How to Upgrade/Replace Your Xbox One HDD! - SSD/HDD Upgrade Guide for X1, One S, One X

[@Tay58382]

Holyshit an articulate KZbinr who takes his time and doesn't throw all his words together and doesn't trip over his words and have to retract statements I am in shock and I will continue to watch this video to the end for I feel there has to be pertinent and useful information here cuz this guy is no dummy , you got yourself another subscriber !

[@MrMario2011]

Well thanks for the kind words 🤗

[@Tay58382]

I was spot on , the video was perfect and went off without a hitch. Thanks so much

[@dw9932]

​@@MrMario2011 im getting a one s again with an wd 2tb ssd 2.5 for it im upgradimg the 500gb hdd and i have 4 series controllers ill be using for it i saved already 198 dolalrs in the series controllers

[@Metaphor9696]

Everytime I want to modify anything gaming related, I search your channel first. Only your tutorials work for me. Well, maybe I shouldn't say that, I'll say yours make it easy and the most sense to me. Especially since at every turn you also say what we'll see if something goes wrong. Every other tutorial just assumed every goes according to plan. Thank you for all your hard work

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks, dude!

[@alecpratt7830]

Man I can't even begin to explain how much your videos have been helping me these past few weeks. Thank you

[@alaeddine_bt]

2023 and it still works big thanks to you bro you really help me a lot ❤

[@MrMario2011]

Glad to hear that!

[@jessragan6714]

Whoo, that is quite an undertaking. Not impossible, but rather involved... I will say, MM, that your past tutorials on the very first Xbox have been immensely helpful. I've got a 500GB drive in my Xbox, nicked from an iMac, and although boot times have increased, the extra storage is worth the wait. Pretty much anything I want on the drive will fit. Thanks much for that!

[@Gabedudley1]

Im playing xbox og off my usb hdd.

[@Tata-kx9li]

My Xbox has an issue with the last update. I upgraded my HHD for the SSD as you recommended + following your steps, I was able to reinstall everything and continue playing using my old Xbox. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EASY EXPLANATION 🙂

[@burrowballin5530]

I dropped an 870 Evo into my One X today. Your video worked perfectly. No script needed. I went from 1tb hdd to 1tb ssd.

[@Coorhagen]

Today I went to my brother's place. And I took my laptop. I watched your video and i had all the stuffs prepared. He's Xbox one s hhd was failing.. sometimes the console would freeze while playing a game. Because the HDD would stop. I bought him a western digital SSD 1to. And followed your video very strictly. Now he has 1to SSD Instead of 500 go HDD. Thank you so much ❤ You helped me to help my brother. And it made me happy to see him relieved when he saw his console working fine again. I'm from France =] just so you know you help people from everywhere 😁 Thanks again

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@seekersees693]

I was fighting with an Xbox black screen for a friend. I couldn't get it to boot into troubleshoot menu to reload it. I knew it wasn't bricked since it got to the green screen and went black plus the controller allowed me to power down, restart, etc. It had to be corruption since it happened after that MS update that killed a lot of Xbox units. He wasn't worried about the data since it's all on the cloud. I said I'll replace the HDD with an SSD after coming across you method for replacing/upgrading the disk. I worked without any issues and was able to apply the update and it's good to go. I spent way less time on this than trying to get into the troubleshooting menu. He's finally got his Xbox back after it being hosed for 6 months. I appreciate the information and tips. Easy to follow and not difficult at all.

[@stoneywardog]

Did you use the original drive? Jw wondering because mine crashed mid update (Xbox one x) now it turns on but shuts off after like 5 mins no power to USB and says no signal

[@seekersees693]

Yes, I did put an SSD in it which sped it up some. You can remove the original drive and attach to a USB port if you have an SSD to USB adapter and run diagnostics. If it's good, just follow the video and you should be good to go. If the drive is bad, just get another one since they're fairly cheap now. It's not difficult to do. I just find it easy since I was an IT Engineer for over 2 decades. I get something that may be easy for me may not be for others. I did find this resolution to be straightforward. @@stoneywardog

[@SparkyMarkzR33]

This worked perfectly thank you!! My HDD failed and wouldn't install anything/crashed the computer all sorts. Followed this step by step and all good!

