Tutorial  Updated

Xbox One Internal Hard Drive Upgrade or Repair: Build any size drive that works on any console

THREAD UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 2020:

Script version 9 has been released!
Version 9 is now completely re-written using PowerShell 5.1 instead of Windows Batch.
As a result, the code structure and process error checking is much improved.
On the downside the new script only supports Windows 10 and above however, the old script is still included and slightly improved as well.

As it stands there are now 3 Windows scripts to choose from and are functionally equivalent:
create_xbox_drive_gui.bat - which includes a graphical interface and is the new primary Xbox One hard drive partitioning script using PowerShell 5.1 for Windows 10 and above
create_xbox_drive.bat - which includes a command line interface similar to the original script using PowerShell 5.1 for Windows 10 and above
create_xbox_drive_old.bat - the original Windows Batch script supporting Windows 7 and above

Also, there is a new COMMON ISSUES section at the bottom of this thread.

Anyone wanting the latest and greatest news about everything Xbox One hard drive related continue reading below.

WHAT THIS IS:

This is a set of scripts that allow you to create a standard/official 2TB, 1TB, or 500GB internal hard drive that works on any Xbox One, Xbox One S, or Xbox One X console and can be reset and remain at that appropriate size. In effect, all Xbox One consoles are potentially 2TB consoles.

Additionally the newer version 7 of the Windows and Linux partitioning scripts can copy your standard/official 2TB, 1TB, or 500GB internal hard drive's content to a new standard 2TB, 1TB, or 500GB HDD, SSD, or SSHD. Version 7 can also copy to non-standard drive sizes between 256GB and 5TB with minimum 138GB and maximum 1947GB of available storage respectively.

In short, you can go from any Xbox One internal standard/official drive size to any other 2.5" standard or non-standard drive size.

These scripts should support systems using any language but particularly on Windows 10 you'll need to have "English (United States)" installed but does not need to be the default language.

For standard sizes this is NOT a hack or mod, this is a script which creates the exact hard drive structure Microsoft uses on each 2TB, 1TB, or 500GB console it sells.

In the several years I've been doing hard drive upgrades and repairs on the Xbox One I'm not aware of a single person being banned for this practice. That said, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

INTRO:
I've sat on this particular iteration of the scripts for about a month just to be sure that others were getting the same results that I was able to achieve.

That said, I've had a YouTube channel for about 4 years with the channel's goal being to help people upgrade or replace their existing and potentially broken Xbox One hard drive.

Larger 5TB, 4TB, and 3TB 2.5" hard drives have been around for some time but Microsoft has only officially supported up to 2TB drive sizes and will likely never support anything beyond this. Internally speaking of course, externally you can attach up to 16TB.
Xbox One internal drives have a 2TB limit that you cannot get around. This is a bug or feature by Microsoft's design.

While a big feature of this script is the ability to change any Xbox One to a 2TB, 1TB, or 500GB standard console that can be "Reset" at any time, the big caveat of non-standard sizes is that performing a console "Reset" will incorrectly format a non-standard drive requiring the recreation of a standard 2TB, 1TB, or 500GB drive.
That being said, resetting your console should be a rare occurrence.

Reddit user A1DR1K sent a message to me on YouTube informing me that he had figured out how the Xbox One determines drive size and it isn't tied to the console itself but rather the disk GUID.
This is a big deal. With a properly partitioned drive any console can use any size drive at any time. Officially Microsoft has defined 2TB, 1TB, and 500GB drive sizes and the latest script now supports them all.

So without further ado the script:
xboxonehdd-master-9.zip or use Google Drive

WHAT YOU NEED:
Aside from the scripts to partition a 2TB, 1TB, or 500GB drive you'll need or need to do the following:
  1. You have to be willing to open your console and potentially void the 1 year or extended warranty.
  2. When doing a 'Repair or Replace' a 2.5" HDD, SSD, or SSHD SATA drive with a minimum capacity of 500GB. You can use a drive larger than 2TB but you can only partition it as 2TB.
  3. When doing an 'Upgrade' a working standard/official 2.5" 2TB, 1TB, or 500GB source drive.
  4. When doing an 'Upgrade' a 2.5" HDD, SSD, or SSHD SATA target drive. This can be 5TB, 4TB, 3TB or 256GB but it can also be a standard size as well. For example, maybe you just want to upgrade from 500GB to 2TB.
  5. A way to attach 1 or 2 2.5" HDD, SSD, or SSHD SATA drives to a Windows or Linux desktop or laptop. This can be a SATA to USB adapter or installing the SATA drive temporarily in said desktop or laptop. I recommend the USB3S2SAT3CB .
  6. When doing a 'Repair or Replace' an 8GB or larger NTFS USB Flash drive to extract the contents OSU1.zip to.
  7. When using Linux instead of Windows another 8GB or larger FAT32 USB Flash drive for creating an Ubuntu Live USB Flash Drive.
REPAIR, REPLACE, OR UPGRADE AN XBOX ONE DRIVE USING WINDOWS:
I've created a detailed walk through found within the xboxonehdd-master-9.zip file:
xboxonehdd-master\win\readme_windows.txt
Last Updated: 2019/10/23
Author: XFiX
https://gbatemp.net/threads/xbox-on...-size-drive-that-works-on-any-console.496212/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLURaLwRqr6g14Pl8qLO0E4ELBBCHfFh1V

Creates a properly partitioned Xbox One hard drive. You'll want to source the
entire original drive files or use the latest OSU1 files.

