I moved all my games to my external storage device and my Xbox is telling me I can’t play games I the external storage it has to be on internal storage is there a way to play them on that or did I waste 100 bucks?
@ you have to get the really expensive external storage device I forget what it’s called but at that point you might as well get the bigger Xbox which is what I did the storage device you need is 250 I just sold my s and put it towards getting the x
You have to move the games to your internal storage to be played, the external storage is just so you don’t have to delete all your games when downloading a bigger one like GTA. Once you’re done playing just move it back its simple
@@ajcrews7755 actually forget what i said its not even worth it because the the time the games take to be moved is the same as the download time its so stupid
When i play game on internal storage then move it to external. What about game data? Will it lose or it will stay when i again put it on internal storage?
can't you partition the ssd so that you can still use some of the storage for your computer and then the rest on your xbox? or is that not what partitioning does?
Hi! old video, but my brother has the master chief collection on his hard drive, can I just copy the game to my Xbox, so that there is a copy on the hard drive and my xbox?
Hi Great Video. But had a doubt. Once I download some games in the Drive and then format it as shown in the video, will I be able to again plug it to my pc and download other games? If no, what should be done? Appreciate your help. Thanks
Once you format the external Xbox drive it will not work on a PC anymore. So it really should be a dedicated drive just for the Xbox console. In order for the drive to work on a PC again, you’ll need to reformat it on the PC. But that will erase everything. So you need to have separate drives for Xbox snd PC.
the hard drive i bought doesn't have the blue plastic in the USB, will it still work on Series X?? also if I format it on Series X, can i take games from my One X and put them on the hard drive?
Yes you will still have all your data and progress when you move your games to the external hard drive. Your game data is actually stored in the cloud with your Xbox profile. That’s why when you sign in on another Xbox your progress will be with you when you play.
No, you can play the Xbox games right from the external hard drive. No need to move them back to the console to play. Just keep the drive plugged in. Just remember the external drive has to be a USB 3 drive.
I have a samsung T7 and i plugged it in the front. Didnt give me the option to format. And kept saying too slow if i tried the option for game clips. So i just tried one of the ports in the back and worked and got it formatted for games and apps. Ill have to try a transfer to see how it works or if it can play games off of it. If it's just storage and not able to play from. Thats fine.
Yes you can play games directly from the external drive on your Xbox. But for next gen games made specifically for Xbox Series S/X those games can only be played from the internal drive or the external expansion card. Next gen games cannot be played from a USB 3.0 external drive.
i have a doubt @TheRenderQ my seagate hdd (the same one you have) it is just blinking blue and nothing else nothing is popping up on my xbox what must i do?
I’m curious, I have the same game saved in the internal & external..when I turn on the Xbox, how do I choose which save I want to use whether it’s external or internal?
Does this mean that if I use a WD My Book for my Xbox One, go and buy an Xbox X, that when I configure it on the Xbox X it will delete everything that is stored on there for my Xbox One?
Actually if your external USB 3 drive is already formatted on Xbox One it will work on the One X/S no problem. Just unplug from the Xbox One and plug it into the One X/S. No need to format it in this situation. It’s only when the hard drive is new is when you need to format it for the Xbox. Just remember it will erase everything when you format.
Very Informative Video Did This A While Back With The One S.I Think I Am Gonna Go Digital But I Do Still Love Those CD Boxes And Box Art. After Years On PS4 I Gonna Stay Team Xbox.
Hi! and thanks for the video. I'm tying to use a Portable SSD of 16TB to store games in my Xbox. I formatted as NTFS and it only recognize my drive for multimedia. It doesn't appear the pop up to format then for games. As it say in the SSD package the USB is 3.1. Do you know how can I solve this problem? many thanks for all your help. Best
must be unallocated i think to to be able to detect by xbox console . maybe plug your portable ssd on pc and delete the formated ssd. once unallocated plug now on your xbox
@Kentuckyboys I think you're supposed to be able to change this directly through the Xbox, Settings - System - Storage devices. Select the storage and click "Format". It will wipe it though so hopefully it's new and doesn't have anything. For whatever reason, this didn't work for me, I had to connect it to my laptop, go to "Disk management", then select the drive. I right-clicked and and selected "Format", you can select exFAT or NTFS for Xbox and click "OK". - When I connected it back to the Xbox, I got the request again if I wanted it for Media or Games. Didn't take more than a few minutes to resolve, it was really frustrating when it happened though, information on reformatting it is not that easy to find.
