XBOX ONE - How To Install A Bigger Hard Drive !

[Dr Donkey Kong]

I would still love to try with someone's update files to see if I can use the full 1TB, but I did make it work by limiting to 500GB, without having any files from my old hard drive. I followed the instructions in the first post, skipping the copying from the old drive, and making the small below change to the xboxonehdd script (based on the size of my old drive, may be smaller than needed though). I then put the OSUDT2 "$SystemUpdate" folder on an NTFS formatted flash drive (according to http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/console/offline-system-update-diagnostic-tool), and booted using the flash combo (side button, eject, and power until it "power on beeps" 3 times total). It updated, then went through the setup process.

--- xboxonehdd-master/xboxonehdd.py 2013-12-01 15:41:45.000000000 -0500
+++ xboxonehdd-master-limited/xboxonehdd.py 2016-02-23 15:31:20.986030359 -0500
@@ -87,11 +87,13 @@


# calculate user partition size to nearest GiB
total_size = int(open(path.join('/sys', 'class', 'block', sys.argv[1], 'size'), 'r').readline()) * 512
+ # Making it fit in original 500GB size...
+ total_size = min(total_size, 500107000000)
user_content_size = (total_size - sum(PARTITION_SIZES))/1024/1024/1024
PARTITION_SIZES[1] = user_content_size*1024*1024*1024

After my buddy did a factory reset his box did a E200, so I downloaded the OSUDT2 and put it on a usb drive. It also booted right up after with only 500GB, did a gpart and he's back at 1TB but i'm sure a factory reset will break it again....there is a setting/file/eeprom that we need to update to make it see the drive size as 1TB

 

[rallylc]

Maybe all the xbox one consoles have some certificate thing inside for checking the size of the drive.. I dont think that only the the 5 partitions and the security sector are the only protections.. Perhaps there is also something active on the system monitored. Right now iam consider to buy an 1TB version instead.. My older one has software problems too..
When connected through the ethernet port it gave me stability problems with the microsoft only services..

Maybe there was something going wrong with updating the system... If i use both ethernet and wifi i can play my owned games..
With the ethernet port only it complains about user / owner rights of the software..

What i really hate on the xbox one is the firmware / software upgrade program build in the system.. There isnt any way to reserve the update for a later moment on the day..

The only option is update right now or later.. But if you choose later, the update wont show up anymore.. And you have to be lucky if one month that the console is turned on, that the update automatic will show up again.

 

[jweb6102]

if you choose to update later you can always download the relevant update and store it on a usb flash drive (4gb minimum)
with regards to microsoft updates it has been stated on their website that most updates when first introduced are in beta format which can or may contain bugs.
this applies to beta game downloads too (so you use at your own discretion)

 

[rallylc]

@jweb6102 My console showed me an update of 24.7GB that i needed to install.. I really dont know what kind of update this was.

Only this update only shows up when it wants too.. Iam waiting days for it to come back again (so i can install it).. But didnt show up recently anymore..
Do you maybe know what kind of update this could be? And how to get it back?

I have already checked the menu for the console update, but the square doesnt light up to let me know there is an update..

I have got some problems on my console with the community part.. I also cant see my xbox live account details (on www.xbox.com) on the console.. Then it will displays an error. Also the 1TB hdd upgrade take me to long, iam consider to buy an 1TB Xbox one instead and sell my 500GB one.

 

[jweb6102]

i would try a factory reset first via the usb method (instructions on xbox.com) first plug in your power supply and hold the power button for 30 seconds or more. then carry out the factory reset and report what happens.

 

[rallylc]

Whats the differents between the usb and the non-usb method?? Do they basically doing the same?

 

[jweb6102]

the usb method updates the console while offline and the factory reset by usb also.
when a console prompts for an update when switched on it downloads and install the update online but obviously does not download a factory reset.
i hope that clears it up for you.

 

[rallylc]

I didnt do a factory reset, because i thought it wouldnt helped on my problem.. But its seems to working now.. I think that the ethernet cable gave me some troubles. I connected the xbox one to a pc monitor and different ethernet cable on a room upstairs.. Now it seems to be working as it should..

I really like to know if anyone has upgraded his xbox with a 1TB internal drive or 2TB internal drive..

On ebay there is a seller, that sells 2TB internal drives for the xbox one.. Only the price isnt worthwhile.

He made these drives on his own, so there isnt actually a guarantee that this drives really would work..

Why is this thread almost dead on visitors and users? I thought that xbox users really wanted to upgraded there internal drive.

 

[ndtemple417]

I didnt do a factory reset, because i thought it wouldnt helped on my problem.. But its seems to working now.. I think that the ethernet cable gave me some troubles. I connected the xbox one to a pc monitor and different ethernet cable on a room upstairs.. Now it seems to be working as it should..

I really like to know if anyone has upgraded his xbox with a 1TB internal drive or 2TB internal drive..

On ebay there is a seller, that sells 2TB internal drives for the xbox one.. Only the price isnt worthwhile.

He made these drives on his own, so there isnt actually a guarantee that this drives really would work..