FEATURES:
1. Create a Standard Xbox One 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB internal hard drive
2. Upgrade a Standard Xbox One drive to non-standard sizes including
as small as 138GB, as large as 1947GB, and other non-standard sizes
3. Set Standard Xbox One GUID values without formatting the drive
4. Backup "System Update" to current directory System_Update and more
5. Restore "System Update" from current directory System_Update and more
6. Check all partitions for file system errors using chkdsk
7. Wipe drive of all partitions and GUID values

This script is a direct replacement to create_xbox_drive.sh for Linux:
create_xbox_drive_old.bat is tested and works on Windows 7 and 10
create_xbox_drive.bat and create_xbox_drive_gui.bat are tested and only work
on Windows 10

You'll need some sort of USB to SATA device or have the ability to connect a
SATA drive directly to your PC. I recommend the USB3S2SAT3CB USB 3.0 to SATA
adapter cable.


NOTES AND WARNINGS:
NOTE 1: Xbox One internal drives have a 2TB limit that you cannot get around.
This is a bug or feature by Microsoft's design.
This is the video I made trying to fill a 5TB internal drive.

Version 7.0 and above max the "User Content" partition out at 1947GB.
Theoretically you can created a larger partition than this but you
cannot use the additional space.

NOTE 2: You need to run this script from an Administrator Command Prompt
using the "Run as administrator" feature.

NOTE 3: For this script to work on non-English Windows systems
C:\Windows\System32\en-US needs to be present.
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Language\Add languages
English (United States)

NOTE 4: Click "Cancel" or "X" on any "You need to format the disk in drive ?:
before you can use it." messages.

NOTE 5: diskmgmt.msc is your friend. Keep it open while running this script
to check progress and verify proper partitioning and formatting.

WARNING 1: E100 is bad. It is possible to do an offline update to resolve it
but this mostly isn't the case. E100 is the only know error that
actually refers to the Blu-ray drive. Under certain circumstances
during an Xbox One update the Blu-ray drive firmware can become
permanently corrupted. Any sort of Blu-ray drive failure involving
the daughterboard will brick your system since only the original
factory matching Xbox One motherboard and Blu-ray daughterboard can
be used together.
YOU CANNOT REPLACE A BLU-RAY DAUGHTERBOARD FROM ANOTHER SYSTEM!

WARNING 2: Only have one Xbox One or future Xbox One drive connected when
running this script to ensure the right drive gets formatted and
avoid Offline signature collisions!

This means disconnecting the SOURCE drive after:
(b) Replace/Upgrade keeping original drive data
but before:
(c) Fix GUID values without formatting the drive
When redoing the entire process run this step on the TARGET with
the SOURCE disconnected:
(g) Wipe drive of all partitions and GUID values

WARNING 3: Always use "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" and "Eject" the
newly created drive.
If you receive the message: "Windows can't stop your
'Generic volume' device because a program is still using it."
Either shutdown your system and remove the drive or use
diskmgmt.msc right click the disk, select "Offline", then "Online"
and then "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" and "Eject".

SCRIPT FUNCTIONS EXPLAINED:
(a) Replace/Upgrade without a working original drive (Standard Only) - used to fix systems when the original drive has failed
(b) Replace/Upgrade keeping original drive data (Standard and Non) - used to swap to a smaller or larger standard or non-standard drive
(c) Fix GUID values without formatting the drive (Standard and Non) - should be used after step (b) and after disconnecting the SOURCE drive
(d) Backup "System Update" to current directory (Standard and Non) - use before doing a Reset or Upgrade, better safe than sorry
(e) Restore "System Update" from current directory (Standard and Non) - use after doing a Reset or Upgrade, told you so
(f) Check all partitions for file system errors (Standard and Non) - optionally check for filesystem corruption or prepare for Clonezilla
(g) Wipe drive of all partitions and GUID values (Standard and Non) - used to blank a drive before rerunning step (b)
(h) CANCEL

PARTITION LAYOUT:
There are 5 partitions on an Xbox One drive. The 2nd partition 'User Content'
is what this selection refers to. The other 4 partitions are always the same
size regardless of the drive size.

All partitions are rounded to the nearest gibibyte (normally and not to be
confused with gigabyte). So options (d) through (g) will mostly do the right
thing. Options (a) through (c) are for wanting to force a particular size on
the target drive.

Most people should choose (a), (b), or (c). If you have a 256GB or 750GB you
should select (d). For 3TB, 4TB, or 5TB drives you should select (f).

