How to use different USB drives with Xbox Series X and Series S

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See how to turn an external USB hard drive into expanded storage your Xbox will view as an internal drive. Andrew Hoyle shows you the steps.
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  • @sknl4015
    @sknl4015 Жыл бұрын

    It was very helpful. Thanks man. God bless.

  • @victormildrew6101
    @victormildrew61013 жыл бұрын

    can you also use the pen drive to transfer games from xbox 0ne to xbox series s ?.

  • @ellonysman
    @ellonysman3 жыл бұрын

    Can I use a xbox usb c to usb plug adapter ? I'm wishing I could keep using my Logitech extreme 3D Pro for Microsoft flight simulator 2020? The xbox adaptive controller has 2 usb ports that will take the usb joystick so there must be a way around it...some kind of adapter....

  • @B.G.Jeikki
    @B.G.Jeikki4 ай бұрын

    Can you use type c flash drive on it? Well maybe if use type c to usb adapter.

  • @stardeez1426
    @stardeez14263 жыл бұрын

    Can you use a seagate USB 3.0 hard drive from the Xbox one to you’re xbox series x and play games

  • @zamo1653
    @zamo16532 жыл бұрын

    I have a seagate 2 TB usb hard drive and can't seem to get it to work help

  • @Eivor85
    @Eivor853 жыл бұрын

    Would it not be easier to only copy games over you are currently playing

  • @carljohnson4285
    @carljohnson42853 ай бұрын

    Can this work with a micro USB that's connected through a larger USB adapter???

  • @8bitsamurai6
    @8bitsamurai62 жыл бұрын

    Yea I've done this for years on the ps4. Def great if you don't want to have to download a game again. I keep a 5tb hdd just for this. Hope 4tb nvme gets cheaper down the road

  • @JasonHendry22

    @JasonHendry22

    2 жыл бұрын

    a ps4 has a normal hd so made no differance in terms of performance so this is great idea for a series x. where you able to play games directly from the hd or did you have to copy them over on ps4 just to play them?

  • @garywhiteside5983
    @garywhiteside59832 жыл бұрын

    Can you do this on the normal Xbox one

  • @DK-Nations
    @DK-Nations2 жыл бұрын

    Can u do this with the white one

  • @karleydimiceli1376
    @karleydimiceli13763 жыл бұрын

    Mine did not give me the prompt to use it as anything but media, I'm not sure why or how to fix this

  • @caileangreene9409
    @caileangreene94092 жыл бұрын

    Does it have to be a microsoft external drive or can it be any one

  • @jr-hr1ts
    @jr-hr1ts2 жыл бұрын

    I put media how do i switch it ?

  • @FizraEdits
    @FizraEdits Жыл бұрын

    Guys so I'm using a flash drive can I use it to transfer games between my xbox's?

  • @simasdab1574
    @simasdab15742 жыл бұрын

    So i can just buy a random usb and use it for xbox s ?

  • @adametlematou487
    @adametlematou4873 жыл бұрын

    Can y’all help me my mic doesn’t work on my Xbox and I don’t know why it’s a usb podcast mic but when i plug it it’s not connecting

  • @davidgoldsmith756
    @davidgoldsmith7562 жыл бұрын

    CORRECTION if you do move a game to external hard drive if the game dont have a big mb size you can play the game straight from the external hard drive xbox series x i mean

  • @heyougetintomycar373
    @heyougetintomycar3733 жыл бұрын

    How do you save game progress onto the USB drive? I've played AC Valhalla and twice lost all my game progress saves.

  • @merlin2962

    @merlin2962

    2 жыл бұрын

    You have to sync your progress. Maybe you play a lot offline. Go online regularly and your game save data will be synched and updated on the cloud.

  • @devildog5592
    @devildog55923 жыл бұрын

    Hey so I have some dlcs on thos old harddrive and I'm wondering if I could tansfer it to my xbox seris x internal drive ?

  • @devildog5592

    @devildog5592

    3 жыл бұрын

    Would love some help

  • @jerryrobertson3757
    @jerryrobertson37572 жыл бұрын

    Will this work with series x/s optimized games or do I need the ssd expansion still?

  • @MattyProssUK

    @MattyProssUK

    2 жыл бұрын

    To run X|S optimised games, you need the SSD expansion unfortunately.

