why am I not allowed to start games on my series s through my USB hard drive, they charge...

Discus and support why am I not allowed to start games on my series s through my USB hard drive, they charge... in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; I got a hard drive in just to test if it would let me install more stuff and it showed 1tb on the storage space thing, I thought it was all set up but... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by Arthur Bocatios, Feb 19, 2024.

  1. Arthur Bocatios
    Arthur Bocatios Guest

    why am I not allowed to start games on my series s through my USB hard drive, they charge...


    I got a hard drive in just to test if it would let me install more stuff and it showed 1tb on the storage space thing, I thought it was all set up but apparently I can't play the games by the USB hard drive, just download them, which basically makes it useless, why can't I do that man? Microsoft sucks

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    Arthur Bocatios, Feb 19, 2024
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  2. GregMasciana Win User

    xbox One disk games on Xbox S?

    Yes, I meant the Series S console. I hate to think that my entire library of One games is now completely useless. I am wondering if the USB hard drive slot can be used to tell the Series S about an xbox One game using a remote disk drive?
  3. HomegrownSilky Win User

    Why can I not install game pass games on the USB external hard drive?

    Series S/X games cannot be played from a hard drive connected via USB. Series S/X games can only be played from the internal drive or the official expansion cards that attach directly in the back of the console. Again, no USB connected drives can play Series S/X games.
  4. Obsessive Power Win User

    Xbox series X|S alternative high speed storage expansion

    Hi,

    No, sorry it won't work. The USB ports on the Series X|S are USB 3.1 which have a maximum speed of 500MB/s. This means, no matter what drive you buy, no matter what speed it's rated at, you're stuck at the max speed of the USB port.

    The only drives that can be used for Series X|S games are either the internal or the storage expansion card.

    I have the Expansion card for my Series X. I also have an external 2TB USB SSD in an enclosure. I can only use the external SSD for Xbox One games. They do load a lot faster than a mechanical hard drive, but I can't play my Series X games off it.
  5. SwordofWhedon Win User

    Bought a storage device but cant play the downloaded games

    you must play series S games from the internal hard drive or an official expansion card, no USB hard drive will work
  6. Obsessive Power Win User

    xbox series x seagate from xbox one not showing any games when plugged into the series x

    Hi,

    Do you still have your Xbox One and does your external hard drive still work on that console?

    I have successfully connected both my Seagate 'Game Drive' and my external SSD USB 3.0 drives to my Series S without any problems. All my installed games show up fine.

    The Series X/S supports the same external drives as the Xbox One/S/X support. If your drive isn't being detected it's probably become corrupted or has a hardware issue.
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