(a) 500GB Standard (365GB) (779MB Unallocated)
(b) 1TB Standard (781GB) (50.51GB Unallocated)
(c) 2TB Standard (1662GB) (101.02GB Unallocated)
(d) Autosize Non-Standard w/ 500GB Disk GUID (1947GB MAX) - create an autosized 'User Content' resetting to 500GB
(e) Autosize Non-Standard w/ 1TB Disk GUID (1947GB MAX) - create an autosized 'User Content' resetting to 1TB
(f) Autosize Non-Standard w/ 2TB Disk GUID (1947GB MAX) - create an autosized 'User Content' resetting to 2TB


REPAIR AND UPGRADE PATHS:
Xbox One Internal Hard Drive Backup and Restore Upgrade

Menu roadmap:
(d) Backup "System Update" to current directory (Standard and Non)
(a) Replace/Upgrade without a working original drive (Standard Only)
(e) Restore "System Update" from current directory (Standard and Non)


Xbox One Internal Hard Drive Direct Copy Upgrade

Menu roadmap:
(b) Replace/Upgrade keeping original drive data (Standard and Non)
(c) Fix GUID values without formatting the drive (Standard and Non)


Xbox One Internal Hard Drive Repair or Replace Using

Menu roadmap:
(a) Replace/Upgrade without a working original drive (Standard Only)


EXAMPLE SCRIPT USAGE AND OUTPUT:
1. Unzip xboxonehdd-master-8.1.zip to the Desktop which will create an xboxonehdd-master directory
2. Open an Administrator Command Prompt:
Windows 7: Click "Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories" right click "Command Prompt" select "Run as administrator"
Windows 10 1607 and earlier: Right click "Start Menu" select "Command Prompt (Admin)"
Windows 10 1703 and later: Right click "Start Menu" select "Windows PowerShell (Admin)"
3. In the Command Prompt paste:
Command Prompt:
cd %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\xboxonehdd-master\win
Windows PowerShell:
cd $Env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\xboxonehdd-master\win
4. Then paste:
.\create_xbox_drive.bat

5. Follow all the prompts and be sure to select the appropriate drive. Example below:

**********************************************************************
* create_xbox_drive.ps1:
* This script creates a correctly formatted Xbox One HDD against the
* drive YOU select.
* USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
*
* Created 2019.10.08.8.1
* Last Updated 2019.10.22.8.1
* Now 2019.10.23 21:50:28
* PowerShell 5.1.18362.145
* Windows 10.0.18362
* PWD C:\Users\XFiX\Desktop\xboxonehdd-master\win
* System Type Intel64
* Language ID 0409
* Language UI en-US
**********************************************************************

* Administrative permissions confirmed *

* Are required drive letters available? Checking... *
* H: is free
* I: is free
* J: is free
* K: is free
* L: is free
* Found U: - Fixed Drive - Temp Content
* Found V: - Fixed Drive - User Content
* Found W: - Fixed Drive - System Support
* Found X: - Fixed Drive - System Update
* Found Y: - Fixed Drive - System Update 2

* WARNING: Any non-free drive letters above may interfere with this *
* script. Adjust the letters used in the 'Changeable drive *
* letters' section near the top of this script. *
* If you have an Xbox One drive attached non-free drive *
* letters are expected. *

Press any key to continue . . .

Select Xbox One drive creation type:
(a) Replace/Upgrade without a working original drive (Standard Only)
(b) Replace/Upgrade keeping original drive data (Standard and Non)
(c) Fix GUID values without formatting the drive (Standard and Non)
(d) Backup "System Update" to current directory (Standard and Non)
(e) Restore "System Update" from current directory (Standard and Non)
(f) Check all partitions for file system errors (Standard and Non)
(g) Wipe drive of all partitions and GUID values (Standard and Non)
(h) CANCEL

?: a
"a" was selected

* Scanning for connected USB/SATA drives . . . *
Disk Size Free Name
1 3726 GB 0 GB WDC WD40EZRX-00SPEB0
2 3726 GB 0 GB WDC WD40EZRX-00SPEB0
3 1863 GB 101 GB ASMT 2115

* Select TARGET Xbox One Drive . . . *
Enter c to CANCEL or use a Disk Number from the list above
?: 3
"3" was selected

GUID Dev Size Name
5B114955-4A1C-45C4-86DC-D95070008139 (2TB)
B3727DA5-A3AC-4B3D-9FD6-2EA54441011B U: 41 GB 'Temp Content'
869BB5E0-3356-4BE6-85F7-29323A675CC7 V: 1662 GB 'User Content'
C90D7A47-CCB9-4CBA-8C66-0459F6B85724 W: 40 GB 'System Support'
9A056AD7-32ED-4141-AEB1-AFB9BD5565DC X: 12 GB 'System Update'
24B2197C-9D01-45F9-A8E1-DBBCFA161EB2 Y: 7 GB 'System Update 2'


WARNING: This will erase all data on this disk. Continue [Y,N]?: y

* Disk 3 will be formatted as an Xbox One Drive . . . *

Select partition layout:
(a) 500GB Standard (365GB)
(b) 1TB Standard (781GB)
(c) 2TB Standard (1662GB)
(d) CANCEL

?: c
* Removing existing partitions with Clear-Disk . . . *

GUID Dev Size Name
A2A1044F-42EF-4279-B915-377EA82A63C3 (Unknown)

* Creating partition 1 with 44023414784 bytes . . .
* Creating partition 2 with 1784558911488 bytes . . .
* Creating partition 3 with 42949672960 bytes . . .
* Creating partition 4 with 12884901888 bytes . . .
* Creating partition 5 with 7516192768 bytes . . .

