How To Run LaunchBox And Big Box From An External Hard Drive Or USB Stick

[@martynadams754]

Just started re-arranging all of my retro ROMs / ISOs onto a new 5TB WD Game Drive, I didn't even think of looking into making Launchbox portable too. Thanks for the heads up!

[@gabrielprandini2629]

Love it! ETA Prime always sharing knowledge - thanks!

[@mohamedmostafa-qj5mx]

Congrats to 800k subs I really enjoy your content

[@MatchaCutie14]

Very useful information, thank you ETA prime!

[@orindae1032]

The King of doing thing externally.

[@BRIC3MAN]

Awesome, your channel is amazing.

[@ethanwasme4307]

I love this... I wish launchbox could upload saved games memory cards so that no matter which device and platform I play on, I'll always have my save games availible

[@rpgfreak9999]

Using OneDrive could remedy this issue.

[@devilgene7330]

ok but how do you make emulators portable ? The file system should be the main focus here IMO, dropping a file on a flash drive does nothing if the build isn't already portable...

[@whataboutbob7967]

Perfect timing! Thank you very much.

[@glitch015]

awesome, have you tried using an SD card? and hows the performance on that?

[@unknowns5858]

I think you missed one very important step etaprime, what to do if you don't have your roms stored in LaunchBox directory.

[@tomjones6347]

Then you move them from where they are stored?

[@unknowns5858]

@@tomjones6347 well you would have to move them from where they are stored on your pc to new drive then when you connect it to a new pc you would probably have to setup the game directory to new location bc the original build would be setup to old directory on your pc and not the new removable drive.

[@gaoxiang6770]

a video of setting up themes of launch box please.

[@dewaynejack6328]

Can you run off sd card?

[@DanDoesGame]

So you can't install it directly to the drive & I have to set up and then transfer 4tb worth of stuff...... lol

[@fkaiba94]

Can you add a link for the 1tb ssd you were using for the games?

[@tommycaldwell6953]

Can you install a new build to an external hard drive, or should we install on the computer and transfer the folder for best results? Thanks

[@juanantonini2030]

Buen video sigue mejorando..y gracias por estás guías...!!!

[@klallmo]

Thanks for the great video. I was able to get this set up and going in no time. I am having one issue though with audio. I am having "crackling" and "scratching" coming through on the audio making it unbearable to play. It is only from one specific platform though (the one with the plumber ;) ). All others audio is just fine. Any thoughts on how to correct this? I am using RealTek Audio if that helps at all. Thanks!

[@turret_sindrone]

I have a 30tb QNAP for media and I run my Launchbox off a shared folder. Images are slow to load but the client PC's in each room all share the same library and settings and save games are synced on any device it's launched on.

[@AdamRiding]

is big box a subscription software, or a one-time purchase for software (which is then portable) thanks :)

[@PopehatXI]

One-time purchase

[@AdamRiding]

@@PopehatXI ah i see, is batocera the same ? one time or is it free. plus, which one would you recommend between the two in your experience / ease of use / performance. :D

[@whiteflamehariel]

It's both. You can pay for a year sub or a one time

[@PopehatXI]

@@AdamRiding If I were setting up a device for only emulation I may try Batocera (it’s completely free) you could even boot it from a flash drive. I’m probably going to stop using Launchbox because I’m switching to Linux, and it only works on Windows. I liked Launchbox/Big Box while I was using it, have nothing real to compare it to though.

[@riebread13]

m.2 enclosures work well for making a fast portable usb device

[@dadr84j]

Its like you knew i was working on a retro gaming machine this video was right on time 👍

[@whiteflamehariel]

Same I just finished that inwin pro build he did for this reason

[@leondowdy5738]

I copied my launchbox folder to a Memorex usb 3.1 flash drive, put that drive in another windows 11 computer. I launched launchbox and got an error, not to install .net but some other error. this does not work.

[@askdavidhow]

Hoot! Thanks ETA

[@bugcatcherwade8780]

Which theme was used in the thumbnail please?

[@Deadmare]

Any good choices for a 12 tb external hard drive? And thank you for this im getting a new mini pc but i rather have launchbox on an external incase my pc ever crapsout

[@batthe1]

Hi , I keep seeing videos about running from external HDD , and a few about running this through Kodi. I have an old Xbox one and a 4tb external. I would like to run launchbox through Kodi on my Xbox one , or change the Xbox os to chimera os. Hoping you can demonstrate this or point me in the right direction. Thank you.

[@IRWPD]

That was much simpler than I thought it would be.

