Using an external hardrive to bring games with me

Discus and support Using an external hardrive to bring games with me in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Is it possible for me to bring an external hardrive I'm using with one Xbox that has games on it, and plug it into a different Xbox and play those... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by epicturtles1212, Jan 4, 2018.

  1. epicturtles1212
    epicturtles1212 Guest

    Using an external hardrive to bring games with me


    Is it possible for me to bring an external hardrive I'm using with one Xbox that has games on it, and plug it into a different Xbox and play those games? As long as my account is signed in, it should work, right?

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    epicturtles1212, Jan 4, 2018
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  2. r00sterb
    r00sterb Guest
    DVR Question

    I reside in the UK and haven't used a DVR system before.
    In the announcements they said that you'd need an external hardrive in order to use it.
    My question is if you already use an external hardrive for storing games do you need another one specifically for downloading TV?
     
    r00sterb, Jan 4, 2018
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  3. Rage Warrior
    Rage Warrior Guest
    So just to be sure.

    I can use any external hardrive with the Xbox One. As in if I went and got like a 2TB external hardrive I can use that for my digital game downloads.
     
    Rage Warrior, Jan 4, 2018
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  4. Daft Badger
    Daft Badger Guest

    Using an external hardrive to bring games with me

    Yep,that's exactly how it should work.
     
    Daft Badger, Jan 5, 2018
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  5. Daft Badger Win User

    Using an external hardrive to bring games with me

    Yep,that's exactly how it should work.
  6. Jeremy2085 Win User

    Question

    You should be able to use an external usb hardrive as well as the games you already have installed on your xbox, as long as it meets the requirements for downloading and storing games. I have a 3tb hardrive and use my xbox hardrive as well for downloading
    and storing games and it works just fine, you just have to connect it to the usb port of your xbox for it to be recognized as an external device.
  7. Dean Karvounaris Win User

    I got a 3.0 4tb ssd and formatted it to NTFS and my xbox says it media only

    But many people use external hardrives and ssds on there xbox
  8. SethS4061 Win User

    What does it mean when it says a game needs "faster storage" when I try to download it on my external hardrive?

    Do you have any recommendations for what external hardrive I can use to run these newer games?
  9. Dr. Jones(2) Win User

    Question About File Transferring....

    You can use any external hardrive that you have available (USB, Laptop, hardrive memory transfer cable, etc.) so yes using your flashdrive is a viable option.
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