* Changing disk and partition GUID values with C:\Users\XFiX\Desktop\xboxonehdd-master\win\gdisk64 . . .

* Formatting and labeling partition 'Temp Content' . . .
* Formatting and labeling partition 'User Content' . . .
* Formatting and labeling partition 'System Support' . . .
* Formatting and labeling partition 'System Update' . . .
* Formatting and labeling partition 'System Update 2' . . .

GUID Dev Size Name
5B114955-4A1C-45C4-86DC-D95070008139 (2TB)
B3727DA5-A3AC-4B3D-9FD6-2EA54441011B U: 41 GB 'Temp Content'
869BB5E0-3356-4BE6-85F7-29323A675CC7 V: 1662 GB 'User Content'
C90D7A47-CCB9-4CBA-8C66-0459F6B85724 W: 40 GB 'System Support'
9A056AD7-32ED-4141-AEB1-AFB9BD5565DC X: 12 GB 'System Update'
24B2197C-9D01-45F9-A8E1-DBBCFA161EB2 Y: 7 GB 'System Update 2'

* Found Drive X: 'System Update'

* Script execution complete.
* Ended: 2019.10.23 21:51:50
* Script ran for 81 seconds

Press any key to continue . . .

6. The last bit of output should look like the following, except for the
first line depending on the drive size, if not run the script again:
A2344BDB-D6DE-4766-9EB5-4109A12228E5 (500GB)
25E8A1B2-0B2A-4474-93FA-35B847D97EE5 (1TB)

GUID Dev Size Name
5B114955-4A1C-45C4-86DC-D95070008139 (2TB)
B3727DA5-A3AC-4B3D-9FD6-2EA54441011B U: 41 GB 'Temp Content'
869BB5E0-3356-4BE6-85F7-29323A675CC7 V: 365 GB 'User Content'
C90D7A47-CCB9-4CBA-8C66-0459F6B85724 W: 40 GB 'System Support'
9A056AD7-32ED-4141-AEB1-AFB9BD5565DC X: 12 GB 'System Update'
24B2197C-9D01-45F9-A8E1-DBBCFA161EB2 Y: 7168 MB 'System Update 2'

7. To view the log file paste this:
Command Prompt:
notepad %TEMP%\create_xbox_drive.log
notepad %TEMP%\create_xbox_drive_cli.log
notepad %TEMP%\create_xbox_drive_gui.log
notepad %TEMP%\RoboCopy-Temp_Content.log
notepad %TEMP%\RoboCopy-User_Content.log
notepad %TEMP%\RoboCopy-System_Support.log
notepad %TEMP%\RoboCopy-System_Update.log
notepad %TEMP%\RoboCopy-System_Update_2.log
Windows PowerShell:
notepad $Env:TEMP\create_xbox_drive.log
notepad $Env:TEMP\create_xbox_drive_cli.log
notepad $Env:TEMP\create_xbox_drive_gui.log
notepad $Env:TEMP\RoboCopy-Temp_Content.log
notepad $Env:TEMP\RoboCopy-User_Content.log
notepad $Env:TEMP\RoboCopy-System_Support.log
notepad $Env:TEMP\RoboCopy-System_Update.log
notepad $Env:TEMP\RoboCopy-System_Update_2.log

8. OPTIONAL (skip if OSU1 doesn't match the last successful update):
Download the latest OSU1.zip which contains the files:

$SystemUpdate/host.xvd
$SystemUpdate/SettingsTemplate.xvd
$SystemUpdate/system.xvd
$SystemUpdate/systemaux.xvd
$SystemUpdate/systemmisc.xvd
$SystemUpdate/systemtools.xvd
$SystemUpdate/updater.xvd

Place them in the 'System Update' partition as:

A/host.xvd
A/SettingsTemplate.xvd
A/system.xvd
A/systemaux.xvd
A/systemmisc.xvd
A/systemtools.xvd
B/host.xvd
B/SettingsTemplate.xvd
B/system.xvd
B/systemaux.xvd
B/systemmisc.xvd
B/systemtools.xvd
updater.xvd

Also I walk you through the entire process in the following videos:

Repair or Replace Using Windows:


Direct Copy Upgrade Using Windows:


Backup and Restore Upgrade Using Windows:


REPAIR, REPLACE, OR UPGRADE AN XBOX ONE DRIVE USING LINUX:
I've created a detailed walk through found within the xboxonehdd-master-8.zip file:
xboxonehdd-master/linux/readme_linux.txt
Last Updated: 2018/11/16
Author: XFiX
https://gbatemp.net/threads/xbox-on...-size-drive-that-works-on-any-console.496212/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLURaLwRqr6g14Pl8qLO0E4ELBBCHfFh1V

Creates a properly partitioned Xbox One hard drive. You'll want to source the
entire original drive files or use the latest OSU1 files.

FEATURES:
1. Wipe drive of all partitions and GUID values
2. Create a Standard Xbox One 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB internal hard drive
3. Upgrade a Standard Xbox One drive to non-standard sizes including
as small as 138GB, as large as 1947GB, and other non-standard sizes
4. Set Standard Xbox One GUID values w/o formatting the drive

Make an "UBUNTU FAT32" flash drive with ubuntu-17.10.1-desktop-amd64.iso or
newer created with LinuxLive USB Creator 2.9.4.exe

Download Linux Live USB Creator:
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/download

Download Ubuntu Desktop:
https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

You'll need some sort of USB to SATA device or have the ability to connect a
SATA drive directly to your PC. I recommend the USB3S2SAT3CB USB 3.0 to SATA
adapter cable.


