Xbox One Will Not Recognize 2 TB External Hard Drive

Discus and support Xbox One Will Not Recognize 2 TB External Hard Drive in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Hello, I have gone through every trouble shooting step that is online for external storage connections for Xbox One. I have the following hard drive... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by Hudson B, Mar 20, 2020.

  1. Hudson B
    Hudson B Guest

    Xbox One Will Not Recognize 2 TB External Hard Drive


    Hello,

    I have gone through every trouble shooting step that is online for external storage connections for Xbox One. I have the following hard drive "G-Technology 2TB G-DRIVE mobile USB-C Portable Hard Drive". I have a working USB to USBC cord.

    The hard drive works on my computer and is recognized. When I plug it into my xbox it doesn't appear on the system storage page nor does it give me a popup to format the device. I have tried a new USB cord, did not fix the issue. I have tried doing all of
    the resets possible for the console, did not fix the issue. I have tried all 3 different ports. I have tried a friends hard drive to see if my USB port is off on the xbox, his hard drive connected with no issues. I was able to use his hard drive.

    I have also tried formatting the hard drive into FAT32 as I read this is the format xbox one reverts it to eventually. Did not fix the issue.

    I have exhausted all options and not sure what else to do.

    :)
     
    Hudson B, Mar 20, 2020
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  2. MidlifeGolem12 Win User

    Can I watch movies from my external hard drive?

    Did you have to do anything special to get your 360 to recognize your external hard drive? I have a toshiba 2 TB drive that is can't see.
  3. SSG Predat0r Win User

    If you go digital be prepared....

    that or just buy an external hard drive. Example I have a 2 TB hard drive attached to my xbox one and on top of that I have replace my Internal Xbox Hard drive with a 1 TB Hard drive.

    Those are the 2 options you can do if you don't want to delete anything.
  4. Hyperion CMDR Win User

    gta 5

    external hard drive is recommended. 2 TB or higher.
  5. SnowyNinja42 Win User

    Storage issue

    Hello,

    It’s most likely that your Xbox is attempting to install on your internal hard drive instead of your external 2 TB hard drive. To fix this, do the following on your xbox.

    Settings>Storage>Select Your 2 TB drive>Install here by default

    After you do this, any game you install will automatically install to the 2 TB hard drive. If this helped, please vote that is was!

    Good luck and happy gaming!
  6. AScannerDorkly Win User

    Borderlands, Bioshock: Can't Download error message

    I have a 2 TB external hard drive that I plugged into the Xbox and formatted. Still can't download games to it.
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