[@KiwiKoNZ]

Nice! 😎👍✨

[@joshuadenness5920]

Just wondering can you plug it in an big box can run as windows shell ?

[@pearlygates12]

Whats the name of ur game pad in this video

[@ComputersAndRetro]

Excelent Video.

[@bugcatcherwade8780]

Never used launchbox before...but looking at setting up a build using it. Do you just set up the emulators and controllers as normal but then link everything together through launchbox? Sorry if this is a really daft question

[@christianweber1231]

Would this be possible with a micro sd card as well?

[@mattxdillon]

How can I get a Launch Box 10TB hard drive to work with my Batocera mini PC? When I switch to external storage, it only loads one game from each system

[@OwtDaftUK]

I set my external drive to Local Drive Z and then make sure it's always set to Z so i don't have to worry about emulators finding roms.

[@timenarc8114]

I tried this once in a previous version and the themes just didn’t work unless it was installed on the host system. Hoping that’s fixed now.

[@lucaspoole8866]

What if i used leave roms/fioles in there original folders when adding them? Does that matter as long as there on the same drive at least??

[@ericmitchell7759]

Will this work over on a NAS? I want to be able to play my games on my pc and sometimes on my arcade cabinet but don’t want to have separate builds with separate game saves but also don’t want to have to move an external drive between the two. Plus there are times that I want to play on my pc and my wants to play on the arcade or his pc. Thanks for the videos. I just bought my BigBox license when it was on sale and can’t wait to get my build built. Hopefully I can build on a NAS.

[@kingofrockz]

Ideally it shouldn't have any issue.

[@mkkohls]

If your network is fast enough and you have the correct share setup the portable app should work

[@kyles8524]

your big drive looks identical to the 8TB drive I bought off ebay with launchbox and hyperspin all setup on it.It has so many games its crazy,not only does it have the entire libraries for everything excluding ps3 and 360 it has all the import versions of those games for the 80 or so consoles its got on it.its very interesting.It also has the big version of MAME which is actually almost an entire TB but this includes all the 3d games most mame build dont have.unfortunately it also includes like every arcade game ever existed and there are a lot of crappy arcade games not usually included in a 6 gig mame build

[@TazTheTech]

Will this also work from a network share as well

[@ChrisConway-bc6nk]

strangely, I sync'd my folder from one pc to the launchbox folder on my external as I made updates to the source folder... but when I run big box, it says I have no games and to import them...

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

If the NUC has an ESATA port then it should work no problem.

[@johnpaulprendergast284]

What's the best gaming pc or laptop to run a 5tb ssd box with lunchbox on it I bought it from Ali express?

[@jokerz4fun]

Does this mean you can run this on a raspberrypi 4?

[@espero_dev]

How do I make me raspberry Pi 3 b+ host a website? Please

[@Deadmare]

I'm having an issue I followed your steps exactly but for some reason games are running really slow snes is very bad. I am using a Toshiba hdd 3.0 connection. I think it's just retroarch

[@angelnerd2000]

Can this work as well for retrobat, because u want to transfer the lancher and the games roms from my ssd to my new pc, is it okay ?

[@gillandro2]

I would like to just run the roms from the external hard drive would that work too? I have a 4tb drive nearly full.... was going to import my games to the lauchbox i had on the drive but the meta data took up too much room

[@psychomaniac189]

can you an u pdate on this or maybe i did something wrong. i installed launchbox on my portable hdd and unplugged it back in and i see my steam games.

[@laasGaming]

Can I use it on my android box nvidia shield?

[@glennbolea2848]

Can you make a video on how to setup this on android tv, if there is any, please.

[@jrasicmark1]

When I try to install .NET on the external drive, it instead tries to automatically install it on the hard drive of the laptop I'm using (but there's no room for it) and there's no option to change the installation location. I had done this previously with an older version of .NET and from a laptop that was still running Windows 7. This laptop is running Windows 10, which is why I'm guessing my previous Launchbox portable configuration isn't working. But is there a way to fix this?

[@afnans5911]

Why some games don't work with the Play Station DUALSHOCK®4 Wireless Controller؟

[@Dudu_Gomes.1990]

I got a Ryzen 7 and GTX 1070ti , when o do this , big box reconizing my GPU? How i instal my GPU drivers ? (I need GPU to play PS2 , Game Cube)

[@MisterUrbanWorld]

Playing around with my 8TB LaunchBox as I watch this.

[@marvinlloyd8694]

Can lauchbox run on a 4k lite game stick?

[@yusufercen7328]

Hello, can I play the lauchbox file that I downloaded from the internet in 64 GB via 64 GB USB?