NOTES AND WARNINGS:
NOTE 1: Xbox One internal drives have a 2TB limit that you cannot get around.
This is a bug or feature by Microsoft's design.
This is the video I made trying to fill a 5TB internal drive.

Version 7.0 and above max the "User Content" partition out at 1947GB.
Theoretically you can created a larger partition than this but you
cannot use the additional space.

WARNING 1: E100 is bad. It is possible to do an offline update to resolve it
but this mostly isn't the case. E100 is the only know error that
actually refers to the Blu-ray drive. Under certain circumstances
during an Xbox One update the Blu-ray drive firmware can become
permanently corrupted. Any sort of Blu-ray drive failure involving
the daughterboard will brick your system since only the original
factory matching Xbox One motherboard and Blu-ray daughterboard can
be used together.
YOU CANNOT REPLACE A BLU-RAY DAUGHTERBOARD FROM ANOTHER SYSTEM!


REPAIR AND UPGRADE PATHS:
Xbox One Internal Hard Drive Direct Copy Upgrade


Xbox One Internal Hard Drive Repair or Replace



EXAMPLE SCRIPT USAGE AND OUTPUT:
1. Unzip xboxonehdd-master-7.zip to the root of the "UBUNTU FAT32" flash drive which will create an xboxonehdd-master directory
2. Boot the "UBUNTU FAT32" flash drive and choose "Try Ubuntu"
3. Right click the desktop and select "Open Terminal"
4. cd /media/cdrom/xboxonehdd-master/linux
5. Use the following command to find the drive you wish to partition, /dev/sdb in my case but your case may be different:
sudo ./list_part_info.sh

Current Drive List:
Disk /dev/sda: 480GB
Disk /dev/sdb: 2000GB
Disk /dev/sdc: 16.0GB

Usage: list_part_info.sh /dev/sd*

Examples:
list_part_info.sh /dev/sdb (List Disk Partition Information)

6. sudo ./create_xbox_drive.sh

Last Updated: 2018.05.10.7.0
Usage: create_xbox_drive.sh [options]

Options:
-c|--source Source drive to copy data to target drive -d with -s 2
-d|--drive Target drive to install Xbox filesystem
-s|--stage Install stage [0|1|2|3]
0 - will fully erase drive -d
1 - will erase and partition drive -d
2 - will copy source drive -c data to target drive -d
3 - will rewrite drive -d GUIDs
-t|--disktype Disk GUID to set [0|1|2]
0 - 500GB
1 - 1TB
2 - 2TB
-m|--mirror Mirror standard partition sizes specified with -t on drive -d
Not using this option will autosize 'User Content'
-h|--help Display help

Examples:
create_xbox_drive.sh -d /dev/sdb -s 0 (Erase a drive)
create_xbox_drive.sh -d /dev/sdb -s 1 -t 2 -m (Partition standard 2TB drive)
create_xbox_drive.sh -d /dev/sdb -s 3 -t 2 -m (Rewrite 2TB GUIDs)

7. First erase and partition the specified drive:

NOTE: Replace /dev/sdb with your drive, change -t 2 to -t 0 for
500GB drives and -t 1 for 1TB drives, and optionally use -m to force
standard Xbox One Partition sizes

sudo ./create_xbox_drive.sh -d /dev/sdb -s 1 -t 2 -m
8. OPTIONAL (skip if you don't have a working standard Xbox One drive):
Second if you have a working standard Xbox One drive you can copy the data
from that drive to the new drive with:

NOTE: Replace /dev/sda with your source drive, /dev/sdb with your target
drive, change -t 2 to -t 0 for 500GB drives and -t 1 for 1TB drives, and
optionally use -m to force standard Xbox One Partition sizes

sudo ./create_xbox_drive.sh -c /dev/sda -d /dev/sdb -s 2 -t 2 -m
9. Third rewrite the drive GUID values to Xbox One compatible ones:

NOTE: Again replace /dev/sdb with your drive, change -t 2 to -t 0 for
500GB drives and -t 1 for 1TB drives, and optionally use -m to force
standard Xbox One Partition sizes

sudo ./create_xbox_drive.sh -d /dev/sdb -s 3 -t 2 -m
10. Check to see that your newly created drive matches the output below:
5B114955-4A1C-45C4-86DC-D95070008139 /dev/sd* (2TB)
25E8A1B2-0B2A-4474-93FA-35B847D97EE5 /dev/sd* (1TB)
A2344BDB-D6DE-4766-9EB5-4109A12228E5 /dev/sd* (500GB)

sudo ./list_part_info.sh /dev/sdb
GUID Dev Size Name
5B114955-4A1C-45C4-86DC-D95070008139 /dev/sdb (2TB)
B3727DA5-A3AC-4B3D-9FD6-2EA54441011B /dev/sdb1 (41.0 GiB) 'Temp Content'
869BB5E0-3356-4BE6-85F7-29323A675CC7 /dev/sdb2 (1.6 TiB) 'User Content'
C90D7A47-CCB9-4CBA-8C66-0459F6B85724 /dev/sdb3 (40.0 GiB) 'System Support'
9A056AD7-32ED-4141-AEB1-AFB9BD5565DC /dev/sdb4 (12.0 GiB) 'System Update'
24B2197C-9D01-45F9-A8E1-DBBCFA161EB2 /dev/sdb5 (7.0 GiB) 'System Update 2'

