XBOX One Hard Drive Upgrade
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- čas přidán 1. 03. 2023
- In an effort to get some more life out of the old XBOX One I have upgraded its hard drive to a 1 TB SSD.
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I did this to my OG XB1 last October. Totally worth the upgrade. It’s not a speed demon by any means but it is faster and smoother. The console runs quieter and generates less heat. These SATA SSDs are very affordable nowadays.
Its is definately worth it
@@DIYNorthro what's the fastest and largest one I can put in the Xbox will read and use? Like meaning it won't reject the hdd for whatever reason.
Does it have to be a certain connector type?
Did you clean it out too when you took it apart I did the 12v fan mod yesterday its been on since and is cold to touch
@@jgvtc559 I think that 2 Tb is the limit for it. It does have to be a certain connector type, but I have never seen them come with a different connector. Its just the SATA style set up.
@@jgvtc559 I just blew the dust out. Mine still gets pretty warm if it gets constant use.
I found that it is a good idea to transfer all the games to an external drive before thinkering with internal drives so that if the Xbox resets it doesn’t wipe out all your games. Once you reset the usual internet connection and user you plug in external and your good to go.
That's a good plan.
Calling this console old hurts my soul 🥲
it was released almost 10 years ago.
After the cloning process is finished , you need to boot into a USB drive on PC with Parted Magic then resize 2 partitions eg: user content & I think system/update which is by default only around 12.6 GB , this partition needs to be between 13.89 to 16.85 .
I used a offline cloning dock & then Parted Magic to resize the partitions , installed back into the Xbox One S booted straight into the menu , some might have to still use the OSU1 to complete the install .
Thanks for the input
am sure your method will work for me
My method will work for Xbox One S & One X and will boot straight into the main menu with the OG boot up screen with all your existing data games, settings etc ( no need for OSU1 update ) , but original Xbox One you have to use the Xbox HDDmaster script version 9.0 if you want to copy all your games, saves, settings etc .
I've tried Off line cloning the Xbox One OG drive multiple times with a error on the cloning process due to the Dev/sda partition on the OG HDD .
Let us know how you go 🤞
Reading the comments and your experience, do you need to do the cloning at all if you already had moved the games to an external in a previous effort to speed up my system? Can I just plug any brand new 2.5 in there like a 1T PNY or similar? Thanks for the vid
No the cloning was a useless step for me.
you don't even have to do all that partitioning anymore. just do an offline update and it'll do everything for you, if you don't need to transfer anything
In the end that is really what I did. Then just re-installed the games.
Wait so if you do all the steps that are told, do you still keep the installed games on there when you transfer it to the new ssd?
Yeah I had to re-download the games, but all the save state information was stored as it is linked to the XBox account.
The disk clone didn't really do what I had hoped as I still had to do the offline system update.
Was wondering if you expanded the partition on the new drive to include the extra space on the SSD? Edit. Just noticed that you had to do the offline update, nevermind about my other question 😂
Yeah it didnt go perfectly to plan
@@DIYNorth I'm doing something similar with a 2tb internal SSD and a 7200rpm 3tb external for my backwards compatible games. I'll be giving the system a thorough cleaning, with new Artic MX5 thermal paste and a custom skin for the outside.
Nice, just the SSD will make a world of difference for the XBox.
I do this with a 2TB Solid State Drive as that option is because any Xbox One and Xbox One S/X deserves 2TB Solid State Drives as if I do this.
2 TB would be ideal. I just do this for the kids so I'm a little less invested in it personally.
@@DIYNorth I understand is that I choose a 2TB compatible solid state drive for my original Xbox One as that option no matter what the cost is.
Bro I did this and now my controllers unsync randomly, what do I do? Buy a new anthena?
I've never had that issue but I would try to update the controllers firmware first.
If you weren’t able to do it properly with the ssd could you technically plug in the original hard drive and it would still work normaly?
Like just reinstall the old hard drive back into the XBox like it used to be?
If so then yes that shouldn't be an issue.
Just make sure you know every ones accounts and passwords before doing anything.
My younger kids have no idea what their passwords are half the time and rely on their accounts auto filling the password forever. That was the only painful thing, people not knowing their own passwords.
@@DIYNorth thank you man i want to do the same upgrade but just want to be prepared for anything, I’ll comment on this post again in the future telling you if I didn’t screw up
It will work...there might be some pain, but it will work.
Are the boot times significantly faster? I bought one of these fat models used recently and I love everything but the boot times. I know it wont make a big difference for games since the original model of XBOX ONE uses sata 2 (3gbps) instead of sata 3 (6gbps) like the ps4 and the other models.
It's faster, but also my xbox really wasn't running well before the swap. Some updating might have improved it a bit. Its noticeably faster though.