Why is this thread almost dead on visitors and users? I thought that xbox users really wanted to upgraded there internal drive.

agreed..really wish someone would post a guaranteed way to do this also or at least a youtube video link to what they did its obviously possible just i haven't seen a complete way that seems a "surefire" way if im wrong please point us to it

 

[rallylc]

you lost your space after clonezilla + gparted?

If so then it is all about the Update Files...you just need to figure out which files are required from the new update they dropped.

Are there maybe `hidden` files on this system hard drive? Like hidden files in windows..


I also think that maybe, the `lastconsole` file could be different of the 500GB xbox and the 1TB xbox.

Does anybody knows, when doing a factory reset if there are files on the drive that would getting erased?


The 1TB drive arrived already here, but i dont havent to much experience on consoles swapping drives this way.

 

[rallylc]

I did a factory reset before I did the whole process (and everything worked Network Settings, profiles), but for you guys I just did it again...

1TB is still what it is showing.

What happend if you factory reset it again?? Would it show you the same 1TB space again, or is it reduced to the stock 500GB only?

 

[pigbait]

I'm part of the preview program and have a 1Tb hdd made from gparted. i have been updated 3 times now and my xbox still shows 1tb. I'm not sure what would happen on factory reset.

 

[Genesis730]

I've upgraded my drive from a 500GB to a 2TB about a year ago and have not had any issues with the XBOX or my account. Although it's possible, I've not received any sort of warning or anything from Microsoft to date.

Hi,

I just updated my xbox one's 500gb hdd to a 1tb sshd using this tutoria: http://www.ludvikjerabek.com/2014/07/14/xbox-one-fun-with-gpt-disk/

Everything went great and it runs distinctly faster with the hybrid disk in but I just heard that you might get banned for this. I'd like to ask if anyone here has upgraded the internal hard drive and used it longer than a half a year example? I could just swap the old disk back and connect my 1tb sshd via usb3.0 but I rather like it this way, because It's sits better below my tv without any external drive sticking out of it and the OS run much faster/smoother this way.

But if the risk to get banned is real and has happened here some one, I may have no other options than go back to basic configuration.

Thanks!

 

[ndtemple417]

I'm part of the preview program and have a 1Tb hdd made from gparted. i have been updated 3 times now and my xbox still shows 1tb. I'm not sure what would happen on factory reset.

Just do it!:wink: please or if you do let us know

 

[DANTE2130]

Don't have any solution for correct factory reset on larger HDD? This is so sad(

 

[JW0914]

I'm new to the xbox modding community, and while I know a factory reset resetting a 1, 2, or 4TB (Samsung's 850 Evo/Pro line will be gaining a 4TB 2.5" in May/June) back to 500GB would be slightly inconvenient, I'm not understanding why that seems to be important to others when a reset shouldn't be something that one does often. (My question isn't meant to be condescending, I'm simply trying to understand the reason(s) it's important to others.)

 

[jll544]

Does anyone know the partition layout from an official 1TB Xbox One drive? After I cloned/gparted to 1TB, I have an 831.5GB partition for User Content... a lot bigger than the 780GB or so that's been reported by people who bought the 1TB Xbox. Where does the other 50GB go on the official 1TB drives?

 

[JW0914]

Does anyone know the partition layout from an official 1TB Xbox One drive? After I cloned/gparted to 1TB, I have an 831.5GB partition for User Content... a lot bigger than the 780GB or so that's been reported by people who bought the 1TB Xbox. Where does the other 50GB go on the official 1TB drives?

From numerous other sites, that appears to the correct size you should have. Partitions 1,3,4, & 5 should have a combined size of ~100GB, which is what you currently have if partition 2 is 831GB (ITB formatted is ~931GB).

500GB HDD

• Part 1: 41GB
• part 2: 365GB
• Part 3: 40GB
• Part 4: 12GB
• Part 5: 7GB

Here's a blog where the author used gdisk to list the partitions prior to installing a 2TB HDD.

 

[jll544]

From numerous other sites, that appears to the correct size you should have. Partitions 1,3,4, & 5 should have a combined size of ~100GB, which is what you currently have if partition 2 is 831GB (ITB formatted is ~931GB).

Thanks, although I'm still curious what's happening on the official 1TB drives as partitioned by Microsoft.

If you search "xbox 1tb 780gb", people complain about buying a new 1TB Xbox only to find 780GB available. My cloned/gparted drive shows 831.5GB on the storage screen, so it seems that the official 1TB partition layout is different than what we're building from a 500GB drive.

 

[JW0914]

Most likely, the temp partition is larger, or the ~50GB was distributed amongst the other 4 partitions.

Since those running 1 & 2TB hdds aren't experiencing any ill effects from the ~50GB difference, it's likely not an issue and may be looked at as a plus over that of systems sold with a 1TB drive; however, I too am curious where the ~50GB went to in the partition layout

Most likely, Microsoft encountered one of two scenarios: either they were concerned that an update being issued after RTM would result in consumption of more than 90% of free space on one of the other partitions, or they simply were being cautious and decided removing 50GB from user content to spread amongst the others wasn't a big deal. (I would take issue with the latter since 50GB is a decent chunk of space to be removed from the user partition when it's equivalent to a single game, and with this being the driving factor behind the demand for larger internal drives, I don't view that as acceptable.)