Xbox One:Hard Drive Replacement
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This guide will walk you through installing a new hard drive.
- A guide for using this script for stock consoles can also be found on MrMario2011's channel.
- Follow one of these guides to uninstall hdd Xbox One Xbox One S Xbox One S Digital Xbox One X
Requirements
- A new HDD or SSD up to 2TB
- A way to hook up the HDD or SSD to a PC
- A Windows computer or Windows virtual machine or a Linux Machine
- A USB storage device minimum 8GB formatted as NTFS
- OSU1
- xboxonehdd-master
Creating a NTFS USB
- Hook it up to a Windows or Linux Machine
- Format the Device by right clicking and clicking format or using an application on Linux that will let you format as NTFS
- In the OSU1 folder Copy the $SystemUpdate to the USB Drive
- Plug it into the Xbox One and finish following the Windows Guide
Windows Guide
- Extract the xboxonehdd-master zip folder somewhere you can find it.
- Go into the win folder inside
- Run powershell as administrator
- Run cd path to the win folder
- Run .\create_xbox_drive.bat
- It will look for several drive letters to make sure they are open
- If any are not open you will need to change the drive letter on the specific drive
- Press any key to continue
- There is several options to choose from.
- I am going to use a as it does not require the original drive
- Select the target HDD or SSD
- Click enter
- Double check the drive is one you want
- Type Y and enter
- Choose the option for the drive
- The script will start formatting the new drive with multiple different partitions
- Press any key to continue
- Hook up the HDD to the Xbox One
- Boot up the Xbox One
- It should boot up to a screen with Troubleshoot on it
- Go to Troubleshoot and press A'
- Press A on Offline System Update
- Now you are done
Missing the Boot Animation
- Hook up your original HDD if you still have it and go into the partition System Update
- Go into the A folder
- Copy the bootanim.dat onto your PC
- Remove the Old HDD from your PC and hook up the new HDD/SSD
- Copy the bootanim.dat to the A and B folders in System Update
- Hook up the HDD/SSD back into the Xbox one
- Enjoy having the Boot animation back on your Xbox