Need more storage for my Xbox One- best way?

[sparks_E46]

My 500GB Original Xbox One is full, so I need an external hard drive. I was thinking about getting a 1TB device, but there is so much choice I don’t know where to start. Any suggestions would be helpful. I assume they are all just plug in and play via a USB port? Cheers

[Hashtaggggg]

They don't plug and play, you need to buy one for an Xbox

[mmm-five]

Hashtaggggg said:

They don't plug and play, you need to buy one for an Xbox

They do plug & play.

You don't need to buy a specific XBO branded one.

I have a USB3-connected 8TB Seagate Backup+ attached (about £180 2 years ago) - the first time I connected it to the XBO, it simply asked me whether I wanted to use it for storage or media.

If you pick storage, it will format it into an XBO custom format for you to store your games/apps on.

if you pick media, it will will not do anything and works as an normalNTFS volume.

You can get a similar one now for about £130 - and some even have USB slots for you to use for other peripherals.

e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Desktop-External-...

[sparks_E46]

mmm-five said:

Hashtaggggg said:

They don't plug and play, you need to buy one for an Xbox

They do plug & play.

You don't need to buy a specific XBO branded one.

I have a USB3-connected 8TB Seagate Backup+ attached (about £180 2 years ago) - the first time I connected it to the XBO, it simply asked me whether I wanted to use it for storage or media.

If you pick storage, it will format it into an XBO custom format for you to store your games/apps on.

if you pick media, it will will not do anything and works as an normalNTFS volume.

You can get a similar one now for about £130 - and some even have USB slots for you to use for other peripherals.

e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Desktop-External-...

Thank you, I have seen some for around £60ish. If I were to spend £130ish I think I would just spend a bit more and get a One S with the larger hard drive... hmm.

Edit: Just seen that’s 8TB.. which is mega but probably way way way more than I’d ever use!

Edited by sparks_E46 on Sunday 18th November 16:29

[Deep Thought]

You should be able to get a 2TB drive for your budget.

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/seagate-2tb-game-...

Heres an XBOne branded white 2TB one with a months game pass free for £59.49

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0711V6Q3K?tag=22&...

Edited by Deep Thought on Monday 19th November 20:54

[toastyhamster]

Pretty much what I did, plug and play 2TB Seagate, needed i for RDR2 (disk version!!!), figured it might slow load times but it hasn't. Bargain for 50 quid.

[shirt]

Same here, cba’d deleting other games to install rdr2 so i bought a 2gb wd passport hdd. Took less than 2 mins to set up and format. Comes in a few colours, i got white to match my xbox one s

[northwest monkey]

Deep Thought said:

You should be able to get a 2TB drive for your budget.

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/seagate-2tb-game-...

Heres an XBOne branded white 2TB one with a months game pass free for £59.49

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0711V6Q3K?tag=22&...

Edited by Deep Thought on Monday 19th November 20:54

I bought the 4Tb version of this for my PS4 a couple of weeks ago & it works perfectly. Plugged it in, selected "storage" when it asked me, it did a quick format thing & that was it. Couldn't have been easier and I imagine the Xbox version would be exactly the same.

It's nice being able to install games without having to bugger about!