    duvadan, Feb 5, 2016
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  4. DavidHill_68 Win User

    Why is my external WD elements not recognized by my xBox One anymore?

    I researched this problem for 2 months to eventually discover an xbox software update caused some external drives to not be detected. Microsoft are aware of the problem and are supposedly fixing the problem soon.

    The following solution worked for me:

    Buy a WD My passport 5 TB external drive. WD Elements should be suitable also.

    Download the WD quick formatter app.

    Format the drive and select windows XP mode when prompted.

    The quick formatter app formats the drive as a single partition, mbr, ntfs, 4k sectors and allows access to the full drive capacity on xbox one.
  5. Siraltitude71 Win User

    Which External HDD you using?

    Well, took a shot and went to my local Best Buy and bought a WD 3tb external HDD and hooked it up, Xbox one found it and formatted it and moved my games and stuff over and everything is working perfectly so far.
  6. ballOOnhead Win User

    External HD

    The only solution to make the external harddisk work again is connect it to a pc and delete it or simply destroy the partition. The next time you connect it to the XBox One it suddenly appears and the menu asks how it should be formatted.

    A very big shame on Microsoft for that stupid coders on the XBox Security
  7. ballOOnhead Win User

    External hd issue

    The only solution to make the external harddisk work again is connect it to a pc and delete it or simply destroy the partition. The next time you connect it to the XBox One it suddenly appears and the menu asks how it should be formatted.

    A very big shame on Microsoft for that stupid coders on the XBox Security
  8. ballOOnhead Win User

    External HD

    The only solution to make the external harddisk work again is connect it to a pc and delete it or simply destroy the partition. The next time you connect it to the XBox One it suddenly appears and the menu asks how it should be formatted.

    A very big shame on Microsoft for that stupid coders on the XBox Security
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