[@piratesmvp]

This is amazing how easy the upgrade is! Much better than the original Xbox that locked the hard drive to the motherboard unless you softmodded it first.

[@SimisFul]

Having upgraded a PS4 before an Xbox One, this was so much worse holy fuck.

[@jessragan6714]

@@SimisFul It's all relative. I recently upgraded the drive in my classic Xbox, and agree with PiratesMVP that it's no picnic. Holy hotswaps, Batman!

[@SimisFul]

@@jessragan6714 I certainly don't envy it if that's the case! Hopefully you got it all working now :)

[@uggamugga99]

Can confirm this works on Windows 11 as well. Successfully upgraded my One S to a 2TB SSD.

[@AdamKoralik]

You the GOAT son!

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks for providing the guinea pig! 😄

[@BrianBorkowski]

No hate Adam, but what are you using the Xbox One X for if you have the Series X? Xbox One games to run offline? That's all I can think of

[@AdamKoralik]

@@BrianBorkowski I'm not using it currently. You're right, the Xbox Series X replaced. Thing is, this installation was done nearly two years ago.

[@Casperlewis]

Sick

[@kevinpardue1324]

Hard drive went bad in my sons Xbox One X and I needed to do something about it. I got a new SSD and used this tutorial and got it back up running, thanks!

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome!

[@vnicolescu]

you can actually move the unallocated partition at the end of the partition table to the right of the largest one and extend it to it, that's what i did to mine, but i want to mention that I first clonezilla-ed my original hdd (500gb) to the ssd

[@topsekilkram]

Up and running in my upgraded SSD. Thank you!

[@Knaeckebrotsaege]

Wow this is outdated. You don't need to hook any of the drives up to the PC anymore, let alone mess with weird scripts. Throw the new/larger HDD/SSD into the console (no prep needed), go to the recovery menu (as outlined at 23:30) with the OSU1 USB stick inserted and pick the offline system update menu item. It'll start doing its thing. Done. The only thing this *doesn't* do is restore the boot logo, but that'll fix itself the next time there's a software update anyway and doesn't affect usability

[@SilverX95]

i think this was from before when people were complaining about getting banned for just replacing a hard drive because in XBOX infinite wisdom a Hard Drive is not a consumable item, when it is. also it might have something to do with original Xbox/Xbox 360 games backwards compatibility.

[@Knaeckebrotsaege]

@@SilverX95 Never heard of people getting banned for replacing their drive (on XB1 that is... on the Series S/X consoles attempting to replace the SSD results in bricking the whole console). Backwards compatibility isn't affected with the above method either, otherwise I couldn't play things like GTA IV (360 title) on my personal XB1X with its upgraded 2TB SSD

[@SilverX95]

@@Knaeckebrotsaege I'm talking about when the systems came out in 2013 all the way up till this video was published in 2021. at some point people did get banned if you did modify the system and replaced the Hard Drive, it's not so much a problem now 3 years later. I'm pretty sure MS adjusted there TOS to be less harsh and also those Xbox offline updates can be used on a new dive.

[@holdinweight]

Thanks!

[@MrMario2011]

Yo, what?! You're too kind, thank you so much!

[@holdinweight]

@@MrMario2011 lol I've literally used this video 3 times to "fix" my hdd until I bit the bullet last night and upgraded to an SSD.. Fingers crossed this will be the final fix. Thank you for this!

[@davidcope4527]

Another great guide again. Have used your videos for Softmodding Original Xbox and PS3 and fitting bigger HDD's (2Tb) on both. Used another guide to fit 4Tb SSD into PS4 Pro. This guide will come in handy when I get a 4Tb SSD for my Xbox One X. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your information. 5* and 2 thumbs up from me!

