Using an SSD with the Switch

[sAmZoTt]

Has anyone tried using an SSD on the switch? I bought an Inland Professional from Micro Center to try but the switch can’t seem to recognize it. I tried formatting it exfat and fat32 but neither seems to work. I tried a traditional 2.5” drive and it worked without any issues. I’m guessing it’s the SSD that is the problem. Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

[RSJon]

That's quite strange if it's formatted correctly it should be recognizable. Have you tried giving the drive additional power and see if that solves it?

 

[sAmZoTt]

That's quite strange if it's formatted correctly it should be recognizable. Have you tried giving the drive additional power and see if that solves it?

Yeah I tried a powered hub and no dice. The powered hub worked with the regular drives and the thumb drives. No clue why it wouldn’t work. I’m assuming it had something to do with the design of the SSD. The computer sees and formats the SSD just fine. I’ll probably give up this venture.

 

[aarontxc]

Does anyone know if it makes a difference whether the drive is formatted MBR versus GPT/GUID? I don't have experience in this circumstance, but I've seen other situations where (say) a drive refuses to mount in GUID but works in MBR.

 

[imprezgc8]

The fact that it is an ssd shouldn't matter though I have not tested mine since I install over my network. At that point it is just a USB device. The SD card can be considered SSD as well as just a regular thumb drive without getting super technical. They are all flash memory essentially.

When you say it doesn't recognize it, you mean you have your folders structure setup with files in them and the Switch doesn't see it?

 

[damahala]

I am having the same issue:

- sxos 2.9.2
- WD 2TB My Passport 2TB SSD External Portable Drive, Formatted extFat, same file structure as the working external hard drive
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CFY9SHX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The system doesn't seem to recognize it, and using sx installer can't see anything (normal HDD works fine)

 

[Hackerjac]

I'm using a 1TB SSD with this enclusere and its working

https://www.gearbest.com/hdd-ssd/pp_592360.html?wid=1433363

 

[damahala]

I'm using a 1TB SSD with this enclusere and its working

https://www.gearbest.com/hdd-ssd/pp_592360.html?wid=1433363

It is weird. Heard the SSD I purchased works great on Xbox and PS4. I should have just purchased the enclosure with standard SATA SSD..

 

[Hackerjac]

It is weird. Heard the SSD I purchased works great on Xbox and PS4. I should have just purchased the enclosure with standard SATA SSD..

Not all enclosure are working with the Switch, the one i use for my Wii U does not work with my Switch and the one i'm using with the Switch does not work with my Wii U

 

[damahala]

I finally got "WD 2TB My Passport 2TB SSD External Portable Drive" to work with sxos. All you have to do is to reboot the switch if you want to switch to other hard drive. In case some others encounter similar issue as I do.

Short comment after using this claim to be super fast SSD: I can't feel much loading speed improvement actually, so might not worth the money if you expect to see a loading speed jump after switching to this sort of the SSD.