Replacing a Faulty Xbox One Hard Drive (Tutorial)

How to fix an Xbox One that has a dead hard drive preventing the console from booting. This video covers how to setup a replacement hard drive to work with the Xbox One.
Download Links:
OSU1 (Xbox OS Files): www.xbox.com/xboxone/osu1
Or find it on Xbox.com Support: www.xbox.com/en-US/
Xbox HDD Master Script & bootanim.xex: gbatemp.net/download/xbox-one...
AOMEI Partition Assistant: www.disk-partition.com/free-p...
Xbox One Disassembly Tutorial: • How to Open an Xbox On...

[@akshayc2408]

For anyone doing this in 2021 and beyond, it still works, but the size of the System Update folder in OSU1 has increased to 6.11GB. So the 12GB that the master script allots will not be enough. You should use the AOMEI Partition Assistant to add at leat 1.3 GB (so there is some extra just in case) to the System Update partition. If you have no unallocated data to draw from, use the Disk Partition tool to shrink the User Content partition and them merge that unallocated data to System Update. Hope this helps! All the best and Happy Gaming!

[@kunphorm8777]

You've saved me thanks!

[@akshayc2408]

@@kunphorm8777 happy to have helped keep another gamer alive!

[@Zacharuni]

King. Thank you.

[@Ryujisaan]

Thank you so much my man, i was panicking when i saw 'not enough space'.

[@srinivaskarthik2538]

@@akshayc2408 Ru from India I got the black screen of death any idea how to fix it

[@cherylgomes2834]

Thank you so much for this easy to follow tutorial and the links to all the necessary files. You made this mom a super hero today!

[@getuliohf]

I saw many tutorials about replacing or upgrading the xbox one's hard drive and this one was the easiest to understand.

[@rockbandq]

Thank you for this video! It is much better quality than others I've seen. I personally had an issue with the hard drive, though it wasn't making any strange noises. It wasn't updating properly and I'm guessing that some of the files became corrupted, however, using this video I was able to format it and reinstall it.

[@tjaybecker5818]

I had the exact same problem with the click. My HD was shot. Got a new SSD and DL'd everything listed. Followed the directions exactly as shown and it worked. Thank you!!!

[@salazarmighty2166]

thanks man, I just fixed mine, good tip telling us about the usb recovery, because I had to do that, but it now works great, thank you so much man!

[@spidiemouse]

I rarely leave reviews but Kudos to the guy who put this together. Worked a treat. My son only uses the Xbox for Forza now (he is a PS5 user) - so he is happy and my wallet is too 😀

[@richweindel]

FYI: This still works in 2023. Follow both Modded and Akshays instructions. My hard drive was fried. Hadn’t turned on my xbox one-s in 5 years, and tonight I had success.

[@danrobinson6538]

BEST VIDEO I HAVE CAME ACCROSS FOR HELP SO FAR

[@phillymosfetp3621]

So far the best put together video for this I have seen. I will be trying it out today and hope to keep my grandson happy

[@makfoxin]

Did it work?

[@Slaughterhousesean87]

Uggggh, thank you!!! All other videos were very convoluted. Sadly this didn’t resolve the problem for me but thank you for at least getting me through that part of troubleshooting because it was a headache.

[@iamShorteh]

Thank you for providing these links. After installing the OS on the new disk, I had to go through 4 more E-codes, but eventually we got there thanks to your tips.

[@robertdonald7190]

Thanks to your video I was able to swap out the hard drive in my ONE for something faster and bigger.

[@MickSmythe]

Thanks for the video. Saved my brother a lot of money. Took an old 1TB drive and did this for him and it worked. Thanks so much!

[@juz2tru]

Tried and true. My OG Xbox One is back up and running thanks to you, with a new 500GB SSD. Even runs smoother and quieter.

[@clownsfeet]

Thanks for taking the time to put this video together. I found it a great help

[@jontythewlis86]

An Epic legend, another console has been fixed thanks to this video

[@hammerbugg]

This still works in 2024. U saved my nephews Halo edition xbox one. Legend. Cudos to u and a sub

[@CERTIFRIEDDD]

man your such a legend u fixed my xbox and its been broke for ages now im so happy

[@berizzian]

I gave it a shot at my xo doing the offline update before replacing HDD and it worked! thanks for the detailed video.

