I have recently purchased an xbox one and with just 8 games installed it's internal 500GB storage is already almost full (that's a moan for another thread)

 

The xbox allows the usage of any USB 3.0 external drive for additonal storage though - hoorah.

I've seen a 2TB external travel drive for around £65 however that's money I don't really want to spend but when a "free" game - of which you get 2 a month - is 30GB I'm really going to need more storage.

 

I have an old empty and unused Maxtor OneTouch

 

 

sat inches from the xbox but it's USB 2.0 interface means it might as well actually be the house brick it looks like.

 

There are 500GB USB3.0 hard drives out there for around £25 but again if i don't have to spend that it'd be great not to.

 

What do we think the likelihood is of benig able to exract the disc from the old drive and insert into a new USB 3.0 enclosure much like this one?

Edited 5 January, 201610 yr by PastyBoy

As long as they are both sata, i dont see why it would be a difficilty tbh.

Worth a punt id say to at least try.

I've done this in the past for failed drives in external enclosures that are out of warranty and just dropped in new disks, and it's been fine. It's just a SATA connection inside, with whatever SATA-USB bridge the enclosure manufacturer chose to use. It's not impossible that you'll have some interoperability issues with the drivers built into the Xbox and the bridge, but I wouldn't have thought it was likely.

Excellent news maybe i'll see if i can get the maxtor apart later on.

 

Although looking at it just the xbox ones games 2 free a month = 24 games at 30GB each that's 720GB on their own before i download the 24 xbox 360 games (24 x 8GB = ~200GB) that i also get free.

 

Maybe I should just bite the bullet and get a biggun to begin with

 

Or delete the games you don't open after 3 months

 

Transfer of disks should be fine, you might not get the best, but it will be enough for loading/storage. Once you have the external item, you'll be set for upgrades to the disk as you go. Although of course the xbox will be obsolete soon enough.

 

Hows the console and free games, good? worth it?

The plan was to keep a small library of paid for games but it seems silly to ignore free ones if they are there.

Although the fact you need a new £60 hard drive to store them on makes then not free i guess - hence the harumpf.

 

Console is great.

Forza 6 is amazing and the latest Call of Duty's are great.

All single player at the moment as I'm not sure if my 2Mb (on a good day) internet will cope with next gen gaming so i've not forked out another £28 for Gold membership yet.

Have a few 48 trials, 14 days trials, and 1 month tria, to use up once the net is upgraded.

 

As such I've not got any free games yet but having browsed previous titles is seems like a collection of "lesser" One titles and some big (but old) 360 titles.

Should be worth it

Edited 6 January, 201610 yr by PastyBoy

Be careful on drive size, a lot of enclosures state a limit on HDD capacity.

 

I have just bought a CIT (USB2) to house a spare drive, it uses a standard round plug and 12v supply, so wont be landfill if the psu dies (so many have bespoke plugs and 4/5 pin layouts you cant easily replace); the manual says maximum 1.5TB for the drive.

 

Metal is better than plastic, as it helps radiate the heat from the HDD.

 

If you are going to keep hoarding games, consider an external RAID box, you can plug in multiple drives and connect using a single USB3 cable or eSATA cable, not cheap though; how much do you want to spend to keep all those free games??

Or why not upgrade the disk in the xbox?

GentleGiant, on 06 Jan 2016 - 18:23, said:GentleGiant, on 06 Jan 2016 - 18:23, said:

Be careful on drive size, a lot of enclosures state a limit on HDD capacity.

 

I have just bought a CIT (USB2) to house a spare drive, it uses a standard round plug and 12v supply, so wont be landfill if the psu dies (so many have bespoke plugs and 4/5 pin layouts you cant easily replace); the manual says maximum 1.5TB for the drive.

 

Metal is better than plastic, as it helps radiate the heat from the HDD.

 

If you are going to keep hoarding games, consider an external RAID box, you can plug in multiple drives and connect using a single USB3 cable or eSATA cable, not cheap though; how much do you want to spend to keep all those free games??

 

Having looked at the games which are available most i'm only downloading because they are free.

I've looked at Jan's current offering, and previous months and there are only about 4 of 16 games i'd have ever considered actually purchasing.

I reckon £15 on an enclosure and use the 500GB i have should see me fine for the time being.

 

mbames, on 06 Jan 2016 - 21:09, said:mbames, on 06 Jan 2016 - 21:09, said:

Or why not upgrade the disk in the xbox?

 

Can't on the xbox.

Microsoft went down the route of allowing external storage while Sony and the PS4 don't allow external storage but you can just swap the hard drive in the console itself.

Edited 7 January, 201610 yr by PastyBoy

Currently I have used just over 2TB of space on my Xbox one. I keep all game installs to my portable HD and apps n stuff goes on the internal HD

Can't on the xbox.

Microsoft went down the route of allowing external storage while Sony and the PS4 don't allow external storage but you can just swap the hard drive in the console itself.

I'll considered myself educated - I don't do games (or games consoles!)  Guess it makes warranties easier - there is no reason to open the box!