11. OPTIONAL (skip if you are able to do step 8, also skip if OSU1 doesn't
match the last successful update):
Mount /media/ubuntu/System\ Update/ by right clicking the proper drive in
the left hand menu and select Open
12. OPTIONAL (skip if you are able to do step 8, also skip if OSU1 doesn't
match the last successful update):
Download the latest OSU1.zip which contains the files:

$SystemUpdate/host.xvd
$SystemUpdate/SettingsTemplate.xvd
$SystemUpdate/system.xvd
$SystemUpdate/systemaux.xvd
$SystemUpdate/systemmisc.xvd
$SystemUpdate/systemtools.xvd
$SystemUpdate/updater.xvd

Place them in the 'System Update' partition as:

A/host.xvd
A/SettingsTemplate.xvd
A/system.xvd
A/systemaux.xvd
A/systemmisc.xvd
A/systemtools.xvd
B/host.xvd
B/SettingsTemplate.xvd
B/system.xvd
B/systemaux.xvd
B/systemmisc.xvd
B/systemtools.xvd
updater.xvd

Also I walk you through the entire process in the following videos:

Repair or Replace Using Linux:


Direct Copy Upgrade Using Linux:


CONCLUSION:
While the PS4 will always have the advantage when it comes to internal hard drive upgrading and replacement in terms of difficulty.
Now the Xbox One can finally support the same functionality.

Finally, if you want to know if the Xbox One X is using Internal SATA3 over the Xbox One S and original models SATA2.
Perhaps you want to know how much faster an SSHD, SSD, or 7200RPM HDD would be in comparison to a stock 5400RPM HDD.

Look no further than lilhed's video:


COMMON ISSUES:
A couple quick points about the E101 error and offline updates:
  1. When doing an offline update using the contents of OSU1.zip extracted to an NTFS formatted USB drive and you are greeted with an E101 error 9 times out of 10 your system is part of the dashboard preview program and is newer than the current OSU1 version. The current OSU1 version is 10.0.17763.4088 as of 2019/04/09. If your version is newer than this you will have to wait until the OSU1.zip version is updated past your version. Alternatively, if you have another console in the dashboard preview program you could copy over it's "System Update" A and B folders.
  2. In 2019 OSU2.zip and OSU3.zip are useless. They haven't been updated in years and are for updating Xbox One OS 6.3 and day one consoles respectively. Don't waste your time with these.
The E100 error is a Blu-ray drive issue NOT the hard drive. Do NOT swap Blu-ray drives between systems.
You may see an E100 error during an offline update likely relating to a failed Blu-ray firmware update. Sometimes this can be resolved by forcing the offline update a second time.
For more information check out the following video:


Update May 14, 2019 E105 and E102 errors on Xbox One X models:
There does appear to be an epidemic with Xbox One X consoles suddenly producing E105 errors and then E102 when trying to force an OSU1 offline update.
This does appear to be file/data corruption rather than a physical hardware issue and I believe there is an OS bug in combination with increased system temperatures.
Often leaving the system off for a while resolves the bad behavior only to resurface when the system heats up again.
If under warranty call Microsoft, if not I would suggest 3 things if you have the means.
  1. Wipe the disk and start with a cleanly formatted Xbox One disk.
  2. Many have mentioned doing step 1 with a new HDD or SSHD only fixes the issue temporarily. In which case upgrading to an SSD may help. SSD drives produce and are less affected by heat.
  3. Change the (APU) thermal paste. I recommend Arctic Silver 5 but any high quality paste will do.
 
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I would never have thought of that =]
  • Then the only thing I'd recommend is buying some rubber squares (can be found at hardware stores, walmart, etc. in a multi-pack with 4" X 4" pieces of rubbr), cutting four 1/2" X 1/2" squares out, and using each in between the casing and HDD.
As far as compatibility, provided there's enough room for the drive with an air gap on either side, there shouldn't be any issue. IIRC when I read through the script code and readme, I think 5TB HDDs require one of the non-conventional options when running the script
 
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Hey, I've done it to my Xbox One S which didn't have a working drive, it gives me error E100 00000703 80910008. The ODD doesn't pull the disc automatically, I have to press the eject button twice for it to pull my disc, but other than that it's just fine, the disc spins, laser is working, it ejects the disc fine and I think the drive PCB is good as well (at least it gets detected, the console takes more time to throw up the error with drive disconnected than it does when I connect power and data cables). So, is it possible to just swap my ODD with a working one to finish the update? Could I install the HDD into an OG Xone to finish the setup and then put it back to the One S? Any help is appreciated!
 

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ODD can simply be disconnected... it doesn't have to be connected for the rebuild of the OS.
I tried leaving it disconnected as well, still no dice. Should I wait for a new update or should I just ditch this console and buy another one?
EDIT: It was already on last system update with dead HDD when I started.
 