[@TheWallace1977]

Hi, kudos from me too! The hard drive in my Xbox One was broken (Error102) Thanks to you, it's new again! FANTASTIC ! ! ! Thank you for the video and best regards from Germany ;)

[@garydunaway3960]

Thanks for this video! I popped E102 and E106 errors after following your process, but eventually cleared it up after running the USB update again. Working perfectly now.

[@nathanjohnson7714]

im having that problem, what can i do to fix it

[@nathanjohnson7714]

i am currently redownloading the system update on my flash drive, lmk what i can do to fix it

[@MuscleGaming03]

Bro!!! I was about to learn how to de-solder mosfets off a motherboard before i saw this video. Thanks alot man! Subbed!

[@KabelSalat-Bifi]

Without your tutorial I didn't fix my OG Xbox one. Thank You Man und greetings from Germany 🙂

[@ericlamont4130]

NOTE: Use a Western Digital HDD!! I followed this process with a 1TB Seagate on my Xbox One X. Got stuck at a black screen immediately after starting up. Even the USB stick method wouldn’t work. Took it all apart again, swapped to a WD drive, and it’s worked flawlessly since. Another commenter below also mentions his Seagate replacement not working with this method either. No idea why. This was an amazing tutorial, that aside. Saved me over $200 in repair costs to fix my dead HDD. Thank you!!!

[@MariaCorrea-mr2gy]

This must be the best video for this floating on youtube. Others are very cumbersome. Thx

[@RU4SERIOUS1]

Awesome video, fixed the problem right away, keep up the good content!

[@yashbs634]

Thank you so much... best video available fix xbox one with detailed instructions. My xbox was shutting down after few minutes. XBox hard disc had click of death. I replaced the 500GB WD Blue hard disk with 1TB Seagate hybrid drive. After booting i received Error 106 and it was fixed by booting via USB stick as per your instructions and it worked like a charm. Thanks again..

[@rohitjagan2976]

Thanks man, very detailed yet very simple video. Best wishes from India.

[@cybernigel9367]

Mine worked first time (didnt need the USB) - awesome video, many many thanks for posting.

[@JonBOY26]

Also, xboxonehdd-master-9 is now available and can be downloaded in a version that has its own user interface. You just have to click the boxes and it's takes you through the process, rather than using command prompt. So it's now even easier.

[@chrismdenham]

This saved me today! Step by step. Absolutely brilliant. And thanks to the pinned comment - increased by System Update drive to be a little bigger too. Worked without any error codes. 👏👏👏

[@christopherherman3798]

Thank you for this video, it clarified some steps that I needed to take. With the caveat that in my case, the system update partition was too small at 12GB, the OSU1 files in A and B came out to occupy a little more space than 12GB, I had a 2TB drive, I had 100GB of unallocated space (why?), I merged that with the System Space partition, and then I had to do the update through the USB anyway, but in the end, my Xbox One is now working!

[@malakhawash328]

Me too I have 500GB HDD and I had 700MB only unallocated so I merged them with the system update. Do I need more space for the system update?

[@X3_Dillin]

mine too

[@willdoestechthings2651]

Same here

[@MrYodafox]

Just wanted to say thanks for posting this Tutorial, it really helped me. With the lock down and the shit show that is 2020 both me and my son have used the xbox more than ever, so it breaking has been a nightmare. As he can't really hang out with his mates in these covid times, they all hang out in xbox party's instead. The one revision I'd suggest for the process is adding the boot animation to the memory stick, as if you have to use the stick you won't get the xbox boot animation the way you explained it.

[@oscarm3_]

how can you add the boot animation?

[@dodgydruid]

Gets a double thumbs up from me, being a knowlessman I saw my recently bought for £4 Xone powered on fine... black screen so assumed it was something terminal so set about reinstalling a new mobo only to test the 500gb HDD and man it was toast, pure and simple. Never seen a HDD report so full of failure and pre-failure listings, so got a 750gb one en route and hopefully this will be fixed up and a goer this time tomorrow. So now I have what should be a working mobo and dvd board so going to keep an eye out for a busted one and have two to play with :D

[@99wWillies]

Thank you very much for the video! It has been a huge help. I have saved my xbox 1s. A few notes on problems I had. After formatting the new hdd and installing it failed to load. I used a usb memory stick to boot from. The first try failed and erased the memory stick. If this process fails, repeat it. That is reformat the drive, install software again and check to see if usb got erased. Got it all working on the second try. Also, test it out before putting everything back together. Saves a headache if you need to rinse and repeat.

