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    Advice installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    Here is what i did to install a new (bigger) drive into my sons xbox one s:
    my son had an xbox one s with 500gb hard drive, i bought a cheap 1tb xbox one elite and removed the hard drive from that and formatted it.
    he wanted his xbox one s upgrading to 1tb so i then put this freshly formatted 1tb drive inside the xbox one s and..
    i then downloaded the correct (ill upload the files shortly) system update from microshot, unzipped it to the root of a usb stick
    place the usb stick into the xbox before turning it on
    turned on the xbox whilst holding EJECT and the BIND buttons (keep them held in whilst the machine boots)
    then follow instructions on screen for offline install using usb stick.

    I then took the 500gb hard drive and again formatted it and put this into the xbox one elite, so instead of being a 1tb console its now 500gb!
    downloaded the correct system update files for this and then did the exact same to the xbox one elite as i did to his console above and i now have 2 fully working consoles.
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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    A while back I saw a bloke on ebay selling XBOX ONE partition information for parted which I think is a partition cloning tool.
    At the time I thought what the fuck is he playing at.

    Now I read your post it makes sense that this must be the purpose. I assume you download his partition after purchase and use parted to create XBOX One partition on your new drive ?!?!?!?
    Not 100% sure but have a search mate.

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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    ive managed to sort it mate

    downloaded the system update file from microslot,
    unzipped it to a usb stick
    rebooted the xbox holding eject and the connect button same time
    then choose offline usb install from the menu and make sure usb stick is plugged into the console with the system update
    10 mins later - job done
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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    Did you buy just any 2.5" 500gb HDD or a specific one Det, wonder if I could upgrade my one s to a 2gb drive this way?

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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    Hi buddy, yeah i just bought a cheap xbox one elite which had a 1tb sata h/d as my son had an xbox one s which had a 500gb sata hard drive and he had got to the limit with his games he plays most, with the new 1tb h/d he now has 700gb of spare space. so yeah it should work with any. ill upload the files i used bro

    i need to explain what ive done

    my son had an xbox one s with 500gb hard drive, i bought a cheap 1tb xbox one elite and removed the hard drive from that and formatted it.
    he wanted his xbox one s upgrading to 1tb so i then put this freshly formatted 1tb drive inside the xbox one s and..
    i then downloaded the correct (ill upload the files shortly) system update from microshot, unzipped it to the root of a usb stick
    place the usb stick into the xbox before turning it on
    turned on the xbox whilst holding EJECT and the BIND buttons (keep them held in whilst the machine boots)
    then follow instructions on screen for offline install using usb stick.

    I then took the 500gb hard drive and again formatted it and put this into the xbox one elite, so instead of being a 1tb console its now 500gb!
    downloaded the correct system update files for this and then did the exact same to the xbox one elite as i did to his console above and i now have 2 fully working consoles.

    ill upload the files you need shortly and i will put a link to them in this thread below when done.....

    Here are both files, 1 for original xbox ones and ano0ther for xbox one s and X
    Original xbox one
    http://www.gofiles.co.uk/OSU1xboxoneoriginal.zip

    Xbox one s or xbox one X
    http://www.gofiles.co.uk/OSU1xboxonesORx.zip
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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    Quote Originally Posted by Detector View Post
    Hi buddy, yeah i just bought a cheap 1tb sata h/d as my sons was originally 500gb and he had got to the limit with his games he plays most, now he has 700gb of spare space. so yeah it should work with any. ill upload the files i used bro
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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    i recommend backing up all the files/partitions on the original drive just in case matey but yeah as far as i can see you should be able to install a 2tb with no problems
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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    I've got a 1TB drive sat on my desk so I might throw that in over the weekend and see what happens.

    Did you download the 4.5gb file from MS, OSU1?

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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    yes mate thats the file without that on the ROOT of a usb stick it will throw up errors.

    theres also 2 files whioch are different, 1 OSU1 for the original xbox ones, and another for Xbos one S and X. im just uploading both but you can also select either from the microsoft site as well. try it mate, it worked for me. let us know your results...

    Here are both files, 1 for original xbox ones and ano0ther for xbox one s and X
    Original xbox one
    http://www.gofiles.co.uk/OSU1xboxoneoriginal.zip

    Xbox one s or xbox one X
    http://www.gofiles.co.uk/OSU1xboxonesORx.zip
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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    Theres a good tutorial of copying the data from disk to disk on youtube so you dont have to DL everything again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I52aS9xJkZk

    Obviously no good for Det with the HDD being faulty :-(

    Also good warning at the end that you cannot system reset with 2tb drive as formats it to 500gb partition or something :-(

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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    Quote Originally Posted by akimba View Post
    Theres a good tutorial of copying the data from disk to disk on youtube so you dont have to DL everything again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I52aS9xJkZk

    Obviously no good for Det with the HDD being faulty :-(
    For ease I will just re-download everything

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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    Its easier to download the files and start from scratch, better too because if there are any missing files or errors on the original drive you would be jusy copying those over to the new one.
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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    as for the 2tb problem, akimba would it be easier to partition the drive into 2 1tb drives?
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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    Here are both files, 1 for original xbox ones and ano0ther for xbox one s and X
    Original xbox one
    http://www.gofiles.co.uk/OSU1xboxoneoriginal.zip

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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    Quote Originally Posted by Detector View Post
    Here are both files, 1 for original xbox ones and ano0ther for xbox one s and X
    Original xbox one
    http://www.gofiles.co.uk/OSU1xboxoneoriginal.zip

    Xbox one s or xbox one X
    http://www.gofiles.co.uk/OSU1xboxonesORx.zip
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    let me know how you get on mate
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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    Quick update, you can't just replace the drive and run the OSU1 update the drive needs to be formatted to the right partitions first.

    Left my 2.5" usb enclosure at work and only have laptops at home so I'll update when I have formatted my 1tb drive and tried again

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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    you need to format the drive to ntfs
    insert into the xbox and turn it on
    the drive should be automatically formatted
    then you can take out the drive again and do the osu1 update
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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    Quote Originally Posted by Detector View Post
    you need to format the drive to ntfs
    insert into the xbox and turn it on
    the drive should be automatically formatted
    then you can take out the drive again and do the osu1 update
    Do you mean the drive will be automatically Partitioned ???
    You said 2 steps above that you do the formatting to NTFS yourself?

    Not doing it myself just trying to clarify for others :-)

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    Default Re: installing a new hard drive without the old one in xbox one

    Quote Originally Posted by Detector View Post
    you need to format the drive to ntfs
    insert into the xbox and turn it on
    the drive should be automatically formatted
    then you can take out the drive again and do the osu1 update
    This didnt work for me, it needs to be partitioned correctly first

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