Copy and Extract content from an Xbox One USB Formatted Drive on a Windows PC

Very cool! Thanks for putting together the tutorial. Quick question. The other drive listed there? Is that also an XBOX One external drive? My code should filter out PC drives. Just want to make sure thats working.

 

okay then yes this concens me. My filtering out of internal PC drives isn't filtering that drive oddly enough. I will PM you with my contact information so I can get more data from you to fix this.

thanks!

 

Nice program. Too bad that demos and other games(like killer instinct) can't be played without xbox live.

 

New release available: Version 1.1
Changes

• Ability for creation of new storage devices allowing people without the June System Preview update to make use of external storage!
• Ability for USB 2.0 drives to be used with the console.
• Capability to create multiple partitions on a single drive for use with the XBOX One.

https://mega.co.nz/#!RkI3iZzC!smAnkD7VnZEoHlJcL07UYk46Cn-8qVw1UNGq4avr_Xg

 

I tried using it on a usb 2.0 500gb drive. It created the drive fine. But when i change it to pc mode, the drive has to be created again for xbox one use. It does recognize the extra space though. Im not in the update preview either.

 

Does anyone know if there's any way to copy your save data and profiles from the Xbox One to a USB drive, the way we could with the 360? I was awaiting the update, but I heard you can't do that, and it really sucks that we now have this awesome program and I still wouldn't be able to back my own progress up if I got an Xbox One.

 

I remember watching a video of someone removing their hard drive and plugging it into a PC, when they were showing how to do an internal upgrade on your own (which did void the warranty, yes). It looked like he COULD see everything on the drive on the PC, but when I asked if that was the case, I never got a response back.

If an external drive is just formatted like a regular Windows NTFS drive, I can't imagine the internal one would be any different. I'm really curious now.

 

Maybe you guys can help me. I had my WD my passport 1TB drive formatted by my xbox one. When I unplugged it and attached it to my laptop and tried to use the converter to set the drive to PC mode, my laptop freezes and gives me a blue screen restart. So now my drive is unusable since every time I attach it to my laptop, i get the same blue screen... any idea how to fix this?

 

Same problem here after changing to pc mode. The drive will read fine on linux but won't work on windows(blue screen) and xbox one(requires re-format).

 

After playing around with various scenarios, it works. I'm unsure why it does this, maybe it's the os (windows 7), usb 2.0 on the computer, the enclosure, or the hard drive.

Blue Screen Issue (Doesn't happen to everyone)
-Format drive with xbox one > change to pc mode with xbox one drive program > disconnect drive > anti-virus disabled or even uninstalled > connect drive > results in blue screen

If you receive blue screen after converting to pc mode.

Saving the data. (If you need to.)
-Download a linux live iso like ubuntu or linux mint (burn to disc or transfer to a usb flash drive, hdd) and transfer the data from the pc mode xbox one drive to another hdd.
-If you have a linux distro installed, you can boot into that.

Reformat external drive so you won't receive blue screen on windows.
-Use the same linux distro and find a "disks" or "gparted" programs to reformat the hdd. Make sure to select the external drive.
Edit: you may have to recreate the partition table which will delete all partitions.

Converting to pc mode without blue screen.
1.Format drive with xbox one drive converter v1.1
2.Connect to xbox one fine.
3.Transfer games / apps fine
4.Change to pc mode.
5.Disconnect / reconnect drive.
6.Drive won't show in xbox converter as pc mode.
7.Drive will pop up with a drive letter and all of the contents will be visible.
8.Data can be transfered.
9."create" the drive again using xbox one drive converter v1.1
10.Drive will show up in xbox one without requiring formatting and all apps / games will show on the external drive.

 

Hi, My WD MyPassport is not reconized by the tool please help i just bought it.

 

Even after booting into GParted Live and reformatting the external HDD, I'm still getting the blue screen crash every time I connect my 2TB external drive. This is by far the worst program I've put on my computer in 10 years. Haven't even had a virus do this much damage or require this much repair.

 

Try recreating the partition table using gparted. (Make sure to change to the external drive)
1. Choose: Device → Create Partition Table
2. Optionally select a different partition table type from the list
3. Click Apply to create the new partition table. The application writes the new partition table to the disk device. The application refreshes the device partition layout in the gparted window.

Source: GParted -- GParted Manual

 

The tips

 

Although I appreciate the help and all the advice posted, Ive been also having trouble and the almighty blue screen, and despite following the instructions I have not been able to avoid it. At this point I would like to ask, shall I plug the drive to the xbox one, will I get the equivalent of a blue screen or will it ask me to reformat to xbox one and that would be the end of it? I could just plug it and see but I thought I could ask first.

Thanks!