this was very helpful, glad to know that I can still use the same external hard drive that I used with the one x and just plug it into the series x without having to reformat it and lose all the games and what not on it, this video deserves more likes I think
Thank you! I thought it would be helpful especially as Xbox Series X are hopefully becoming easier to find and more people fins themselves in this situation. Appreciate your kind words and support! 🙌
Thanks for the feedback, happy to hear it! No one wants to waste their time or money so I completely understand but I'm happy to hear this was helpful in getting you online! Did you do the process today / recently?
You're very welcome! The Xbox Series consoles are AWESOME 😊 And yeah, it's fantastic how simple it is to bring your games over 👍 Enjoy the console and thanks for watching!
its good that you can do that with the HDD cause i have that and would be trading in my xbox one then buying a Series X, cause on playstation i did but i had to transfer from PS4 to 5 and i had to keep my 4, i just think its easier to transfer from the HDD to the new system. its good that you can do this
I have a question if I have a game on external SSD and my internal storage if I uninstall the one on my ssd will it still keep it on the internal storage still? It looks like I have two copies of a game on both storage devices
I have this happen too - if the game is optimized for your Series X you will keep that copy and delete from the external drive; otherwise, okay to clean up your internal storage and keep games on your external 👍
Will my game account be logged out my Fortnite account is nameless account and my warzone account I forgot and they both have more than 500$ in skins plz let me know
Those saves are on their respective servers. When I access Fortnite on my Switch I can play the same skins on my Xbox or PS4. You should be okay transferring between Xbox systems 👍
For those games? I don't believe so, again your progress saves to the cloud server not your console so if you log in on any other system you should see all your stats
i have an issue doing this i put it on to the hardrive thing then when i put it in my siries x theres nothing there watsoever and also im on same account and i dont have online
Hey i hope you can help me out with this. So i have a family member in mexico. He has really slow wifi (takes him weeks to download a game.) If i install all the games he wants into my xbox series s (my account) does he have to re format the external hard drive? He has a series s aswell with his own account.
In order to make this work, I suggest (if he's willing) that you use his profile on your Xbox, download the games he wants / has purchased onto the external drive, then when he plugs the external drive into his Series S and connects online (even if it's slow) then the Microsoft Store will authorize the purchases. If you download with your account then he tries to log into those downloads that may be an issue, even if he had paid for that same game. It may let him grab a license from the Microsoft Store and quickly update, but overall downloading with his account and then finding the game with his same profile on a different console is the easiest, trouble-free way I'd offer
If I copy it from an existing xbox account/xbox series S that I bought as a second hand, is it possible I can play it on my new xbox account series X? Planning to upgrade from series S to series X
I haven't transferred from Series S to Series X but I can't see there being any issues given that I transferred from Xbox One to Xbox Series X so seamlessly. The main factor would be logging in with your Xbox account to access all of your games & saves
Currently on an old XBOX ONE S..... I only have ONE game on it that I play. Getting a new XBOX though, should I just re-download that one MW3 game on the new console, and not worry about all this drive / copy / backup / restore business lol.. Let me know, please !
If you have an external drive it's a faster process to transfer the data this way; if you don't you can save money and redownload the game. Also, if you're keeping the Xbox One S after getting the new Xbox you may want to keep games on it anyways 👍
@@SvennyMcG Think I’m just gonna redownload the game. On the new console, once I’m signed in…and then I download the game, will it remember my progress and stats, or……?!
Another option, without buying a whole external HDD or SSD would be to use a USB stick - it just needs to be USB 3.0 and have enough capacity to fit your game. I have a friend that did this, used a 128GB USB 3.0 stick and moved WWE 2023 over from his Xbox One to his Xbox Series X
I transferred all the games for my Xbox One to my external hard drive that I wanted to carry over but when I hook up to my Xbox series X none of my games show? Do I need to be online to get it to sync up or what's going on what am I doing wrong?
I did the updat for my x at a friend's house cause where I stay there no Internet service. I figured if I got my same account and had the games saved on my external on my xbox one, and that I could just hook up to the x series without Internet and be good or am I wrong?
I haven't tried without internet but I know Xbox likes to have the system tied to online. Still, if your Xbox One saw the games your Series X should see them too. The only issue is if your Xbox One wasn't online to begin with the maybe that's the issue. You may have to get the Xbox One to your friend's house, fire it up with the drive and go online, then turn it off, plug the drive into the Series X and boot it
I can appreciate that! I try to sometimes go off the beaten path and showcase some other features like this simply because I know how frustrating it can be, especially when you simply want to game 🎮 Truly happy to have helped 😊
On my drive it says I need to format it. Won’t that wipe everything already on the drive. I already have stuff on mine so I can’t wipe it. What should I do?Also how do I eject a hard drive so I don’t damage it
If it came from your laptop then there may be something holding it up, I'm not sure. If you can move games or whatever files off of it, I'd do that first, perform the format then move games back and see if that works. You can always back up saves to your console. Worst case scenario you'll have to redownload a game from the Microsoft Store using the profile you made the purchase with
Can I ask, will this copy my account and auto transfer it and sign me in? I ask as I've lost my password and current account is auto log in. If I had to use the password again I'm sunk.
Hi, can I like transfer from my friends Xbox an updated game to my external drive and then play it onto my Xbox? As my WiFi is too slow to update and we want to play. Thanks
Wow that's a new one 🤔 If you log into your friend's Xbox using your profile, download to the external drive, then transfer the external drive to your own console it may work. Using the correct profile would be key here I think
@@SvennyMcG redundant in yours - you're keeping your fat X, which I sold 4 years now. Missed where i said I'm selling the 1x. * fixed a word to 'former' not format.