Hey! Hope everyone is well 😊 I myself are having a bit of a problem: I have 512GB SandDisk SSD (5A SCIA is what the Xbox is telling me) which I have used on the computer for files and pictures. The Xbox I have is Series S. 1.) Firstly I connect the SSD to Xbox and hold down the power button and the Media Player pops up with my USB (D:) - cant do anything further. 2.) Im going to Settings > Storage devices and see that I have the SSD only for Pictures, music and videos Conclusion: I cant store games or change installation locations for them. I tried looking up online where was said I need to plug the SSD to my computer again and format it? What does it exactly do? Other people that I saw were saying you need another cable for the said SSD (a blue one). Rigth now I have only green and black. Very grateful if someone could explain this to me and help me store my games. 😢 Greetings!
Why tf can't I just use the 60$ external hard drive that was meant for my xbox one its work's and plugs in but why do I still have to move the game file tp my xbox storage so its just forcing me to spend even more money on a ssd card its just dumb
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No one gonna talk about him having over 88 million GamerScore😂😂😂
Literally 😂😂
I mean I have a hundred lol
He's probably has had the same account since OG xbox
I moved all my games to my external storage device and my Xbox is telling me I can’t play games I the external storage it has to be on internal storage is there a way to play them on that or did I waste 100 bucks?
did you find a fix
@ you have to get the really expensive external storage device I forget what it’s called but at that point you might as well get the bigger Xbox which is what I did the storage device you need is 250 I just sold my s and put it towards getting the x
You have to move the games to your internal storage to be played, the external storage is just so you don’t have to delete all your games when downloading a bigger one like GTA. Once you’re done playing just move it back its simple
@@ajcrews7755 actually forget what i said its not even worth it because the the time the games take to be moved is the same as the download time its so stupid
@@Jah_Fuego I’m thinking maybe we need to get a expandable memory card for the Xbox X. Maybe??? Any input on this
I can’t format drive, I connected it to windows and unallocated the drive and reconnected it to the Xbox and it does not even detect the drive
When i play game on internal storage then move it to external. What about game data? Will it lose or it will stay when i again put it on internal storage?
Excellent work. Thank you.😊
can't you partition the ssd so that you can still use some of the storage for your computer and then the rest on your xbox? or is that not what partitioning does?
Can you copy videos and photos from external to internal
Hi! old video, but my brother has the master chief collection on his hard drive, can I just copy the game to my Xbox, so that there is a copy on the hard drive and my xbox?
That gamer score.... Lol great video !
My avolusion drive already got set to media as soon as I plugged it in how do I change it?
Can I use any harddrive 3,0 1gig no wall plug to play all my games let me know if that's rite thank you
Hi Great Video. But had a doubt. Once I download some games in the Drive and then format it as shown in the video, will I be able to again plug it to my pc and download other games? If no, what should be done? Appreciate your help. Thanks
Once you format the external Xbox drive it will not work on a PC anymore. So it really should be a dedicated drive just for the Xbox console. In order for the drive to work on a PC again, you’ll need to reformat it on the PC. But that will erase everything. So you need to have separate drives for Xbox snd PC.
Does anyone know if I can partition a HDD and use one as NTFS and the other partition as an xbox storage?
Nothing about game clips ??! Where do they get stored ?
the hard drive i bought doesn't have the blue plastic in the USB, will it still work on Series X??
also if I format it on Series X, can i take games from my One X and put them on the hard drive?
also, all data and progress you make in the game is still there even after Its transferred?
Yes you will still have all your data and progress when you move your games to the external hard drive. Your game data is actually stored in the cloud with your Xbox profile. That’s why when you sign in on another Xbox your progress will be with you when you play.
@@TheRenderQwhat if you only play OFFline an don't ever play ONline?
Thank you man i thought i ruined my xbox but after this video it helped a lot to understand how it works thank you❤
What about the video pictures is anyone talk about how to copy it over
so you have to move the games back to the xbox before actually playing them?
No, you can play the Xbox games right from the external hard drive. No need to move them back to the console to play. Just keep the drive plugged in. Just remember the external drive has to be a USB 3 drive.
Is it good for Xbox series x ??
When games are move to the new hard drive can you play it from there ?
I have a 5 and it only works with last gens so xbox im assuming is the same but it will hold all game files
I found a hard drive it's wd passport 1 TB USB 3.0 gen 1 will if work and what format it requires exfat or ntfs?
No way to use usb 2.0 external drives to do this?
On the Xbox you’ll need to use USB 3.0 external hard drives for storage. 2.0 won’t work.
@@TheRenderQ ok i found a 3.0 external HDD but i only have 2.0 CABLES, do i also need a 3.0 CABLE to do this?