[@MrFruitflan]

best video on this subject, real easy to follow

[@proconsoles_nl]

Like always, very good video's. You speak so clear, that I think I could also understand you at 2x speed ;-)

[@JC-nd9kq]

Just did this on mine and so far its working fine, cheers

[@kevinanderson5961]

Nicely Done! Fixed a bricked Xbox One that a friend gave to me :)

[@Kunomata]

This fixed my xbox, thank you for the help, really saved my wallet!

[@diazr1843]

Thank you for this awesome vídeo. I was able to fix my son's xbox one by replacing the hdd with a ssd . it worked perfectly 👌. I did had to use the USB drive update offline method. but after that is perfect Thank you again.

[@JonBOY26]

Great video. Very helpful. When upgrading from the original HDD (still in working condition) to an SSD, would it be better to copy over the Xbox OS from the original drive or get the Xbox OS via the OSU1 update? I'm just wondering whether the fresh download of OSU1 would lead to a cleaner OS install and perhaps faster boot times.

[@adamuplinger5637]

Excellent guide!!!!!!! Brought my dead Xbox one x back to life.

[@DiegoCobain]

Is the same process for the one X ?

[@xdarkdragonx2727]

@@DiegoCobain yes

[@charlesl7137]

Thanks for the tutorial, you saved my xbox !

[@lennya7426]

My Xbox is working again, thank you so much you saved me 100$+

[@Sixintan6]

You are the best. Thankyou so much. You saved me so much trouble. Easily the best video out there.

[@vernschurter9958]

Thank you for making this video! I followed the directions and it worked! so my Xbox is back up and running! However, some of the links in the description above no longer work.

[@jedijoe1089]

Great tutorial m8t you got a sub from me I wanted to upgrade my 500gb to 1tb makes a big difference to storage I will use my 500 GB drive for external now.thanks a lot m8t found your step by step guide very easy and user friendly.

[@RenewedFaith]

Thanks brother, I appreciate your good works here!

[@ghanus2009]

Very good video. Thank you for taking the time to do this.

[@rileyjo7747]

This vid is fantastic. thank you for your clear (very clear!) explanations. sadly i don't have access to a PC, just a Mac.. i am assuming i can't run the partition and setup scripts using my Mac?

[@fvw5708]

Hi there, great video, got one remark though. When i did the hd replacement on my xbox i tried to use a Seagate hd. This did not work, so back to the store an got me a wd hd. This worked like a charm. It said so in the .txt file i read afther i hit this hd problem which accompanied the script. So all is good now and thx again for your very clear explanation, cheers!

[@theburto]

Thanks! this allowed me to recover a dead XboxOne - it turns out the partition table got corrupted and it lost all the partition information. Rebuild the drive an everything works again :D

[@frozenepsilon5295]

Saved my Xbox. Thank you!

[@bitsnbobs1969]

this was very helpfull the only video i could understand thank you

[@logicspirit5115]

Thank you for the tutorial. Everything is done good for me. ✌️👍

[@musicismyfirstlove]

Thankyou managed to change my hard drive in my xbox one using your video

[@Alenzky]

Thank you for this awesome video! it helps me a lot and save a lot of money! :D Keep it up brother!

[@postfiresaw]

hello man!!! Congrats for another video!!!please a question where can i find this hdd cable sata to usb to connect the hdd with laptop?

[@xdarkdragonx2727]

on electronic shops or buy on internet

[@602Seth]

Thank you. Worked perfectly. You are a life aver.

[@diegogomez297]

OMG!! This tutorial saved my console.. I was thinking to throw my xbox to the trash until I saw your video.

[@diegogomez297]

@@reza7531 No, at least mine is working fine since I’ve replaced the hd..

[@bapctech1]

just used on xb1 1540 worked perfectly with 5tb HDD

[@lylearrison9191]

Very Helpful , Thanks Mate!