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I tried leaving it disconnected as well, still no dice. Should I wait for a new update or should I just ditch this console and buy another one?
That's because the issue is not your ODD, but the A & B folders on the System Update partition... it wouldn't matter if you swapped the HDD into another X or S (OG XB1 will likely not work, as the vhd's are different due to the different hardware and drivers.. it's not like swapping between PCs)

When you state the S didn't have a working drive, do you still have the drive?
  • If so, delete all files from the new HDD's System Update partition, then copy all files from the old HDD's System Update partition to the new one.
  • If not, you're gonna have to watch the OP's YouTube videos to try and copy what he did, however I can tell you from experience with the OG XB1, without the System Update partition files from the old HDD, it's a pain to get the new HDD to work right (it will eventually, but it's a long trial and error process, so patience is a must =])
    • You're gonna need the OSU1, OSU2, and OSU3 files, and to have something to reference and go off of, take a look at the wiki I wrote for the OG XB1 HDD replacement
      • DO NOT follow the steps, as some are not compatible with the X and S, and I haven't had time to compare the steps to what's required for the S and X yet
 
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That's because the issue is not your ODD, but the A & B folders on the System Update partition... it wouldn't matter if you swapped the HDD into another X or S (OG XB1 will likely not work, as the vhd's are different due to the different hardware and drivers.. it's not like swapping between PCs)

When you state the S didn't have a working drive, do you still have the drive?
  • If so, delete all files from the new HDD's System Update partition, then copy all files from the old HDD's System Update partition to the new one.
  • If not, you're gonna have to watch the OP's YouTube videos to try and copy what he did, however I can tell you from experience with the OG XB1, without the System Update partition files from the old HDD, it's a pain to get the new HDD to work right (it will eventually, but it's a long trial and error process, so patience is a must =])
    • You're gonna need the OSU1, OSU2, and OSU3 files, and to have something to reference and go off of, take a look at the wiki I wrote for the OG XB1 HDD replacement
      • DO NOT follow the steps, as some are not compatible with the X and S, and I haven't had time to compare the steps to what's required for the S and X yet
      • OSU1: https //download.microsoft.com/download/D/F/7/DF7064D0-F50E-48E2-B6AE-31CAD3C3C435/OSU1.zip
      • OSU2: https //download.microsoft.com/download/8/2/9/829B7C2F-BDEA-4A5B-9EC3-7594412EFD71/OSU2.zip
      • OSU3: https //download microsoft.com/download/8/2/9/829B7C2F-BDEA-4A5B-9EC3-7594412EFD71/OSU3.zip
I don't have the old drive, it was really dead, the One S wouldn't boot with it, the 360 gave me error E68, the PC wouldn't recognize it (not even in the BIOS nor in the disk management, diskpart didn't find it either)
 

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I don't have the old drive, it was really dead, the One S wouldn't boot with it, the 360 gave me error E68, the PC wouldn't recognize it (not even in the BIOS nor in the disk management, diskpart didn't find it either)
Why would you try it in a 360... of course that wouldn't work, as the 360 use a FAT32 fs.
  • On top of that, you can't just plop an HDD into a 360, as you must re-write the drive identification since the 360 was locked to specific HDD models
You're gonna need to follow the steps under the bullet "If not..."
  • I'd be curious if anyone has found a way to write to the NAND flash via serial yet, as what's causing your issue is the files in the A & B folders don't match the rebuild files on the NAND flash (the NAND flash was successfully read from a few months after the OG XB1 was released).
 
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Why would you try it in a 360... of course that wouldn't work, as the 360 use a FAT32 fs.

You're gonna need to follow the steps under the bullet "If not..."
It's an RGH system, it was supposed to at least boot the system from NAND and then give me the option to format it. So, I'm gonna need OSU1, 2 and 3 to get it working?
 

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It's an RGH system, it was supposed to at least boot the system from NAND and then give me the option to format it. So, I'm gonna need OSU1, 2 and 3 to get it working?
The system is booting from NAND.... WinRE and the EFI boot files, among other things, are contained on the NAND flash.

Yes, and like I said, this will be a process of trial and error and it will eventually work, but patience is a must =]
 

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The system is booting from NAND.... WinRE and the EFI boot files, among other things, are contained on the NAND flash.

Yes, and like I said, this will be a process of trial and error and it will eventually work, but patience is a must =]
I'm not really the patient kind of guy, but I paid around $160 for it (new system in my country is about $480, which is pretty expensive), so I think I'll keep on trying. If I can't get it to work I'm gona sell it "as is" and buy a new system, at least it will have M$ warranty
 

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I'm not really the patient kind of guy, but I paid around $160 for it (new system in my country is about $480, which is pretty expensive), so I think I'll keep on trying. If I can't get it to work I'm gona sell it "as is" and buy a new system, at least it will have M$ warranty
You'll get it to work eventually, as you just have to find the correct combination of files in the A & B folders, along with the correct updater vhd in the root of System Update.
  • I do highly recommend watching the YouTube videos of the OP, as he does show how to rebuild without a working drive.
Folder A contains the files from the previous update, whereas Folder B contains the files from the current update
  • Folder A: Empty => Folder B OSU1
  • Folder A: OSU1 => Folder B OSU2
  • Folder A: OSU2 => Folder B OSU3
 