[@MrMario2011]

Got a legacy user here with the 5* reference 🙂

[@davidcope4527]

@@MrMario2011 If you didn't deserve the praise I wouldn't of give it to you.. Would you have preferred a f**k off with your knowledge instead? lol. Just take care and keep up the good work. just upgraded PC to 32Gb from 8Gb. Bios didn't like it and I couldn't boot up as keyboard was disabled so couldn't press F1 to boot with new memory config.. Such fun - I'm sure these things happen to test us in life. New case is next and 4Tb SSD for XBoneX. Glad Black Friday has started - hope to save a few pennies. ;-) OH.. Legacy is a strange thing to call me.. Ancient works better for me.. 59yo but a big kid at heart still playing OLD arcade games like Cadash, Slap Fight/Alcon, X-Multiply, Rastan(Saga), Flying Shark and many others!! Using ReDream to play MSR as it's better than the "port" of Project Gotham Racing that they insist was written for the Xbox.. I have PGR on modded Xbox and it's a cut down version of MSR. You only have to play them side by side to see that they are the SAME game but ported badly to Xbox. OH.. My Monitor supports PBP which is Picture By Picture. I can run ReDream on PC and have Xbox displayed on the same monitor.. Great for FTPing as no need to swap input on monitor to view output of each device.. I'll do a quick video for you later. Monitor is Dell U2711 if interested. Old and cheap like me.. hehe.

[@davidcope4527]

OH.. When I was younger, I could go through Slapfight 6 times with 1 life. Can't even get to the end now!!. Last War '99. First one ever to clock over 1 million on this game.. Contest to win £50 if the name of a person was revealed in the ending credits. 2 of us shared it as 2 player game at time we completed it. We then worked out how to bump the score up dramatically with our spare lives. Check online for this "cheat" but not a cheat - strategic gameplay is what it is!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX6YZmN_f9alr7c Above is just a longplay of the game. we normally took over 1 hour to get the 1 million+ scores per game. You gain lives when dying - 16+ normally. The "cheat" is to kill the mothership and then get killed yourself.. back at the Mothership again so kill and die again.. And that is it. NO videos online show this so now you know!!

[@Thatguy101987]

Just be careful removing the ribbon that connects the front USB and sync button from the board. When I did mine, it ripped the connector off the motherboard. Luckily the damage wasn't too bad, and a repair shop could was able to fix it. But if you're not careful, those traces may be irreparable.

[@Meisi24]

Hi,I think it happened to me today. I tried two USB,none is recognized anymore and I can't do an offline system update. It remains grayed out. What can I do?

[@twidisiscool]

Great video got my Xbox one s back up and running now

[@Eterna1Link]

Thank you for such an excellent video tutorial. Anytime i am looking to research mods, your channel is the first place i look when it comes to console mods. Keep up the good work.

[@MrMario2011]

Glad I could help

[@mysticaxolotl8215]

PSA: For anyone who is being told that the script can't find the update partition, try mounting the drive under Linux, and then copying the update files from there. Worked for me!

[@Jazzy_Waffles]

My console was completely bricked and hdd now doesn’t work. I’ll definitely be swapping the hdd and trying this out! Thank you so much for this video!

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@modded6433]

I so happy that someone has made a full in depth tutorial on this but wish there was some help if nothing works on the OSU1 update.

[@KeithLaGroneJr]

Wow!! Awesome video!! I just replaced a burned up harddrive with a Samsung SSD. Works like a charm!! Thanks!

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome!

[@kylematesic]

Thank you. You saved me from buying a new Xbox. Your directions were clear cut for someone like me who is not computer savvy at all. Thanks again. There was a few steps I got nervous but I think it was bc I didn’t extract files to my desktop from the .zip files. Thank u thank you

[@MrMario2011]

Glad this helped!

[@kylematesic]

@@MrMario2011 o my god did this ever help. Thank you

[@Squash_Man]

Great Video. Quick tip for you. In Windows Explorer if you want to drop to a command prompt for the folder you have open, just type CMD in the explorer path bar.

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks! Although I showed the way I did to force a Command Prompt window with Administrator permissions in case that's required. Some users might run into issues if they launch it without Administrator privileges.

[@ThomasRhin]

Thank you for such a detailed tutorial. I upgraded my Xbox one X with Samsung 870 EVO 1TB 2 years ago, then did another upgrade to 2 TB last year. What i can say is every dollar is worth of it ! The price of SSD has been going down to a quite resonable range and people with old consoles should consider the internal upgrade first if he or she has the ability to dissamble the console. However, what modders concern is the maximum capacity or limitation of the Xbox One consoles. I have viewed several videos made by XFiX(aka author of Xbox HDD master script). He said the limitation of user content partition is around 1.8TB or so. In other words the max standard capacity of SSD would be 2TB. Though we can partition the SSD of greater capacity and get beyond the limitation with Xbox HDD master script tool, we cannot use it because once trying ,it causes partition corruption and data lost. I just bought another new 4TB 870 EVO last week and this information interrupted my plan because I was just aware of it yesterday.