[@sinicacade8567]

awesome teacher you are sir - it worked like a charm - also you just earned your self a sub ;-) - thanks man

[@ThatOneGuysDogsFriend]

you get a sub, IFixit tried to charge me 200+ for a fix, but you had me spend no more than $15 for a cheap hard drive to see if i can fix it. So thank you so much, if i could pay you i would.

[@weirdturnedpro1042]

Thank you!! This worked for me.

[@21NunoNunes]

Thanks man! You're a life saver!

[@clefklanentertainment1730]

VERY WELL DONE TUTORIAL

[@X360HotSwap]

there is settings to stop your email and credit from cycling on the dash... same on the 360 but no one has time to dig deep and find the options, plus xbox one keeps changing the layout so how the

[@Coopzzz360]

Just an FYI the new OSU1 file is too large to put in both in A and B folders. The X folder is only 12GB, I had to change the size of the X folder from 12GB to 20GB, I allocated the space from the temp content folder. Just wanted to mention it in case anyone else has the same issue.

[@Jon3syb0y]

Just fixed my daughters Xbox. You made it real easy. The power button doesn’t work anymore but at least she can play again lol

[@andrewbird3810]

I had issue with power button ages ago. 1) make sure ribbon cable is under the slideing plastic clip not over it. 2) gently pry between the button and the case and get some kitchen roll in there with a pry tool etc. If any residue is between the case and the internal button it doesnt work. Got xbox from a heavy vaper and that issue was eliquid reidue between button and case. The button is fixed right up against the case so be careful but worked for me

[@derikdang8829]

Thank you SO MUCH 👍 for such a detail instructions. I'm wondering that there is only WD 2.5" HD is compatible for XBox One, model 1540? Or I can replace with any 2.5" HD? Can I use 2.5" SSD drive instead of regular mechanical? Or there's no benefits from it? Thanks again.

[@driggt1]

Thanks so much, you just saved me a lot of money

[@davidsmith5095]

Great video! Worked first time, however it did fail again later and game installations stopped. My HDD probably has some internal surface damage or bad sectors. Took some time to clear again so windows could read it. I'm attempting again, however this time I'm running chkdsk /f /r to overwrite and repair any bad sectors first before running scripts and copying files onto the hdd. hopefully, it'll bind a bit better this time.

[@freshbutplain1144]

So you can restore a dead hard drive?

[@ahill007ny]

Thanks i was able to fix my nephew's OG XBOX ONE.

[@LequariusAudio]

Hi. I followed your video, and things seemed good until I tried to power on console. The TV show a signal showing 2160p on then no signal message, and console just sits there with the power button illuminated, but no boot. Just curious what troubleshooting steps you would recommend taking next? Thank you btw. Great video.

[@aureliendevaux3288]

Thanks you, your saved my life ;) good job

[@Non-Stick_Pan]

Great video thank you very much for doing this

[@TheNicholas911]

bro a hug thanks i watch so many videos but yours was the one to do it for me straight foreword and to the point thanks so much u saved me manga bucks

[@zerojr7278]

thanks for the video ❤️

[@leezarAbeeks]

hey well i faced a problem where the OSU1 is larger than the software update disk size cuz its now about 13 gb(when u copy on both A file and B file) and the partition is about 11.5 so i did merge the unallocated space to the system software update so its now 100gbs and it worked i used the partition assistant u mentioned to merge them in case it didnt work with some people this is a solution for them if the system file cant fit and i faced an error on booting it says system error and put in restart or trouble shoot and the method Modded Warfare did mention about the USB back up for the system worked for me thank you man u saved me twice

[@TheTwigglettE]

I followed your advice to a T and I have to say, thank you so so so much for this video because of you I was able to save my friends xbox, she only plays a few games because she works so much and that thing is her sanity so thank you sir for helping me save her xbox! I am currently about to sign on and everything is working perfectly fine now, so much thanks man!!! #NotAllHeroesWearCapes

[@abdelbakimohamed9723]

Thank You Man you are the best ❤❤

[@sumdumbgi]

Big thanks... my buddy has his hard drive crap out on him and this video helped me fix it so he doesn't have to buy a new one.

