Xbox Series X External HDD compatability

BATM4N · Sep 24, 2020

Hello,

I have a quick question in regards to the Series X's storage compatability and whether it will be able to use my current external hard drive.

I have a lot of xbox one/ 360 games stored on my

Seagate Portable Hard Drive 1TB HDD - External Expansion; which supports USB 2.0 & 3.0.

Would these be playable on the Series X? Or, would I would need to find another compatible hard drive?

Thank you for any feedback you can provide.

:)

ngocphi

Fyi series consoles are just xboxes series x or s

Not xbox one series

Just to reduce the confusion

You gotta remember people mistake xbox one x for a series x when it comes to requirements for example flight simulator

With xbox one games they don't have a listing for s or x they are all compatible

Where series s or x just means digital or disk

Disk games don't work with series s or one s digital edition

Back to your problem.

Are you using an external hdd ?

Also when it slows down again is it because you are filling up your hdd?

As space becomes less computers do slow down

It would be better to get an external drive and put infrequent games on there so you don't too much things on your internal drive

chucky23456789

yes you can play all your games from your hard drive you can plug a 3.0 hard drive in to the new xbox series x and can copy xbox series x games to the hard drive but you will need to copy them back to the xbox if you want to play them again

dempup

Hi Batm4n.

Your current drive will be usable on the Series S/X. For next gen. games and for games with Smart delivery, you will not be able to get the performance needed, but for x360 games it will run just fine.

For more information:

A Primer on the Simple and Custom Storage Options Available for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S at Launch

KrzysztofBojszczak

I have the same question. I have FH4 and Gears 5 on external hdd and i play on Xone X. What will happen when I plug in my external hdd to my new x series x. WIll the new concol see games already installed on my external hdd and how then smart delivery
will work?? Must I change location of FH4 and Gears 5 from external hdd to internal ssd to use smart delivery?

romeoteknik

Do you use an external HDD? I'm sure most do. I have a 4TB external as my main HDD with every Forza on it including 5. When you get Series X, it's as simple as unplugging the HDD and plugging it into the USB on the Series X. Done. All games will be playable
and benefit from some enhancements. (still need to see more info on this, exciting nonetheless)

Xbox Series X External HDD compatability