I'm Successfully Running a Sub 250GB SSD Externally on My Xbox One

jonathonsunshine on 04/11/2016 - 17:11
Last edited 04/11/2016 - 17:47

So most people know that you need a 250gb + external drive for the Xbox One to allow you to install games on it.

I always thought this was frustrating because ssd normally go 60, 120, 240. And I found 256 were a lot more expensive per gb.

Any way, last night, spurred on by vague claims of success in various Reddit posts, I tried it last night.

Steps I took to make it work were….

"Cleaning" the disk with diskpart.

Initialising it with MBR (as opposed to GPT).

Created one simple volume but didn't format it.

After that, I put it in the Xbox and it detected it and have the usual options of using it for media or formatting it for game storage and I formatted it and it worked.

I don't know if it matters but I'm using a Sandisk Extreme. Shows up as 223gb in Windows.

The only test I ran in terms of performance was Rise of the Tomb Raider where I got 100 seconds, 85 seconds and 50 seconds going from "desktop" to game play from the 500gb stock internal, a 2TB Portable Seagate and then the SSD.

Also, I was using this enclosure

Gaming Game Console Microsoft

Comments

  • fruit on 04/11/2016 - 17:18

    So most people know that you need a 250gb + external drive for the Xbox One to allow you to install games on it.

    I didn't, why is this?

    • jonathonsunshine on 04/11/2016 - 18:20

      I dunno. But official literature says 250gb+

  • jonathonsunshine on 04/11/2016 - 17:24

    Deleted, meant as reply

  • MeesusEff on 04/11/2016 - 18:11

    Hi, i am looking to upgrade storage space for my xb1 as well, do you think this is a well priced option? https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/all-computers--t…

    i also noticed that they had this for $348 + delivery : https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/all-computers--t…

    officeworks has them for $399 but not sure if they'd price match as it doesnt show store stock

    EDIT : never mind, just remembered there was a 20% ebay sale haha. still not sure which one to get, decisions decisions :(

    • jonathonsunshine on 04/11/2016 - 18:16

      Not sure if you're serious but regarding the green Seagate, I believe is exactly the same as any other Seagate external and you can get a 2tb external for around $100 if you wait till they are on sale.

      • MeesusEff on 04/11/2016 - 18:22

        sorry! yeah im kinda n00b when it comes to these things, got caught up in the fancy green Xbox branding :P

        i did see this 5tb one on this website for $230, not sure if i should go big or go home on it

        https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1077554-REG/wd_wdbwlg…

        • jonathonsunshine on 04/11/2016 - 18:31

          Biggest game I've seen on Xbox is Halo Master Chief Collection which clocks in at 60gb so a 2tb drive will let you install 30 times. If you assume that average game size is 25gb, you can install 72 games. I guess it really depends how many games you want to install.

        • MeesusEff on 04/11/2016 - 18:48

          @jonathonsunshine: true.. i dont plan on getting another new console for quite a while so wanted to avoid the issue of running out of space again. ive installed 9 games on it so far and my 500gb is already reaching capacity >< just envisioning that future games would have even bigger requirements.

        • jonathonsunshine on 04/11/2016 - 18:58

          Also, those 5gb ones you linked, they'll need to be plugged into a wall socket for power if that matters to you. Also much bigger. Like, a vhs vs a pack of cards.

        • MeesusEff on 04/11/2016 - 19:00

          @jonathonsunshine: i was reading up about it when i read your post, they said the plug in ones are a bit faster , more reliable etc? i just want something that ll last for hopefully years (apparently not Seagates)

        • jonathonsunshine on 04/11/2016 - 19:10

          @kza2610: Every hdd will die eventually. The Seagate portables have Samsung drives inside for whatever that's worth.

        • jonathonsunshine on 04/11/2016 - 19:49

          @kza2610: also, if performance is an issue, even the fastest mechanical drives will only be marginally faster than stock and they will all be trounced by a SSD.

  • Switchblade88 on 06/11/2016 - 20:54

    Anyone else tried this on an SSD significantly less - like 120Gb or so?

    Also, have you got the original Reddit instructions/link to stickybeak at? I'm guessing they'll have a larger group of people trying it out compared to OzB.

    • jonathonsunshine on 07/11/2016 - 09:39

      I didn't have any actual instructions to follow. Was just the occasional comments saying that their one worked.

      My drive wasn't recognized at all at first, even as a media drive, thats why I posted my instructions. It was formatted as GPT not MBR and also had dynamic partitions. I don't know what it was that caused it to not be recognised initially though.

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