[@kalipasir2867]

Just got a used xbox one fat in 2023, only have 380gb storage, upgrade it to 1TB using this method, work like a charm. First use the cmd format program, using aomei(free version) partition set the size of system update folder to 14gb (because osu1 need 6.5gb x 2 (folder A & B)) copy $sysumpdate, plug in the hdd to xbox.

[@march12314]

Much appreciated, I'll be sure to keep this handy when I have the cash to afford a better drive.

[@march12314]

@Lil Rise 666 Yup, but I'm looking to upgrade the drive to a TB of SSD.

[@techbuildspcs]

march12314 for an Xbox one? That costs as much as the console

[@march12314]

@TeCh ExPlOiTs Where are you getting your SSD's from? I can easily grab a terabyte of SSD from Samsung for about $150. Not only that, but I have a spare 256GB lying around that ran for like 30 or 40.

[@techbuildspcs]

march12314 $150 is as much as the console is worth

[@march12314]

TeCh ExPlOiTs Brand new? No. Used? Yes.

[@jonhoward8274]

Great tutorial thanks! But I’m having some trouble reconnecting the front panel and getting the power button to work properly- any advice welcome!

[@thesincear9551]

Jon Howard same

[@g59lars]

There's a small little ribbon cable that connects the touch sensitive buttons to the rest of the console. If you just yanked the case off during disassembly you probably tore it, if it's not torn just reconnect the pins and it should work, I've seen people talk about it in other hdd replacement videos where they show them unplugging and plugging it back in.

[@khalilt6508]

You sir are a life saver

[@joshuamedina6528]

hello, can work just with the 1,2 and 4 partition? the script give error in the partition system suport and system uptade 2

[@RenewedFaith]

Just a friendly heads up.... the update files are bigger now so you will need to allocate more space to that volume to add all of the files to both A and B...

[@BroodyGen]

Can you still use the osu1 if you are in a preview program update?

[@jamieprice3016]

So my Internal drive is dead and needs to be replaced. Do I need a certain drive to use in the Xbox as I have a external 3.0 drive i was going to out inside. Also if I was to use that drive would I need to format it to be able to use it in my Xbox as it has over 25 games on it

[@dmacjr5036]

So if my hard drive is starting to crash I've been getting error codes and stuff I'm just going to upgrade it from now to SSD could I just copy it over or do I just need to format the new hard drive

[@PaverickFA18]

thank you so much saved me to buy a new one

[@MarioQuezada]

BIIIIIG Thumbs up! I'm putting the X animation on my S :D

[@sharodw454]

So... I guess the only other thing I can try and do is wait for another OSU1. because I'm plagued with the following errors after following all of your steps. On boot Preparing Console... E106 00000009 C0000102 E101 00000504 8B050041 When trying to install OSU And all of my online searching for answers has led me to believe this is because I'm enrolled in the preview program making it impossible to boot my system This video was and is full of insightful information though, more understandable than most vids out there for sure. 👍

[@CheetyPants1327]

My Xbox that I've had since around launch just stopped working about a year ago. I was too lazy too look into it after doing ALL troubleshooting. Microsoft said it would cost 150 to get it fixed. It would turn on and then shut off after about 15-20 seconds. I gave up. I decided to look into again yesterday, turns out it was the HDD, (I opened the hdd, head was stuck, moved it back to where it was supposed to be, baby came on as normal,but the head got stuck again) I just ordered a 2TB, gonna try this on Monday when it gets here, thank you for this.

[@mrnobody3114]

i know this is late but please update me i cant seem to get mine to stay on even after this video

[@CheetyPants1327]

@@mrnobody3114 It's possible that you may have a bad HDD, if you have another HDD lying around somewhere, try that and see if it works, Mine ended up working after I got the new one, still have it too lol good luck

[@CheetyPants1327]

Also, one of the partitions needs to be resized a bit, I don't remember which one though

[@Falcon5698]

great tutorial, One update id add is that the osu is now over 6gb so you cant copy and paste it to an A and B folder. I just skipped that part and had the OSU1 file update from a USB stick and it worked just fine.

[@shyannsing36]

Did you skip making A and B completely? I'm having the same problem.

[@richardstone8615]

???

[@derrickstinnett2054]

I know this is an old video but I was wondering if there was anywhere else to get the boot animation from? When ai try to get it it says I need permission