Remember that microsoft deliberately disabled the ability for.
Add external drive to xbox 1.
Add external drive to xbox one for more storage first fire up your xbox one and plug in the drive you want to use into an available usb port on the console.
It doesn t matter which port you use but it will be easier.
The right external hard drive connection can solve all your storage woes and make culling through your game collection a thing of the past.
After that you ll be prompted to.
Connect the drive to a vacant usb port using the included cable.
Do step 3 or step 4 below for how you want to set up the external drive on xbox one.
Once automatically detected follow the on screen prompts permitting the drive to be formatted.
When your xbox one is.
After connecting the device a notification will come up on the xbox screen.
When you connect a compatible external storage drive xbox one will prompt you to format.
The xbox one has three usb ports that you could attach your shiny new external hard drive to.
By using the external hard drive on.
With all of your game data off the external drive you ll now need to plug it in to a windows pc.
Switch on the xbox one and plug in the external storage device into one of the three usb 3 0 ports given on the console.
Adding your hard drive to xbox one for more storage connect your hard drive to your xbox one console by plugging it into a usb 3 0 port.
We opted for one of the rear ones so we could tuck the hard drive out of sight.
Luckily adding storage to an xbox one is pretty simple.
You ll notice that the external drive does not show up at all within windows file explorer.