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  • 28-03-2017 9:13pm
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    km79
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    Xbox one no longer recognizing the external HD. Majority of my games on it so this is possibly a huge pain in the ass!
    I tried resetting Xbox which has worked in the past .
    Unplugged all leads and reset again and no joy
    Any other tips ?
    There is power to the hard drive as its lighting up and whirring


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    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,358 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    km79 wrote: »
    Xbox one no longer recognizing the external HD. Majority of my games on it so this is possibly a huge pain in the ass!
    I tried resetting Xbox which has worked in the past .
    Unplugged all leads and reset again and no joy
    Any other tips ?
    There is power to the hard drive as its lighting up and whirring

    Hook it up to a pc, see if it's recognised there. Don't format it though, that would be bad.


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    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,247 ✭✭✭✭km79


    CatInABox wrote: »
    Hook it up to a pc, see if it's recognised there. Don't format it though, that would be bad.

    Your won't believe this ..........I decided I'd reinstall battlefield from disc and the HD started working again !
    I'm now transferring over the large downloaded files to internal HD so I won't be caught as badly if it goes for good


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    [Deleted User]
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    Still needs to be connected to PC and have S.M.A.R.T tests run on it for signs of failure. Is it making any clicking noise or anything?


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    km79
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Still needs to be connected to PC and have S.M.A.R.T tests run on it for signs of failure. Is it making any clicking noise or anything?

    No noises and no access to a pc with USB 3 ports !


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    CatInABox
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    km79 wrote: »
    No noises and no access to a pc with USB 3 ports !

    You don't need USB3 ports, just any USB will do.


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    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,247 ✭✭✭✭km79


    CatInABox wrote: »
    You don't need USB3 ports, just any USB will do.

    Oh right
    I plugged it into all 5 on the laptop last night and it didn't show up
    I'll try again later thanks


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    FAILSAFE 00
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    km79 wrote: »
    Oh right
    I plugged it into all 5 on the laptop last night and it didn't show up
    I'll try again later thanks

    It won't show up on PC while it's formated for Xbox One use.

    You would need to reformat the drive on PC in disk management. However doing this will erase the hard drive.


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    CatInABox
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    FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »
    It won't show up on PC while it's formated for Xbox One use.

    You would need to reformat the drive on PC in disk management. However doing this will erase the hard drive.

    Haha, I work in IT and have completely forgotten some of the basics.


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