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You'll get it to work eventually, as you just have to find the correct combination of files in the A & B folders, along with the correct updater vhd in the root of System Update.
  • I do highly recommend watching the YouTube videos of the OP, as he does show how to rebuild without a working drive.
Folder A contains the files from the previous update, whereas Folder B contains the files from the current update
  • Folder A: Empty => Folder B OSU1
  • Folder A: OSU1 => Folder B OSU2
  • Folder A: OSU2 => Folder B OSU3
The error screen says it was already in the latest public update, the HDD is new, already partitioned with OP's script, So I need to download OSU1, 2 and 3 from M$ and then one of these 3 folders combination should work? Right now I have put the latest OSU1 files on both folders A and B. Sorry you're having to spoon-feed me, but I got this One S 3 days ago and couldn't even get to the dashboard yet
 

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The error screen says it was already in the latest public update, the HDD is new, already partitioned with OP's script, So I need to download OSU1, 2 and 3 from M$ and then one of these 3 folders combination should work? Right now I have put the latest OSU1 files on both folders A and B. Sorry you're having to spoon-feed me, but I got this One S 3 days ago and couldn't even get to the dashboard yet
As I stated, watch the OP's Youtube videos... I cannot walk you through this step by step. What you will need to do is try different combinations of the A & B folders, and once the right combination occurs, the OS rebuild will occur. As I said, it's trial and error.

I did forget to mention one thing... once you finish with the OP's scripts, remove the drive letter from every partition, then unmount the drive from Windows via the "Remove USB storage" or something similar to that (there should be an icon collapsed task area next to the clock on the task bar). Do not simply unplug the drive from the PC, without first unmounting the drive.
  • You can either remove the drive letters via Disk Management [Win]+[X] or diskpart
 
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As I stated, watch the OP's Youtube videos... I cannot walk you through this step by step. What you will need to do is try different combinations of the A & B folders, and once the right combination occurs, the OS rebuild will occur. As I said, it's trial and error.

I did forget to mention one thing... once you finish with the OP's scripts, remove the drive letter from every partition, then unmount the drive from Windows via the "Remove USB storage" or something similar to that (there should be an icon collapsed task area next to the clock on the task bar). Do not simply unplug the drive from the PC, without first unmounting the drive.
  • You can either remove the drive letters via Disk Management [Win]+[X] or diskpart
Turning off and then removing wouldn't be the same, since there would still be letters assigned to it, right? If so, it may be the problem since I didn't remove the letters from any partitions
EDIT: I'm using SATA directly to motherboard
 

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This was in my System Support partition:

ODDFW update sequence: 21.
FOUND DeviceInstance AHCI\Port\0
Got PDO: \Device\00000017
Drive type detected: Elk.
Drive is Locked!
Nvkey is Programmed!
Found firmware FW_0001.bin.
Firmware version match, no FW update is needed
Update is not neccessary.
Drive is Locked!
Nvkey is Programmed!
ODD token found in factory settings, consider ODD is paired.
PV+ console already locked, skip lock down.
Auth IOCTL 000240C4 failed, error = e0e80085
IOddDriverApi::DriveAuthPowerOn failed
ODDFW update failed, hr = 80910008, retry again in two seconds.

I think the "Auth IOCTL 000240C4 failed" means "input/output controller", which might be the bad component in my ODD (disc sensor). Also, it says ODDFW update failed, with the 80910008 code, it's starting to make some sense.
 
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To the OP,
Thanks for the scripts and instructions in this post.

I just want to make everyone aware that the windows scripts (xboxonehdd-master-6.1.zip) will NOT work on a system with a multi-drive "Storage Space" (and I assume any other raid array).
The problem is that a multi-drive array is counted as 1 drive, but the drive numbers you need to select are based on the number of physical drives.
The script limits the drive number you can type to what it counted, so you can't enter the last x drives connected (where x is the number of drives in the array - 1).
My suggestion to fix the script would be to set the exit key to a letter (e.g. 'x') and not restrict the numbers allowed.
 

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Hi, thank you for the super useful tool and instructions.
I have a problem with my fat Xbox one.
This had a faulty hdd that during a past update gave me the error e100 with ridiculosy long bootup times. So I created a new drive with the tool v6.1 on linux following the guided video. I also created the ntfs recovery usb stick with the osu1 files on it. The console boot up and start the update. Everything went well until the "applying update 33%" with the overall at 71%. The update stucks and the console gives error e102. I already tried to apply the "58% fix" but without any success... I found another user from another forum with the same issue but no one answered him.
What can I do? Thanks for your support and ask if you need any other detail!
 

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having same issue stuck at applying update. i did an offline update but gets stuck and then give me error 100. i tried to reset but it just gives me error
 

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I solved my issue doing the following things:
1) Changed PC (worked with a Dell Latitude e7240)
2) Changed Linux live distro (from Linux Mint to Kali)
3) Changed the PATA TO USB interface
4) Changed replacement HDD with a new one

Putted the new hard drive in and the update went on from 72% to complete. The console is like new now. Hope to be useful to someone
 

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