  • @james8449100
    @james84491003 жыл бұрын

    Non enhanced games will load from the usb but at the cost of load time an no quick resume

  • @GandalfTheSilver

    @GandalfTheSilver

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's a simple method to play enhanced games with expanded storage like this. Leave a liberal amount of internal storage space free, like 100GB on the console drive. Then, simply move the enhanced game from the USB into the internal storage, and then rotate a game that is being played the least into the USB. That way you'll always have a gap of memory in the console drive for rotating games into internal storage.

  • @shanebigfella1636
    @shanebigfella16363 жыл бұрын

    I bought the Seagate 1TB SSD expansion card for both my Series S and Series X, cost me $238 I haven't opened it yet

  • @neosrt10

    @neosrt10

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why $238? tax?

  • @shanebigfella1636

    @shanebigfella1636

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@neosrt10 correct. I bought it off best buy

  • @neosrt10

    @neosrt10

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shanebigfella1636 Oh man..well at least they will cover it till Jan 15 better use it now.

  • @johnnylawrence4096
    @johnnylawrence40963 жыл бұрын

    Hi. I play on Xbox series s and am trying to use the toshiba canvio basics 3.0 1tb but it doesn’t give me the option to format it and automatically uses it for media. How do I change this

  • @pandassudsnshine4125

    @pandassudsnshine4125

    2 жыл бұрын

    You must format on pc

  • @rlanesports

    @rlanesports

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have a similar problem after I formated on pc , I mostly just want to capture longer videos but it says it's too slow and uses it for as a media device only. On PlayStation you can record long videos with out the need for an extra device. A cheap substitute if you want to capture longer videos is remote play on phone and screen recording.

  • @Robert-cn1zb
    @Robert-cn1zb3 жыл бұрын

    So do the games on the internal hard drive play at 120fps and stuff with all the ssd?

  • @Juke47483
    @Juke474832 жыл бұрын

    Hey loved the video was just wondering does it work for Xbox 1S to because it has all the same buttons and screens

  • @WilliamDaviesDev

    @WilliamDaviesDev

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol. Yes it will

  • @JuggStreet
    @JuggStreet2 жыл бұрын

    Can you use a flash drive usb to store games on series s

  • @fallin5427

    @fallin5427

    Жыл бұрын

    Sure, if it’s a 128GB drive or larger, but it will probably wear out pretty quickly.

  • @kendohawj1063
    @kendohawj10632 жыл бұрын

    Of course you can still use a USB drive. The 219.00 drive is a SSD drive which run and load your games as fast as the internal SSD drive. I thought this video was going to show how to use different SSD other then Microsoft SSD drive. It need a different title

  • @jackhowitt5290
    @jackhowitt52903 жыл бұрын

    Would a USB 3.0 flash drive work?

  • @sga5399

    @sga5399

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @bobthebuilder9646
    @bobthebuilder96463 жыл бұрын

    What happens if you download the series X version of a game then plug it into a series S?

  • @ramimxss

    @ramimxss

    2 жыл бұрын

    what happens when you copy a game from a weaker pc to a better specced pc? yeah, think Bob, think

  • @ModdedPlayer

    @ModdedPlayer

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ramimxss actually its the same

  • @dirtrider88
    @dirtrider882 жыл бұрын

    2:48 you can play older games no problem.

  • @falltuneu9563
    @falltuneu95632 жыл бұрын

    i have a 128GB 3.0 USB and when i plug it in it doesnt allow me to see th drive through the storage or on capture and share

  • @cmdrvarianscott4836

    @cmdrvarianscott4836

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have e same problem you have to format it for media but it still doesn’t work as it’s too small

  • @legniak1
    @legniak12 жыл бұрын

    I never got asked how I wanted to use my hdd using the USB port on the front (which sucks,dumb place to put it). It’s an old 1tb but it works for my current gen games

  • @VegitoBlackityBlack

    @VegitoBlackityBlack

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's why it didn't ask you.

  • @scottcline87
    @scottcline873 жыл бұрын

    At least "a" hundred twenty gb in size or eight hundred twenty gb?? I'm trying to use 500gb external SSD and not showing up.

  • @GandalfTheSilver

    @GandalfTheSilver

    2 жыл бұрын

    He said 128GB.

  • @MickKizzy
    @MickKizzy3 жыл бұрын

    YOU NEED TO FIND A VIDEO ON HOW TO ANSWER PEOPLES QUESTIONS, SEEING AS YOU HAVE NOT ANSWERED ANY..