[@GoetiaTV]

Thank you for going over every single step. Much appreciated!

[@lutind8132]

Thanks for your help. My HDD just died. Followed your video and now my Xbox working again.

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome!

[@vascoteixeira4876]

Worked great! But before getting to that part I was one of the sad users with the insider program so basically, I just waited till today to download the new OSU that overpassed the last software update for insider users. I had my Xbox bricked for one month lol. Thanks again! Great video!

[@chrisr0lltdasr]

Did everything of thie Video on my Phat Xbox ONE and Upgraded from 500GB HDD to 2TB SSD Sucessfully 😊 Also Changed the Color of the Xbox Logo to Red when i had the Xbox allready Open. Thanks Mr.Mario for this Video 😊

[@wayyytoolab]

Thank you for the guide. I was able to utilize an XB1X that I didn't have the strength to throw away a few years ago so I put it in a box and forgot about it. At the time my harddrive went bad there were no comprehensive guides to reinstall OS and fix it as you've shown here. As for some constructive criticism, I think copying the boot screen files over to the SSD at the same time as the OS would have been more efficient. You doubled back at the tail end of the video to do so and by that point its more trouble than it's worth to disassemble again just to move some files over. Much appreciated!

[@MrMario2011]

Oh you're not wrong about the bootanim file, but during the process I believe you have to initialize the console first before you can copy that over. I absolutely agree it's more trouble than it's worth, so if I do this now I just copy over the OS files and be done with it. As long as it works, you'll be fine and your bootanim will return next firmware update!

[@JonPowis]

Works a treat, thank you. Great tutorial as always

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it worked!

[@tylerortiz5173]

10:09 you can also type “cmd” in the address bar to open command prompt to that directory

[@GabrielR-i8c]

Followed the steps and fixed my brothers Xbox thank you so much

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome!

[@courtz1ace]

Thanks MrMario2011. Was waiting for you to do a video on this!

[@samuraispiritsx]

Did this last summer, its a really nice upgrade!

[@alexyanker3059]

I know what you did last summer

[@ChannelZeroOne]

Some of your instructions were unnecessary, but over all it helped me sort this out so thanks.

[@driftyprince]

3rd console saved, thanks a ton bro

[@mariodiy4517]

For those getting an E106xxxxx error code loading the OSU1, make sure you download the proper version for your Xbox One console. There's a separate version for Xbox One X/One S and Xbox One consoles. I accidentally tried to load the Xbox One S OSU1 onto an Xbox One and ran into a E106xxxx error and Update from USB was not an option in the trouble shooter. Also try a different USB drive. Some drives have issues loading the OSU1 onto the console. Halo 5 Xbox One Previous Drive: Seagate ST1000LM024 1TB HDD New Drive: Crucial MX500 1TB SSD Console OS before Upgrade: 10.0.22621.4480 Also make sure to exit the Xbox Insider program if you have a preview release of the OS. The public OSU1 will not work. You'll have to wait until the new public release of the OSU1 supercedes the Insider preview version. That can take months. You cannot revert to an older OS build doing the offline update by USB using the lastest OSU1 update in this situation. It would suck if your HDD crashed with a preview build.

[@mrbenn0x357]

Still working 👍🏻 Greetings from Germany 🤘🏻🇩🇪

[@balintka]

Thanks for your awesome video. The most helpful!

[@mightysnafu]

Sorry to both you, twice, thanks for a great video, but, after redoing the whole process a few times mine does exactly what you showed, until I get to the offline update, it goes to the something went wrong screen with the E101 error, and I can pretty much bounce back and forth between a good start with E106, to the E101 error. Do you have any suggestions?

[@wafieksmith]

i believe error 101 is a faulty hdd

[@vincebrown5158]

Awesome video, thank you for putting this video together. Great instructions and easy to follow.

[@MrMario2011]

You are welcome!

[@loldart]

I just found an xbox one with a broken fan in an e-waste bin. Plan to fix the fan and use this guide to upgrade the hard drive!