I have a samsung T7 and i plugged it in the front. Didnt give me the option to format. And kept saying too slow if i tried the option for game clips. So i just tried one of the ports in the back and worked and got it formatted for games and apps. Ill have to try a transfer to see how it works or if it can play games off of it. If it's just storage and not able to play from. Thats fine.
Good video. Am better informed. Please, can I play games directly from my external hard drive on my Xbox one?
Yes you can play games directly from the external drive on your Xbox. But for next gen games made specifically for Xbox Series S/X those games can only be played from the internal drive or the external expansion card. Next gen games cannot be played from a USB 3.0 external drive.
Tysm for explaining!!!
i have the D30 1 terabyte and it doesn't work in my Xbox S and i Can't switch from media to storage device, what i can do?
i have a doubt @TheRenderQ my seagate hdd (the same one you have) it is just blinking blue and nothing else
nothing is popping up on my xbox
what must i do?
Same
I’m curious, I have the same game saved in the internal & external..when I turn on the Xbox, how do I choose which save I want to use whether it’s external or internal?
That's a good question, lmk if you found out yet
Does this mean that if I use a WD My Book for my Xbox One, go and buy an Xbox X, that when I configure it on the Xbox X it will delete everything that is stored on there for my Xbox One?
Nvm. I believe your last tip answered my question :)
Actually if your external USB 3 drive is already formatted on Xbox One it will work on the One X/S no problem. Just unplug from the Xbox One and plug it into the One X/S. No need to format it in this situation. It’s only when the hard drive is new is when you need to format it for the Xbox. Just remember it will erase everything when you format.
Very Informative Video Did This A While Back With The One S.I Think I Am Gonna Go Digital But I Do Still Love Those CD Boxes And Box Art. After Years On PS4 I Gonna Stay Team Xbox.
Hi! and thanks for the video. I'm tying to use a Portable SSD of 16TB to store games in my Xbox. I formatted as NTFS and it only recognize my drive for multimedia. It doesn't appear the pop up to format then for games. As it say in the SSD package the USB is 3.1. Do you know how can I solve this problem? many thanks for all your help. Best
must be unallocated i think to to be able to detect by xbox console . maybe plug your portable ssd on pc and delete the formated ssd. once unallocated plug now on your xbox
thank you brother 🙌🙏
Well explained
I clicked format and now the external says 0.0 does that mean it deleted my stuff?
Did you fix it?
@@redraven4624 hell nah jit it deleted everything
My son accidentally clicked "Media" when it was plugged in. How do I amend this to "Games" please?
@Kentuckyboys I think you're supposed to be able to change this directly through the Xbox, Settings - System - Storage devices. Select the storage and click "Format". It will wipe it though so hopefully it's new and doesn't have anything.
For whatever reason, this didn't work for me, I had to connect it to my laptop, go to "Disk management", then select the drive. I right-clicked and and selected "Format", you can select exFAT or NTFS for Xbox and click "OK". - When I connected it back to the Xbox, I got the request again if I wanted it for Media or Games. Didn't take more than a few minutes to resolve, it was really frustrating when it happened though, information on reformatting it is not that easy to find.
Good man
Hey!
Hope everyone is well 😊
I myself are having a bit of a problem:
I have 512GB SandDisk SSD (5A SCIA is what the Xbox is telling me) which I have used on the computer for files and pictures. The Xbox I have is Series S.
1.) Firstly I connect the SSD to Xbox and hold down the power button and the Media Player pops up with my USB (D:) - cant do anything further.
2.) Im going to Settings > Storage devices and see that I have the SSD only for Pictures, music and videos
Conclusion: I cant store games or change installation locations for them.
I tried looking up online where was said I need to plug the SSD to my computer again and format it? What does it exactly do?
Other people that I saw were saying you need another cable for the said SSD (a blue one). Rigth now I have only green and black.
Very grateful if someone could explain this to me and help me store my games. 😢
Greetings!
Lo compré y no funciona,no se puede jugar juegos optimizdos por Xbox series X,no boten su dinero
Doesnt work. No such options come up or exist. 4tb drive compatible with xbox but f_(k!ng xbox wont format it
Bro has 8 terabytes💀
👊🏽🔥🏝🇯🇲
Why tf can't I just use the 60$ external hard drive that was meant for my xbox one its work's and plugs in but why do I still have to move the game file tp my xbox storage so its just forcing me to spend even more money on a ssd card its just dumb
As the 69th comment: why can't I format the SSD on my iPad and use it for Xbox?!?! 👤🤌🏻✨️🍞