What is wrong with external hardware?

CAPTAIN K1LL · Jan 11, 2024

Why would Microsoft not allow some games to be played on external hard drives. I have had the same one for years and moved it to my new Series X. I went to play Halo Infinite again on the new Xbox and it won’t work unless I download to internal storage or purchase a new card. What is wrong with my Seagate 5tb external that worked before?

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Smwutches

There's nothing wrong with it, but regular external drives are not fast enough to handle Series S/X optimized games.

GrowlingYapper

You should post in the preview forum as they are the right people to help you.

MissingFlipper

The clip I recorded was recorded through the “record what happened” feature, using no external hardware. And between clips, no settings were changed

schnurren

Hello maxclements,

What model of external hard drive did you purchased?

Is your external drive connected to the wall and also via USB to the console?

Maybe this information can be of some help to you : https://beta.support.xbox.com/help/hardware-network/storage/console-doesnt-detect-external-storage

Jesse E'

Sorry about that. Heres what you can try https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-ne...

What is wrong with external hardware?