[@MrMario2011]

Have fun!

[@yochris2]

Very nice explaining. Thank you,

[@MrMario2011]

You are welcome!

[@VideoGameJNPoop]

A couple of questions here: 1. Will replacing the Hard Drive ban Xbox accounts or not (even if it isn't modded at all), as some people online say they don't and some say they do. 2. I saw one of your replies saying that the console only uses SATA II, does SATA III work too because the cheapest 2TB SSD I could find on eBay is a SATA III.

[@MrMario2011]

There is always a ban risk, although I've never known of anyone to get banned ONLY for replacing their drive. SATA standards are backwards compatible, you just won't max out drive speeds.

[@VideoGameJNPoop]

@@MrMario2011 Ah, so the SATA II and SATA III just mean the speeds of the storage device. Nice

[@Surferant666]

Hi. Have an issue whereby it won't boot from memory card to update after unzipping the file Im using a 64gb micro sd in a usb 3 adapter. I have formatted sd card to ntfs and everything reset. Im upgrading to a 2tb sdd. I even tried cloning the hdd xbox1x 1tb to the 2tb ssd. I tried twice but failed to clone. I have reset the 2tb drive again formatted etc then retried booting from memory card but still nothing. Starts to update then at 5% stops! I then tried putting back my original hdd back in the xbox1x and now that wont read and returns an error.... Help. I followed your instructions to the letter.

[@RiderNexus]

I did this nearly a year ago with my One X and PS4 and I can’t recommend it enough

[@user-lj4lo7cx7m]

Why?

[@Hellraiser988]

@@user-lj4lo7cx7m performance increase

[@user-lj4lo7cx7m]

"I can't recommend it enough"

[@RiderNexus]

@@user-lj4lo7cx7m Well SSD's tend to last longer than standard hard drives, and the PS4 menu has a considerable decrease in lag And faster texture pop in in some games

[@denist.8058]

A SSD (MX500 1TB) brought new life in my PS4 Slim. It's just snappier and textures in many games load faster. Or the share menue appears nearly immediatelly, with a HDD it just took ages to load

[@IsueBadGovernmentLawyers]

Thanks for explaining everything where anyone with or without computer knowledge can understand. This is how's it done and many KZbinrs regardless of their content could learn from this

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@IsueBadGovernmentLawyers]

@@MrMario2011 I have a laptop and there's hardly anything on it I just bought it a couple weeks ago, I connected a 1TB hard drive to the PC and I'm at about the 9 minute mark of the video but I'm not sure which is hard drive I have connected with the sata to usb cable it show at the bottom of disk management "disk 0 basic 119.23 GB online and below that CD-ROM 0 DVD (E)" I'm assuming the hard drive is the (E) at the bottom?

[@ChristopherNaresh]

Mine crashed few times was able to osu update crashed few weeks later again won’t take the update now. ... little bit upset but I bought this console used ... time to fix it. Thanks for the guide 💯 navigating through Spotify and KZbin crashed it.

[@irvingrivero9192]

I just did mine, I was successful!!🎉😊 thanks Mr. Mario.

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome!

[@AleksPizana]

Hi. I just watched another video before this one where the guy didn't do any formatting on the drive, before setting it up. My question is: Is this still necessary or is it 'now' possible to just go ahead and replace it without doing any preparations at all, and the console will do the rest?.

[@Knaeckebrotsaege]

You still need the OSU1 USB stick, but none of the script crap is necessary anymore. Replace original drive with new one without prep, boot into the troubleshoot menu (as outlined at 23:30) with the OSU1 USB stick inserted, and pick the Offline System Update menu entry and wait 10 minutes or so. Done

[@JustinWinchester]

Thank you so much this was a HUGE and super easy to follow.

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@pittsley30]

@@MrMario2011 I'll be trying this this week. I already downloaded everything I needed. I'm just waiting on my sata cable extender.

[@Agamon]

Many thanks to you and Xfix!

[@groot3671]

Cant we just do offline update using pen drive with osu1, after replacing the hard disk? Is the scripting required?

[@MrKrimstah]

That’s what I did

[@groot3671]

@@MrKrimstah is the script mandatory or not?