@@DIYNorth with the stock hdd it takes about 50 seconds to boot it with the latest update, how fast does it boot up with an ssd? Any chance you could check?
@@cyberpunk88- I just turned it fully off an fully on twice and it loaded into the App page in under 10 seconds both times. I'm not sure if I need to wait a few minutes after turning it off or if its in a sleep state and not fully off. It seemed a bit too fast. I'll try again later, but it is much faster than the stock drive. Game loading is also way faster, though I didn't time it. Forza used to take forever, and now its just a few seconds.
@@DIYNorth Thanks for the quick reply! 10 seconds is probably with fast boot enabled. Any chance you could check on the energy saving setting? It should be located at the Settings > General > Power options > Shutdown (energy saving).
@@cyberpunk88- I just had to let it sit off longer, it took 48 seconds after leaving it off for an hour.
Can you use the hard drive from a Xbox one x in a Xbox one 1st edition
I don't think that there would be any issues as it is just another lap top style hard drive.
I just put that xbox hard drive into a computer for back up storage and it works fine there too.
There is nothing special about the drives.
@@DIYNorth Thanks for the reply mate, great video 👍
I tested the 1tb SSD S3+.
Was it better
Will the ssd upgrade help resolve the crashing/freezing issue?
I would say a strong maybe.
If you have a software issue the update will solve the problem most likely. If you have a hardware issue with your drive it will fix it as well.
However if you have an issue such as overheating then it might not make a difference. That said you can clean it up during the ssd install.
Did you notice a speed improvement compared to when it had the old HDD inside?
Yes...its way faster now.
The old drive was brutally slow
@@DIYNorth Thank you so much for your speedy reply! I am looking to put in a 2TB 7200RPM HDD going from a 500GB 5400RPM HDD and was just debating whether an SSD would be the better choice.
@@Bradley5132 I would go with the SSD as long as the price wasn't crazy different. I think that it would be worth waiting for one to go on sale to get the SSD over the HDD. That said most new HDDs would be a lot better than what comes with the xbox.
@@DIYNorth Thanks for your help and your incredibly super helpful video too! Good job!
@@Bradley5132 SSD 100% never been cheaper
so do we need a pc to do this ? was hoping the xbox knew how to create its own partitions durring the formatstoon update
Without trying to clone the drive, you would need the offline system update file on a usb. It should then be able to sort out the new drive.
You dont need to run the ssd in a computer first. But you likely need a way to save the update file to a usb.
@@DIYNorth thats all i need to know iff the offline usb installer is now smart enough to create its own partitins without the need of a script
@@DIYNorthI just recently got one of these, and a series s, I'm interested in seeing how fast it is compared to it with a new SSD, I have the og big one like in the video with a 500gb hard drive
It's faster for sure.
Does doing this help with the game’s performance? Or just like loading?
Boot times and game loading times mainly.
There might be some improvement on in game performance, but probably not
Support 2tb SSD?
As I understand it, 2 tb is the maximum size.
Does the games load faster?
Yes.
It boots faster, and game load times are faster
Which is better for xbox wd or seagate
Not really sure, I usually get the one on sale.
But i get WD, Seagate, or samsung drives in general. I dont get the unknown companies
@@DIYNorth
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Whats the minimum ssd size ?
Like what is the minimum size the Xbox can run off?
I'm not sure but it can most likely run off a 250gb or even a 125gb, but I wouldn't use anything less than a 500gb.
The original drive has two problems in my opinion, speed and capacity.
I would at a minimum want to keep capacity the same when improving speed.
I have read 500GB is the minimum and it won't boot with less. Apparently only 500GB, 1TB and 2TB are supported, not in between variants. Don't know if this is true but it's what I have read.
Does this work for the XBOX one X?
I have never had a One X, but my understanding is that yes, it would work in a similar manner.
Yes it does. Just did a one x today
It would work, yes. It would actually work better on a one x or one s since they both use a faster connector than the launch Xbox one
I have no power to my Xbox console power to the power brick no white light just the O light
I put the original 500 g and same thing
Did you get that ribbon cable fully seated?
Would I still have to partition my drive if I do the offline system update I’m not concerned with losing save files because I just got the system and it’s having issues loading games and downloading them
No I dont think so. I'm pretty certain the update erased the partition.
@@DIYNorth okay honestly I’d prefer to just do the offline update because I don’t have any sata to usb cables and I’m trying to do this swap as cheap as possible. In your opinion does that sound like a failing HDD?
@@tiktoksthatmakeyouquestion2673 it might be a hardware problem, but it could also be a software issue. Changing the HDD and doing the system up date would fix both potential issues if you have a issue with the drive