  • @monolithgeometry3221

    @monolithgeometry3221

    Жыл бұрын

    What is he ,tech center? lol waaah

  • @Killerwhale317
    @Killerwhale3173 жыл бұрын

    I just want to see my save file information. It was so much easier on Playstation.

  • @blackboy6thst1

    @blackboy6thst1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ya I’m baffled for nearly everything on Xbox I have to watch a KZread video or google it to figure it out. While on PlayStation it’s typically self explanatory.

  • @Here-2-Learn
    @Here-2-Learn Жыл бұрын

    Now you have options

  • @SuperPenguin34
    @SuperPenguin343 жыл бұрын

    Strange that there's 4 comments promoted on a channel that has 2m subs

  • @jan-eriksandli6221
    @jan-eriksandli6221 Жыл бұрын

    why?, aint the series usb2?

  • @Thepeaceout895
    @Thepeaceout8953 жыл бұрын

    It doesn't give me the option to select what I want to use the drive for: It just says "Media Storage Ready" and doesn't give me the option to format it

  • @blackboy6thst1

    @blackboy6thst1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did you ever find out how to do it? This is literally the only video I found on this subject so far and it didn’t work for me either.

  • @funtboy

    @funtboy

    Жыл бұрын

    Your USB storage is not 3.0 or 3.1

  • @bamarena
    @bamarena3 жыл бұрын

    SSD internal 500gb with HDD external 4tb 👍🏿

  • @dirtyface986

    @dirtyface986

    3 жыл бұрын

    But it cant run games xs optimized. Soon it will become trash

  • @bamarena

    @bamarena

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dirtyface986 it can. Not every X|S logo games should play on internal storage.

  • @dirtyface986

    @dirtyface986

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bamarena Really? Are you tried or just read it on somewhere? I bought a 2 TB HDD and everybody says you can't play game on this.

  • @ALX_1201

    @ALX_1201

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dirtyface986 Yes You can. And with Quick Resume, Load Times much faster, than Extern on the One X. If You install Extern Games and it would not be run with Series Games, You would be ask to install internal to run or extern to save the Game.

  • @MetalVII

    @MetalVII

    2 жыл бұрын

    Internal 1Tb and external 12 Tb ;)

  • @SasGor-kv8ev
    @SasGor-kv8ev3 жыл бұрын

    You have ori i like you

  • @AiRedditTales

    @AiRedditTales

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ori is so good

  • @Student_40411
    @Student_404113 жыл бұрын

    Nice video idk what this comment section is (gross)

  • @8bitsamurai6
    @8bitsamurai62 жыл бұрын

    128gb? What's even the point for a game drive at this point. 500 is even pushing it these days.

  • @JohnDoe-el5ir
    @JohnDoe-el5ir2 жыл бұрын

    This is ridiculous to have to move games back and forth. I hoped that anything has changed regarding this issue. It’s silly that they force you to use internal SSD even if external SSD potentially could be used. I’m staying with my Xbox one x

  • @bushcraftandastronomer.3775
    @bushcraftandastronomer.3775 Жыл бұрын

    Wished Microsoft would stop making gamers pay even more for extra storage because 1TB is now too small. Game size is huge forza horizon 5 is 123 GB so 1TB is just not enough.

  • @ohyouki__3492
    @ohyouki__34923 жыл бұрын

    first

  • @robertgvandagriffsr9869
    @robertgvandagriffsr98693 жыл бұрын

    oh my bad thank you great info.

  • @robertgvandagriffsr9869

    @robertgvandagriffsr9869

    3 жыл бұрын

    finished all my games finally, wasn't bad at all, 4 gb, on y new seagate, dont format it yourself you may mess it up, xbox formatted mine auto, on the X/S, so now i have a total of 6 terabytes.

  • @robertgvandagriffsr9869
    @robertgvandagriffsr98693 жыл бұрын

    purchased the seagate hard drive 4 terabyte , didn't realize i was going to have to download over again to hard drive when you move it, drag, time consuming on spectrum slow ass 400 mb download, with 23 to 27 maybe upload, spectrum needs to update to fios, or fiber, or im going to change providers. so i wonder how large of internal xbox micro drive into sd, you can purchase may look at that, but there really high in price, you think they would give us a break since were saving them cloud space. of microsoft space period.

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