[@Mjollnir1983]

@@groot3671 No. I replaced with with a 1TB 860 EVO without any script, just OSU1

[@groot3671]

@@Mjollnir1983 will it work the same with Non SSD drive

[@DislodgedTKO]

This is an excellent video

[@gamerfrankstarv1671]

Do it on a xbox 360 if possible i kinda wanna see old hardware with new component

[@shanez1215]

@@chriswright8074 Depends on what your current drive is. Of you have a 320GB then the most you can go up to is 500GB without RGHing it But of you mod it the 360 can do up to 2TB

[@The_Native_wolfAK]

Just buy like a 128 gig version like I did or yeah even 250 gigs is okay if you’re just gonna download so much games but 360 is close to an end of an era in like a year or 2 possibly even 5 years from now.

[@HernandezEliteGaming]

your how to video inspired me to do the same and also make a video when i do for my channel. thanks for sharing.

[@MrMario2011]

Based

[@Raidervr265idk]

My games won’t load after adding a new hard drive. Any suggestions?

[@manuelcarballo7869]

Hi Mario, i am tring to put the Boot Anima but when i connect the hard drive, it does not show in This PC... something i doing wrong?

[@chaos3939]

I have performed all steps. However the offline system update remains greyed out. Any suggestions on how to remedy this?

[@InfamousReptillian420]

me too for the love of god someone f*cking help us ain't doing nothing wrong lol

[@InfamousReptillian420]

funny guy hearts all comments and replies BESIDES THIS ONE lol..

[@coltonh3932]

I would try other USB ports on the xbox see if that will change it from being greyed out. If not than try reformatting the USB drive and installing it again. Double check it is formatted to NTFS. Or try a different USB drive all together.

[@_Jerrylp_]

I followed this video exactly for an Xbox One S but still got an E200 error. Any suggestions?

[@hove131]

Sometimes when I manually install the boot.dat files after the OSU1 install it takes but sometimes it doesn't take. Ever run into this issue? I install it on both A and B folders. I've always had this issue on and off.

[@MrMario2011]

Nope, I personally don't put the bootanim on there once I'm done, since it will be restored on the next update.

[@hove131]

@@MrMario2011 I only do it because I hate seeing a black screen waiting until it updates next lol

[@Luciano_Lopes]

You can force it by enrolling in the Insiders hub. The update in Beta. Then you have your animation back and then unenroll. Your Console will be reset to factory settings though

[@jamiefff]

i see people doing the upgrade SSD and just installing the new SSD and then doing offline update... do we still have to do the same way u did it ur not?? thanks

[@TheAfroman]

Wait. I’m confused. I did this by downloading the update from MS directly. Is there an advantage to doing it this way? Vs. Downloading the MS update?

[@MrCarlosj0]

I think the old Xbone still needs to be done by scripts. The Ons S/X I have done just by the update file by itself. Anything more than 1TB needs the scripts though since there aren't any 2TB consoles around.

[@bomb447]

@@MrCarlosj0 The 1S had multiple 2TB special editions. I have a 1X and am wanting to go to a 2TB myself. Trying to figure out what to do.

[@brianculkin8987]

Just swapped ssd out in my one s and using the os1 update I get stuck at 89% and then back to e 200 or e201 every damn time.. would doing this help or is it something more? Anyone?

[@tannerjim]

I have a modified original xBox that I had customize YEARS ago (like 15 years ago??) that has a lot of emulated games on it. My son told me it is no longer booting. I have the 200gb drive out and attached to a PC. Windows only reports 98mb being used. Is there a tool I can run on PC to really see the drive contents? From watching your video's it appears Windows won't see actual disk usage. I am trying to recover/clone the old drive, but I am afraid all is lost :( Is there a way to use a new drive to get the 500+ emulated games I had on this old drive. Of course they will be different...just looking for a way to give some life to this original xBox again.

[@MrMario2011]

FATXplorer would be the best option.