[@silverfoenix]

15.8 GB for 59 games? Must be the size of retorarch... Although a bit tedious Attract-mode might be the better option. it will need tools for scraping around 300mb or so~ I remember making A USB running EmulationStation thanks to your video 4years ago!

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

Bigger games beyond ps1 are iso files around 4gb each

[@davidgomez5116]

I still can't make up my mind if I should flash an OS to my 16tb hard drive or not before adding games and launchbox

[@markdillon9588]

does emulators go over too?

[@spencerrichards5699]

Can you run that off a raspberry PI 4?

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

Maybe with the Linux version

[@Sam-Fisher]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Roadbobek]

How can u install .net core without admin privileges?

[@bobmcdonald2502]

I am having trouble using retroarch with launchbox on nvidia shield I am using latest version of launchbox and retroarch plus

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

Since it's android maybe try a alternative from there, this one is the windows version

[@taurus533]

​@@AlejandroRodolfoMendez I have a 4tb drive and want to split it up on two 2tb NvMe drives (to use on my Asus ROG) how do you get it to run/read from them both? Thanks

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

@@taurus533 if you have windows on that pc you can use partition wizard it's free and there are tutorials on how to split the partition, on Linux and boot disks like hiren boot cd there are apps for that too. Just you need to be careful. From batocera you boot from the flash drive and after you configure everything you use the menu install to hard disk in the options. If you do the partitions earlier it's easier just choose a blank one then probably will install the boot loader to choose between os remove the flash drive. And after reboot and choose batocera to launch from hdd. It will take a bit of configure itself.

[@ZombieBitesAgain]

i have that same seagate power hard dive 10 tb one 😀

[@dehcad4778]

3rd? Jeez I'm never this early also does it come with games or do I need to find my own game files

[@BigRedArrowEqualsTinyPeePee]

You put the question mark in the wrong place.

[@davem1027]

@@BigRedArrowEqualsTinyPeePee nah dog he just missed a question mark at the end, that first one is perfectly acceptable. I'm a fucking stickler about grammar and spelling but since this is the comment section of a KZbin page, as long as it doesn't affect readability, I'll allow it. Just remember, Megan Thee Stallion is pronounced as Megan "The" Stallion, everything we've fought for was for nothing! ✊

[@davem1027]

Launchbox is just a launcher for your appliations, just a fancy directory with pics and vids. You still need Roms and Emulators and/or pc games

[@dehcad4778]

@@davem1027 thanks good to know because I might do this... Not pirating I swear 😬😅

[@davem1027]

@@dehcad4778 Yeah, I only download ROMs that I own legally 😉 I only use emulation as a tool to keep all my content in one place and to preserve the hard copies 😉😉 ETA Prime has a bunch of good tutorials, he's even made a few of the videos for the official Launchbox Channel

[@andrewosei328]

I always found this a bit hard to setup, after trying playnite I never looked back it's way better and easier to setup.

[@manuelgurrola]

I've never tried Playnite, may I ask how is it easier to setup?

[@Poeticbladezero]

I too would like to learn 🤔....

[@bundangkorea]

@@manuelgurrola It's not easier. Playnite is just another frontend which happens to be free and is decent for what it does, but is extremely limited in features and doesn't really look all that attractive (subjective perspective there of course)

[@andrewosei328]

@@manuelgurrola I tried them all and Playnite felt much more intuitive and integrated than the rest. Scrubbing and emulator integration is just perfect and simple as should be.

[@GeorgeWPush]

Why not Batocera?

[@PopehatXI]

If you need to run on Windows, and he’s also involved in Big Box development I believe

[@erikkarsies4851]

Batocera is Linux based? If the other system already has 64 bit Windows on it you might loose a couple of systems with Linux. But on Windows you could go for Retrobat install also.

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

This is for windows but you can do the same but you can't run anything outside batocera

[@PopehatXI]

@@erikkarsies4851 Its a whole Operating System itself rather than a program

[@Darkseid001]

mine wont move starts to analyze then dosent move

[@Kiyoshi_9606]

And ANDROID LaunchBox... Still can't deal with ext HD? (Possibly due to android 11)

[@boing3700]

Eta prime making 1tb of storage look bedazz

[@patrickcadette]

😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@MarcBossYT]

Yaay

[@PhillyCYOSports]

This will make it run slower

[@solidn6]

LaunchBox was not designed to be used this way. It will create a load of registry keys in Windows which will clog up your registry when you remove the USB causing your machine to run slower.

[@Sam-Fisher]

Hi guys