Xbox One X External Hard Drive Format

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  1. Viet Huynh-[xboxvenue]
    Viet Huynh-[xboxvenue] Guest

    Xbox One X External Hard Drive Format


    Hi, I was wondering if the Xbox One X would work with an external hard drive formatted in exFAT? I've seen a lot of conflicting information on the internet so I wanted to find out for sure from anyone with experience on the matter.

    Thanks for the help!

    :)
     
    Viet Huynh-[xboxvenue], Nov 9, 2017
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  2. n7oldnavy
    n7oldnavy Guest
    HELP

    My Xbox One Can"t format my external hard drive or move/copy games Help.
     
    n7oldnavy, Nov 9, 2017
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  3. Morbidpsycho
    Morbidpsycho Guest
    External Hard Drive

    Not sure , I'll check and let you know what I find.


    ok , I found out how to do it . Find the settings then go to System then from System find the column that has Storage listed at the top. Underneath it should have "Manage Storage" . Then when I click on that it says Storage Select a device to see its options and I have an Internal and my formatted X box external hard drive . Move the Highlight from the Internal to the External hard drive and click the "A" button on the controller and it brings up a list
    View Contents , Install here by default , Rename , and Format.
    So just highlight the Install here by Default and your games will install on the External hard drive instead of the Internal.


    I hope this helps out .
     
    Morbidpsycho, Nov 9, 2017
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  4. rsattler
    rsattler Guest

    Xbox One X External Hard Drive Format

    If you want to use it for games and apps, it has to be formatted for use by the Xbox.

    If you want to use the drive to store music or video files, including game capture, you must format it NTFS.

    All of the MS docs say this only, so I would advise against exFAT.

    I am using two external drives on mine, one for games (formatted by the Xbox), one for game capture (formatted on my PC for NTFS).

    Hope this helps
     
    rsattler, Nov 9, 2017
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  5. Viet Huynh-[xboxvenue]
    Viet Huynh-[xboxvenue] Guest
    Ok much appreciated for the help!. This is a shame, since my household is both PC and MAC. Was hoping for a format where both could write to the drive. Ah well.
     
    Viet Huynh-[xboxvenue], Nov 1, 2018
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  6. ooO StAsH Ooo Win User

    External hard drive

    Hi,

    I think you might need to format your external hard drive for it to work with your Xbox One X. If this is still possible for you, connect your hard drive to your ONE S console, Format the drive, then try it again on the ONE X. Hope this helps solve the issue.

    Happy Gaming!
  7. StuartATrueRed Win User

    KESU Hard drive not connecting to my Xbox One S

  8. Obsessive Power Win User

    Copy files from Mac to Xbox One external HDD ?

    Hi,

    Not sure what you wanted to do here, could you elaborate?

    As for external hard drives, you can't partition them for use as both external storage for games and for use with your Mac or PC. You can use an external hard drive on the Xbox One as a media drive, though.

    If you format an external hard drive for Xbox One games storage, the whole drive is formatted and the file system is changed.
  9. Internet Expert Win User

    My Xbox One will not format my external

    If you have a Windows PC, connect the external hard drive to it and give it a reformat. Sometimes, people need to give a hard drive an extra reformat on the computer because it's currently in a format that the Xbox cannot change (for some reason).

    - Connect the external HDD to the PC.

    - Go to "My Computer" (Win+E)

    - Right click the external hard drive, and select "Format..."

    - Ensure it formats to "NTFS", leave all other settings the way they are.

    - After it finishes, attempt to format the drive on the Xbox again.

    NOTE: If your external hard drive came pre-formatted with more than one partition, you will need to reformat the entire drive so it has one and only one NTFS partition. You can manage disk partitions via "Disk Management" in Windows.

    Hope this helps!
  10. Scooby Doo Win User

    Formatted a External to use on my Xbox One but now my computer is not recognizing it

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