[@tannerjim]

@@MrMario2011 Thanks for the reply. I tried that tool as well. Soooo strange the drive would simply be empty, as if it was formatted. Sadness kicks in 😮‍💨😢

[@sabianmateinnit]

BTW MrMario, you don't have to take off the black circular screws to take the hard drive out on most Xbox One S/X caddies. just unscrewing the corner ones comes off fine

[@lbarham2011]

Could anyone explain this to me please, Using Xbox one s and the past week it got slow nothing loaded so changed hdd partitioned using this guide but still getting error 101 also took the hdd out of a virgin TiVo box which is 1tb and the same happened, im not going believe that 2 hdds have failed one is basically brand new. Please any help let me know

[@justinquirk4738]

Hey there, when was the most recent time you've done this procedure? I have been trying the OSU update and it seems to fail every single time across multiple drives and multiple devices.

[@mkburdetteify]

Great tutorial! Can you follow these steps without the iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit, or are there special tools that are needed? I take it the screws are not all Phillips head.

[@MrMario2011]

The toolkit doesn't have anything proprietary for the Xbox, best to watch the video or check out another teardown to see what you'll need for your system.

[@tmerchead1]

This guy should have more subs!

[@MrMario2011]

I have way, way, way, WAY more than I ever anticipated or expected. More than enough, I just want the info out there, anything else that comes alongside it is a bonus 😁

[@ajax4mcr]

I have a question, if you wanted to transfer everything from your old hard drive to a new one, could you just use Macrium Reflect to copy everything from the old hard drive into the new and just put it install it back on the Xbox?

[@מיכאלמערכות]

great help! (lik allways) you the best!

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@nuts4lif361]

I´ve done everything like you said. But now i´m getting an error e101. Ready to throw it outside. Somebody please!!

[@TECH-cp8vv]

was able to upgrade my 1X to 2TB SSD with no struggle but will wait for the update to fix the boot animation since xbox releases update every month

[@ladreamin5008]

Terrific video! Also I saw another video where you can merge the unallocated space with Aomei Partition assistant to gain it back. Also once it's all do I just have to sign in and re-download all my games I'm guessing? my HDD is completely toast

[@dodgydruid]

For those wanting to put odd sized drives in, it is just easier to hand make the partitions yourself leaving the user content partition til last to use up the max free unallocated space. The scripts out there are damned good but only cover 500/1tb/2tb options which doesn't cover say 750gb size or rather it does but you lose a fair sized chunk as unallocated and unusable. Just note the file structure, set the System Update up around 15-20gb as the OSU1 has grown since the scripts creation and make sure to set the drive letters appropriately. You can self set up your Xbox hdd very quickly that way.

[@MrMario2011]

The 500 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB limits are there as that's not only what Microsoft officially supported, but there's been issues down the line with odd sized drives.

[@dolomenaxe7378]

help bro im stuck, after pressing offline update it fails

[@kyliejames8849]

i did everything accordingly but no luck

[@FFMMA]

Thank you so very much!

[@simoncossettini9680]

Great Video thanks - and your teardown and thermal paste video is awesome as well. 2025 January Update Experience. ------------------------------------------------------ Xbox One X 2018 EU Console. File used xboxonehdd-master-9. 2TB Crucial BX500 SSD target, converting from 1tb original HDD and migrating data. All worked great. Followed steps for " (b) Replace/Upgrade keeping original drive data" . Note 1. I did get some hiccups - the 2nd partition user data naming did not give "DUserContent" it just left it blank but respected the partition sizing requirements for the destination drive. I continued the duplication via the supplied batch file using Windows PowerShell and after did the "(c) Fix GUID values without formatting the drive" option after all was copied and source drive unmounted / disconnected, this corrected the naming and GUID perfectly. Note 2. It took a long time to clone (my user content was full to the point of being unable to add new games) - about 16hrs - connected to USB/SATA cable for source and USB3 /sata (external Housing rated USB3) - possibly used the wrong USB ports, maybe direct sata to MotherBoard might have been quicker. (While in the process I just roughly calculated the overall time remaining by adding up the large GB files that were completed and divided by the time spent and worked out how much more time needed for 800GB completiion - for me around 50gb / per hour transfer rate) After it completed it kicked me out of the Powershell while I was away from the computer so had a moment where I thought the whole clone process had crashed - but it was fine - just unmounted the source and did the Fix GUID option on the destination, did "(f) Check all partitions for file system errors" just in case (no errors) and installed the SSD into my X-box One X. All worked perfectly and the User content came up as 1.6TB on the console. No errors on boot and tested a few games, all running as it should.

