#Storage

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deep vessel
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So I bought an 8tb game drive hub last night and I connected it to my xbox but its not appearing on my storage thing

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deep vessel
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I tried to connect the cables from the game hub to different inputs from the xbox and nothing happend I couldnt see the storage so I can use it it.
I have done a couple things to try to fix it which is disconnecting and connecting all cables back again what I mean by all is cables from the xbox and the drive hub and nothing happend I moved the drive hub cable to the different ports of the xbox nothing happend I restarted my xbox multiple times while doing all of that and ive changed my power options to sleep mode and no I have not searched the error code because I dont know the code and I have serached up the problem but nothing helps it told be to do the same things i have tried to do to fix but nothing happend

exotic wagon
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try plugging it into a PC and formatting it too NTFS first

deep vessel
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how do I do that

exotic wagon
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if the drive doesnt show up on PC then there is nothing wrong with the drive or cable.

deep vessel
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it shows up it says " NTFS (Default)"

proven knot
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Fyi u cant play series optimized games off the game drive

deep vessel
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fyi?

proven knot
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For your information

deep vessel
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ahh alrr but I dont thats the point the point is that the storage is not appearing on my xbox and I need the space

proven knot
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Did u try another usb on the console

deep vessel
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what do you mean another usb

proven knot
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Another usb port

deep vessel
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for the hard drive or like just in general

proven knot
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Ur game drive

deep vessel
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yeah Ive connected it in all three of them

proven knot
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So none of them work?

deep vessel
deep vessel
proven knot
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If the drive already has been formatted to ntfs it should be fine. Try formatting the drive again

deep vessel
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how do I do that

proven knot
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Space raiders told u earlier

deep vessel
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ahh okay

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do I click on start after

proven knot
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Yes u click on start

deep vessel
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its giving me a warning that "Formatting will erase ALL dara on this disk" what data

proven knot
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It always does that if u format any drive

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On the hard drive

deep vessel
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ahh okay

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so I click on ok

proven knot
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Yes

deep vessel
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it says "format complete" after the hard drive made sum weird noises lol

proven knot
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Once done try it on ur console

deep vessel
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okay

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any port or is there a specific port I should put it in

proven knot
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Any

deep vessel
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okay

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I dont need to restart my xbox right?

proven knot
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No

deep vessel
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okay well nothing has happend

proven knot
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Did u brought it new?

deep vessel
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Yes I did

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I bought it last night

proven knot
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Did u go to storage options on ur console

exotic wagon
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are you actually going into your settings system storage to view the drive on your xbox

deep vessel
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Not sure im just clicking the xbox button on my controller going to "my games and apps" then I click "see all" then I go down to "manage" after I click on "storage devices"

exotic wagon
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Yes
are you connecting the drive directly to the xbox USB and not a USB hub?

deep vessel
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what do you mean? it connected rightnow at the back of my xbox to the drive hub

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wish I could take a picture in here lol

proven knot
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Plug drive directly into the console

deep vessel
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I think it is

exotic wagon
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you keep mentioning a drive hub what do you mean by drive hub

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are you using a USB adapter to connect the drive to your xbox because you do not have enough USB ports?

deep vessel
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on the box where I bought my storage things it says "gaming drive hub for xbox" so im just calling it an drive hub i dont know what it is lol mb

exotic wagon
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okay

deep vessel
exotic wagon
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Have you already tried connecting the drive to a other xbox USB port and restart your xbox since you formatted it on PC?

proven knot
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Is it like this?

deep vessel
deep vessel
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yes

exotic wagon
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restart you xbox
try a differnt USB port

deep vessel
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So connect to a different area then restart my xbox or the other way around restart it then connect it somewhere else

exotic wagon
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You may want to restart your xbox to refresh it if you just plugged it in since formatting it on PC for it to show up

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If that does not work then the USB port could be bust so try a differnt usb port and make sure to restart.

deep vessel
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okay im gonna restart it right now

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yeah no it isnt working

exotic wagon
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Do you have a other external drive that you could use to test the USB ports?

deep vessel
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I think I do

proven knot
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Does the drive lit up?

deep vessel
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yea It does

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it has a white light at the fromt

exotic wagon
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I perty sure the drive is working then and your just not seeing what your expecting

deep vessel
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I guess yeah its on i know that and sometimes it makes weird noises and it seems like its also on because I can hear the fan lol

exotic wagon
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if the drive was faulty then it would not have shown up on your PC and its lighting up on your xbox so its getting power

deep vessel
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yeah I have no idea whats wrong

deep vessel
exotic wagon
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it as to be over 128gb and USB 3.0

deep vessel
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not sure if it has that do I still try it?

exotic wagon
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what are you expecting to happen that is not happening?

proven knot
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Xbox wont recognize and usb that has lower than that amount

deep vessel
exotic wagon
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When you go to your games and apps you should see the storage expanded there in the bottom left it say All storage and a number under it

deep vessel
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yes I have no storage at all from my xbox and I only have 3 games

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I only have 16.2 GB free

exotic wagon
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in that case I would get the drive exchanged.

deep vessel
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okay ill probably do that today and come back to let yall know

proven knot
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I would recommend that u check the usb ports on ur console are working

deep vessel
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how do I do that

proven knot
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Raiders told u already

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128 gigs and usb 3.0

deep vessel
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okay thanks for the remimder ill grab my flash drive rn and test it