How To Download |BEST| Games To External Hard Drive Xbox Series S

All I've been told by my friends is that there is no external drive that will let you store and play Xbox series S games. I don't see how this could be true, Microsoft should know games are massive. Is there anything available?

It's possible that the console can't handle drives with that much available storage (I know it works with HDDs as I used a 500GB external USB3 HDD on a series S for xbox one, back compat games and any series stuff that will run from an external USB drive) or it just chokes when trying to format a drive of that capacity (just FYI, the partition type used can't be read by windows).

How To Download Games To External Hard Drive Xbox Series S

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IMHO I wouldn't recommend using spinning rust drives for extra storage on current gen consoles as it just causes problems and I'm not referring to the load speed difference (I can't play Ori and the blind forest on my xbox one S because it locks up at the title screen after pressing a button on the controller and causes the console to shut down (the same happens on the series S if it's run from an external mechanical drive, but I didn't wait for the forced power down to happen) and the series version of stellaris will crash to the home screen after a while playing when it is run from an external mechanical drive and this is one of the series games that can be run from an external USB drive).

We timed the process of copying Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order to each one, then timed how long the game took to load and how long it took to load a saved game from the main menu. We also ran some tests with Red Dead Redemption 2, to find out what impact different drives had on its notoriously lengthy load times. Finally, we timed how long it took to copy Fallen Order back from the external drive to the internal SSD. A quick note: since the Seagate Expansion Card was tested by a different member of staff, save data load times will differ slightly from the other results.

After these initial tests, we connect the drive to an Xbox Series S and time how long it takes to copy a game from the internal drive to the external hard drive and back again. We then test how long it takes to load a series of demanding Xbox games, and then how long it takes to load the same saved game on each one. Drives that take longer to load a saved game will keep you waiting longer while new levels or areas load, or when you have to restart after dying.

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A new Xbox console comes with either 1TB (Xbox Series X) or 512GB (Xbox Series S) of built-in storage space to play around with. Unlike the Sony PlayStation 5, there's no internal expansion slot to make use of, so if you want to expand that storage, you're going to have to plug in an external hard drive.

Adding external storage comes with a cost attached, but it saves you all that download time. Depending on the type you choose, you can run games straight from your extra drive, or use the console's file management features to swap games between internal and external storage.

When it comes to making use of the USB-A ports on the Xbox Series X/S, you can choose pretty much any external SSD or HDD you like, as long as the capacity is 128GB and the drive supports USB 3.0 or greater. You can use external drives that come with a separate power supply or those that are powered from the USB port on the Xbox.

You can find all of the relevant options for your external storage device by opening up Settings (via the cog icon on the home screen), and then choosing System and Storage devices. Both the internal storage and any external storage devices will be listed together with how much space is free: Select any drive to rename it, reformat it, or to view what's actually on the drive.

Back on the previous Storage devices screen, select Change installation locations to choose where games and apps are installed by default: Either on the internal storage, or the external drive or expansion card that you've connected. This setting can be configured in three categories for Xbox Series X/S games, older Xbox games (which can be run from any drive), and apps.

However, previous-gen Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles can be run from these drives with a slight bump in load times, though. Read on, then, to learn more about the best Xbox Series X hard drives and SSDs to help boost storage and performance for your console.

The cheaper "older" version has transfer speeds up to 550MBps while the next-gen version nearly doubles that speed with up to 1,050MBps (just over 1GB per second) and only costs slightly more for the 1TB version. The price for the 2TB model of this external drive jumps to $280 for the newer version.

For better or worse, there's currently only one way to expand the storage on your Xbox Series X/S for next-gen Series X/S games: the Seagate Expansion Card. Similar to the storage situation with the PS5, you can plug in any external SSD or hard drive to expand the storage for standard Xbox games (previous-gen), but you can only store native Xbox Series X/S games on the game console's internal memory or the Seagate Expansion Card.

You can expand storage for PS4 games on your PS5 by adding a standard external SSD because you can play PS4 games directly from an external SSD. However, that's not the case for PS5 games, which take up a ton of space and can only be played from the PS5's internal drive or an M.2 SSD that you install in a special expansion bay inside your PS5. 

If you're looking for a high-capacity external drive for your Xbox One, the WD Black P10 2TB portable hard drive is a good value at around $80 (the 5TB version is about $120). It gives you portable storage for your coveted game collection. This external drive also comes with a digital code that gives you one month of Microsoft's Game Pass Ultimate if you're a new subscriber. There's also a standard version of the portable hard drive, which also works with PCs and the PS4 for slightly less (it's missing the Xbox branding but is otherwise the same drive). The portable drive can deliver speeds up to 130MBps.

An external drive means you don't have to worry about managing the storage space on your PS4 (you can play games without lag directly from the portable hard drive). The 2TB version of the Seagate Game Drive is about $30 less at $80. But you might as well spend the extra dough and get 4TB for this portable external hard drive.

You can use any SSD with your PlayStation PS4/PS5 or Xbox One, Xbox One Series X or Series S to store PS4 and Xbox One games and other content and pick up a nice speed bump when loading games compared with a standard external hard drive like the WD Black P10 above. Note that with the Xbox Series X, you can only archive Xbox Series X and S games to this drive, you can't store full games on it (the Seagate Storage Expansion Card is required for that). The PS5 has the same restriction -- you can only store full PS4 games on external drives.

On its surface, then, the WD Black D30 game drive isn't all that special. It has up to a 900MBps transfer rate, which is basically what a console's USB 3.1 connection caps out at. But it's the design that sets it apart. It's thicker and more rugged-looking than your typical SSD or flash drive and includes a detachable stand with rubber feet to keep it from moving around wherever you place it. This is an NVMe SSD (Non-Volatile Memory Express) that provides efficient performance and interoperability. It essentially looks like a mini hard drive, which is kind of cool.  e24fc04721