[@MrJasonsoper]

What’s the biggest hard drive size you can fit internal ? Possible to fit a 5tb ?

[@MrMario2011]

2 TB, since that was the biggest size released. You can shove a bigger drive in there, but you can only use 2 TB of it.

[@JinghisKhan]

Great vid. Quick question, is there any reason we can't just take the old hard drive out and clone the entire thing using Arconis or Marcium reflect using a USB-to-SATA connector to a new drive directly?

[@matthewtalley3024]

Thank you so much much appreciated.

[@Cambeast123]

Followed step by step, with a brand new drive, but it won't finish the OSU without throwing an E101 error.

[@sammylahmeda7271]

so I just wiped the original xbox hard drive and did the same steps for the replace/upgrade option, but its stick on the temp content partition. Guess that means I need a new drive then right

[@brac150]

Hi. Nice tutorial, but I have issue with Xbox One X, I did all with 1TB ssd, and everything is smooth until 22:50 when I press "remove everything...", the console shuts down and restarts by itself without "Preparing console..." screen , but then error E102 appears. In general, I can continue installing recovery usb OSU1, but only with 500GB (365gb precisely). Any solution please?

[@kataseiko]

What happens if you place the boot animation from a different xbox into your OG xbox?

[@MrMario2011]

It'll show that different boot animation, but it will be reset to the normal one the next time you update.

[@davymaekelberg]

I wonder why u cannot immediately install the OSU1 on the drive? Cause first u reset the system, then shut it down and then do the OSU1? Thanks!

[@xmedina07]

After replacing the hdd. Can I reuse the old hdd?

[@MrMario2011]

Sure

[@chamelenfirebird]

Great detailed video. Recently picked up an original xbox one and wanted to replace the original hard drive with a Samsung 1tb SSD. I attempted your process twice from start to finish and cannot get the OSU1 system file to load. It starts at 1% then fails. I am going to try a WD SSD this week and see if that makes any difference but for now I am stuck with the original hard drive unless you have any other recommendations. Thanks again

[@waitwhosbrian]

same here, did you fix it?

[@mr_wildcast1136]

Sameeee did u fix it?

[@ayamasasaki]

I have a little problem for me, when i do this 22:07 after the xbox update it will reset it all and it put 500gb unlocated and it get me angry because i did everything its on this video and wont work, what sould i do??

[@rodssantos]

Did not work for my Xbox One S. Im using a 1TB Samsung 870 EVO, followed every single step of yours and many other tutorials and it always gives me Error 101... Then when I plug the original HDD back, it Restores just fine. How annoying

[@MrMario2011]

Should work just fine on a Xbox One S? There's nothing special across the three models aside from that boot animation.

[@rodssantos]

Thanks for your reply. I trully dont know what to do next. I tried few different usb sticks and nothing. I'm supper sad.

[@fretshot]

@@rodssantos same issue here, any update? I'm really sad

[@rodssantos]

@@fretshot I was finally able to make it work but I'm not sure what I did differently for that to happen. While I couldn't make this happen I purchased and external ssd case usb3.0. I did many tests with the SSD internally and it would for sure speed up the menu and the games. After that I put back the original HDD and installed my games on the ssd and plugged it on the USB. To my surprise the game loading times and performance were ABSOLUTELY THE SAME as if it was installed inside. Conclusion: I left the old hdd inside and ended up using the ssd externally so the speed would increase and I would have double the storage space. Good luck!

[@michaelnolan8151]

hi great video thanks. one question does the SSD have to be a high-performance drive? or can i just use a standard speed one 560gb/s

[@MrMario2011]

The Xbox One is limited to SATA II, sadly, so getting the latest and greatest SSD won't benefit you.

[@Arrozconchopsticks]

One X has sata 3, if that's what you have. Use a standard one.

[@lexbeltran1354]

I'm having trouble getting the top cover back on😮

[@MrMario2011]

Watch my Xbox One X disassembly and reassembly video.

[@Ouais_MaZette]

good evening the stage on the PC, we have to do it? because I don’t have the hardware to do it:/

[@garylewis6408]

Quick question: Can't you, after formatting the drive, put the anim file in A & B folders before you install the drive ? just curious