How To Play Games From External Hard Drive

[MikeTheKnight2016]

Do I need to
1) Run GuiFormat and format Drive
2) Copy over the appropriate XEX files
3) Plug-in USB
4) Use aurora and set the game path as secondary for external drive
5) Profit

Are those the steps? (I'm not to familiar with aurora but I sure can learn)

 

[godreborn]

I think it's the same as FSD, but yes, like that.

 

[DinohScene]

I'd stick to internal loading but eh.

USB devices have to be FAT32, just set your dash to whatever location you have your games on and it'll load fine.

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

@DinohScene -> The internal drive is full...and I don't have a larger one handy atm

@godreborn -> awesome appreciate it!

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

I've got the USB drive set as FAT32...used GUIFormat to format the drive as FAT32...when I plug the external drive into XBOX it shows as an unformatted device. Ideas?

 

[godreborn]

I've got the USB drive set as FAT32...used GUIFormat to format the drive as FAT32...when I plug the external drive into XBOX it shows as an unformatted device. Ideas?

in system settings? iirc, you have to format it on the xbox if you're going that route. however, FSD and Aurora should be able to read the FAT32 partition.

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

oh damn.

I have Aurora and when I open up file manager it does not see the drive...

Unless, I'm just doing something stupid...thoughts?

 

[godreborn]

don't know. I don't use Aurora.

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

Anyone here use aurora that can tell me what I did incorrectly?

Why is the RGH not recognizing my external drive?

 

[godreborn]

Anyone here use aurora that can tell me what I did incorrectly?

Why is the RGH not recognizing my external drive?

Does it show up in stock?

 

[CoolMe]

Anyone here use aurora that can tell me what I did incorrectly?

Why is the RGH not recognizing my external drive?

If your external hdd is fat 32 it should read from it, and games should work when launched from Aurora. I have a usb flash drive with some games and it works.
Now, you need to add the games path for this hdd in Aurora.
You say you can't access the hdd with Aurora's file manager?

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

@CoolMe - yes when I look at aurora file manager it does not show the drive at all

 

[godreborn]

@CoolMe - yes when I look at aurora file manager it does not show the drive at all

How big is this drive?

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

I think it's a 1TB

 

[CoolMe]

1TB external hdd should work. Now with the hdd enclosure you are using, do you see a light blinking or anything?
Are you sure you only have one partition on it? Not sure if it should be set to MBR & primary in order to work or not. Make sure to check regardless. You can do so in Disk Management in Windows.

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

1TB external hdd should work. Now with the hdd enclosure you are using, do you see a light blinking or anything?
Are you sure you only have one partition on it? Not sure if it should be set to MBR & primary in order to work or not. Make sure to check regardless. You can do so in Disk Management in Windows.

I used GUI Format in windows to format it properly, and yes, I see a blue flashing light on the enclosure when it's plugged in

 

[CoolMe]

I used GUI Format in windows to format it properly, and yes, I see a blue flashing light on the enclosure when it's plugged in

Could it be because you might have used 64kb cluster size instead of 32kb during formatting? Not sure if that could be an issue. Nevertheless, check that too..

 

[godreborn]

I used GUI Format in windows to format it properly, and yes, I see a blue flashing light on the enclosure when it's plugged in

A fat32 drive should work in stock. Try downloading a demo from the xbox store and put it on that hdd. Or, try xexmenu.

 

[MikeTheKnight2016]

stock tells me the drive needs to be formatted

i've wasted several days, i'm almost to the point of letting stock format it and let the game files copy over over night

 

[godreborn]

stock tells me the drive needs to be formatted

i've wasted several days, i'm almost to the point of letting stock format it and let the game files copy over over night

Check the drive in disk management on the computer. See if there's any unallocated memory.