Xbox One X External Hard Drive Format

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  1. David Prim
    David Prim Guest

    Xbox One X External Hard Drive Format


    How do you change the format for games to a NTFS format?

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    David Prim, Nov 27, 2018
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  2. hopesfall2own
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    External HDD on Xbox one -> Xbox One X

    If I have formatted an external hard drive for the Xbox One, will it work on an Xbox One X? If it does work with the X, will it have to be reformatted and wipe the existing data?
     
    hopesfall2own, Nov 27, 2018
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  3. SParten826
    SParten826 Guest
    External Hard Drive for Xbox One compatible with the Xbox One X?

    I have a Seagate external hard drive formatted for my XBox One. Will that same hard drive be compatible with the XBox One X so I don't lose all my games and saved data?
     
    SParten826, Nov 27, 2018
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  4. HAZMAT RADIO
    HAZMAT RADIO Guest

    Xbox One X External Hard Drive Format

    You have to reformat that drive while its connected to the Xbox console. You will lose all info on the hard drive when you format it.
     
    HAZMAT RADIO, Nov 23, 2018
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  5. 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!
  6. StuartATrueRed Win User

    KESU Hard drive not connecting to my Xbox One S

  7. 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.
  8. 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!
  9. 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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