Xbox not reading External hard drive

Discus and support Xbox not reading External hard drive in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; My xbox one is not registering my USB 3.0 external hard drive. I've found a website with some tips but it still doesn't work.Is there any way I can get... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by Papa Tator1228, Jun 28, 2018.

  1. Papa Tator1228
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    Xbox not reading External hard drive


    My xbox one is not registering my USB 3.0 external hard drive. I've found a website with some tips but it still doesn't work.Is there any way I can get it to register? I can't access it or anything from the xbox settings.

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    Papa Tator1228, Jun 28, 2018
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  2. Miss Bijoux
    Miss Bijoux Guest
    External hard drive not reading right

    Hey there Cookie!

    I'm sorry to hear about the external hard drive issues. I recommend starting with the

    external storage troubleshooting     guide. If none of those steps work, the next thing you'll want to try is factory resetting your external hard drive. I realize that's not an ideal thing to do however it's a necessary step in the troubleshooting process.

    Hopefully it won't come to that though. Good luck and keep us posted!

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    Miss Bijoux, Jun 28, 2018
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  3. KRAZYCOOKIE141
    KRAZYCOOKIE141 Guest
    External hard drive not reading right

    Last night I started having issues with my two terabyte seagate hard drive. It shows memory is used up on the drive but I can't get the game data to show up. And none of my games saved to it will run. It all started when I was downloading a game and that
    download didn't complete and wouldn't do anything so I had to restore my Xbox thanks for any help!
     
    KRAZYCOOKIE141, Jun 28, 2018
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  4. gds1972
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    Xbox not reading External hard drive

    gds1972, Jun 28, 2018
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  5. Knowitall(2) Win User

    Using a portable HDD

    The small print at the bottom of the page that I linked for you mentions:

    "USB flash drive is not a hard drive."

    Xbox's connection with an external drive is read-only. You can only read files that are already on the drive after connecting. You can't save game files or anything else on the Xbox main drive onto an external hard drive.
  6. Obsessive Power Win User

    Xbox 360 slim corrupting files?

    Hi,

    Simple answer, your hard drive is failing. Fix? Buy a new hard drive or use an external hard drive. The Xbox 360 supports external hard drives up to 2 TB.

    Hard drives die and before they do, they generally exhibit, disk read errors, corrupted files none working games. Hard disk drives are mechanical with moving parts, its it not if they fail its a matter of when.
  7. gds1972 Win User

    Xbox not reading External hard drive

  8. julosjc Win User

    Xbox One X storage question

    Hi There,

    Xbox can read external hard drives up to 16TB, so your 10TB would be suitable.
  9. SpartanElite64 Win User

    Help Xbox 360 Memory Full but Isn't?

    I have an external hard drive but how do I get it to read it...
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