[SOLVED] Xbox hard drive change

[johnmiami6315]

I understand this isn’t technically a storage issue but I don’t know where else to ask this question.

I was wondering if it was possible to remove the internal hard drive an Xbox one x brings and simply format and use an external drive as the main drive.

 

[helpstar]

To understand your topic, why do you wanna do this? Any problems with the internal HDD?

Not sure about the external main drive thing. But you can use a USB 3.0 external hard drive for games and other things.

The internal hard drive can be used as a normal hard drive in any PC with SATA ports, after initializing and formatting.

Some more informations that could be helpful for you:
https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-one-external-hard-drive-guide

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBvGFUaOGB4

 

[johnmiami6315]

To understand your topic, why do you wanna do this? Any problems with the internal HDD?

Not sure about the external main drive thing. But you can use a USB 3.0 external hard drive for games and other things.

The internal hard drive can be used as a normal hard drive in any PC with SATA ports, after initializing and formatting.

Some more informations that could be helpful for you:
https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-one-external-hard-drive-guide

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBvGFUaOGB4

Basically the main drive has the E102 and we’ve tried everything I can think of to fix it but to no avail, so I plan to replace the drive, but until I buy one I wanted to simply take out the original internal drive and simply format and use an external game hub to boot the Xbox. I’m simply wondering whether the Xbox will use an external drive as it’s boot drive if it’s the only one detected.

thank you for your reply.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

when my HDD hybrid dies, it's new Xbox time. LOL. Time for the X, I will let next gen cook for a bit after release, say 2-3 yrs before upgrading again. Sorry to hear you have had troubles, my xboxs have all lasted since initial release and still all going strong, well, one is making funny audio noises when the controller gets disconnected but that's it.

I have always stored all my game on my WD 4TB external so the SSHD never really gets used except for booting/running the OS

 

[helpstar]

You will have to check it yourself, couldn´t find any info about booting from external devices. Might work, but personally I don´t think it will.