Hacking SX OS scans infinitly for games on my External HDD

[Deleted member 442567]

so basically i bougth my Intenso 3,5 3TB External hardrive with external power wall plug supply and it scans infinitly for games (.xci) theyre all dumped from my retail cardridges and they hdd doesnt seem to appear

 

[mickthestud]

It’s probably the hard drive I use a little 1 tb passbook and works flawlessly

 

[NathanBrown]

it is most definitely the hard drive, I have the same issue, there is no work around for this, sorry.

 

[Dthruking1]

It’s probably the hard drive I use a little 1 tb passbook and works flawlessly

is HDD loading on the switch seamless and easy? or is it slow?

 

[Spider_Man]

what format is the drive and where are they stored.

also have you tried a downloaded rom in case yours are bad dumps

 

[Deleted member 442567]

what format is the drive

ExFat

 

[Spider_Man]

ExFat

format it as ntfs, thats what mine is

 

[Deleted member 442567]

is HDD loading on the switch seamless and easy? or is it slow?

seamless and easy like its blinking pretty fast

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format it as ntfs, thats what mine is

huh but ive read that switch cant read ntfs

 

[Spider_Man]

seamless and easy like its blinking pretty fast

listen to your hdd usually if the disc is fucked youll hear the hdd head drop and keep clicking like a tap.......tap, if its fine the clicking will be faster.

if its the psu youll hear the drive try too boot up then wind down and try boot up again

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seamless and easy like its blinking pretty fast

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huh but ive read that switch cant read ntfs

the switch cant run games off usb hdd docked, sx os adds the support

 

[Deleted member 442567]

listen to your hdd usually if the disc is fucked youll hear the hdd head drop and keep clicking like a tap.......tap, if its fine the clicking will be faster.

if its the psu youll hear the drive try too boot up then wind down and try boot up again

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the switch cant run games off usb hdd docked, sx os adds the support

so i should format my hdd to ntfs? and it like goes this heres a vid of my hdd:https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/595281423393357859/596386135123558514/20190704_190042.mp4

 

[Spider_Man]

partition the drive to 2tb exfat should work

 

[mickthestud]

is HDD loading on the switch seamless and easy? or is it slow?

Yeah pretty seamless normally scans for a few seconds

 

[bostonBC]

How many games are on it? If you have hundreds it takes ages to scan.

 

[upfromtheskies]

I'm pretty sure the Switch won't work with drives over 2tb - you need to partition the drive into two parts. Also, if you have a lot of games, make sure to let SX OS finish reading them all before mounting them or the game you select will not mount. You'll need to let it scan all the games every time you go into the SX OS menu, which is annoying, but it's the price to pay for being able to have access to 2TB of games without installing.

 

[pcwizard7]

format it as ntfs, thats what mine is

does ntfs really work with the hdd support? since switch doesn't?

 

[upfromtheskies]

does ntfs really work with the hdd support? since switch doesn't?

Yes

 

[OLineGuy]

so basically i bougth my Intenso 3,5 3TB External hardrive with external power wall plug supply and it scans infinitly for games (.xci) theyre all dumped from my retail cardridges and they hdd doesnt seem to appear

Get a different external, preferably a western digital and format it exfat

I use this: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-eas...-3-0-hard-drive-black/6278208.p?skuId=6278208

 

[pcwizard7]

also make sure theres no special characters in filenames like the tm symbol for example

 

[Deleted member 442567]

Fixed it already guys tried out a diffrent drive