@@SvennyMcG unless MS and Sony do away with disc editions i don't got space to collect and nobody else to really play with for link - except...my og xb, first ever console i spent my own money for.
So I have a seagate external hard drive for 1 tb and a 7 year old one s and I am getting a series x soon so would I be able to transfer the data by unplugging from the s and plugging into the x or what would I do cause I am worried about losing my progress
You bet! It's as simple as shown in the video. If you do want back ups you can copy a few games and save the copies to both the external HDD and internal Xbox One S drives. When you move the HDD over you can check it on the Series X and make sure all games made it; if for some reason no then at least they're still on your One S
If you have Live now, you should be able to activate cloud saves on your current system. When you bring over your external HDD to your new console your saves can be accessed via cloud
Worlds may be locked but from what I've read it says if you transfer your world to Realms you can download it on the new console. I haven't tested this so tread carefully
Hi! I can't confirm directly but I don't think that's an issue. If you bring your HDD to a different Xbox and log in with your Xbox profile I think it will be okay. If you try it let me know! 😊👍
Glad they are recognized! Perhaps they're slight updates but if you came from an original Xbox One or Xbox One S they may be the optimized versions only available for the Xbox One X or Series S/X consoles
@@SvennyMcG yes sorry your right they were since it says “upgrading” rather updating One more question sorry but woukd you happen to know if the data transfers or would I have to begin the game a new
Quick question since you responded! Did you ever have issues with backward compatible games (Xbox 360 games) transferring game data onto the series x from an Xbox one?
I don't recall any specific issues - as long as you're still using the same profile that originally loaded the games (and therefore received the license from the Microsoft Store) you should be good to go 👍
So i just got a series x yesterday by sheer luck. And have my account on the new series x as well as my old xbox. If i get the external HDD, i can plug it in my xbox one, transfer the games onto the external, then plug it into the series x, and download the games onto it from the external HDD, and be able to play? Just a bit confused and never used a external HDD and don't want to mess up. :) also another question, I did a network transfer that i could only transfer specific games not all of mine just a small handful. I did so i was able to play one due to it being a free game but not the other, is it because i have to manually transfer the entire game over by HDD? Or because one was a free game and the other was a purchased one? Thankyou, sorry for the long comment!
Congrats on the new console! And no problem - I'll try to answer as best I can! If you pick up an external HDD, plug it into your XB1 and transfer any games to it, then plug it into your Series X, yes, you will find them there without issue - just make sure you use the same Xbox Live account. The DRM (digital rights management) will confirm the game is yours and you'll be good to go, no need to re-download anything. Note that you can "copy" the games instead of move them so you can play them on both systems if you want (you just can't play them at the same time). And if you set your profile to cloud saves, you can pick up wherever you left off on either console. If you decide to not use an external HDD, you always have the option to re-download any game you've purchased from the Microsoft Store on your Series X, again, provided you use the same Xbox Live account. Hope this helps and if you need assistance just ask! Thanks for watching :)
@@SvennyMcG Thank you so much 😭 reading this made me realize that I bought a lot of my games on my old account digitally, rather than my new account that I've had for a year and a half so i forgot about it. As soon as i brought my old account over they came as well, so it was a dumb part on me lol. Thank you so much though, I'm extremely relieved. 😇 also the xbox kinect joke was funny and very much appreciated 😂
Awesome! Never a silly question, we all learn together! Glad you got your games up and running 🙌 I was surprised at simply how fast the Series X boots up and loads games. Hope you enjoy it & glad you liked the joke 😁
I have checked each of my disc games for Xbox, they are compatible, so if I transfer the external HDD to it along with the dlc's will they still work on the series x? And I have a Seagate Xbox HDD.
@@SvennyMcG thanks man. Oh and by the way, most of my games are Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox one x enhanced, and only two of them are Xbox series x optimized, so those will carry over.
Yeah it's pretty great, they made sure anything compatible with Xbox One will be compatible on Xbox Series X (outside of Kinect games etc). The Series X optimized games will require you to transfer to the internal SSD, but that transfer is faster than re-downloading so still pretty great 😊
If you have Xbox Live Gold your saves can be saved to the cloud for free - when you boot your games on the Series X you can access your saves through your profile 😊👍
I got the same external HDD nd i transfer all of my Xbox One games to my Series S i jus wanna know can my games still update off the external without having to update anything off my internal. Then i got 7 games on my internal nd like 26 games on my external. I wanna put all of my games on the external without puttin games on internal. I need help wit this bad bad💯💯💯💯
Yes, all games can update on either the internal SSD or the external HDD 👍 The 7 games you have on there - do they say they're "optimized"? Some games require you to run on the SSD simply for performance. That said, you can transfer games back and forth from internal to external to store them when not playing them and that's quicker than redownloding each time.
The Series X will prompt you - sometimes it seems to be mandatory to move to play whereas other times it gives you a performance message indicating that it will play better on the internal SSD
What about existing Xbox One games already saved on the External hard drive, I have no games saved on my internal storage drive on my Xbox One. Can I unplug it from the Xbox One and plug it into the Series X directly and will everything still be intact without the hassle of re-formating again.
Yes, it should! If the games are on the external HDD and you put your gamer profile on the Series X everything should pull over. Your saves (progress) may be cloud saves so having the profile is required
If the game is fully on the HDD then you don't need Internet to move it and play it 👍 If the game generally has DRM and needs an internet connection to play then you'll need it to play as usual.
Not necessarily; Xbox was going to make the console "check-in" initially but they backed off. So in your situation if you have the game downloaded on the console you can move it from console to external drive without internet connection and play 👍
Yeah but you end up wasting space ,it leaves copies on both the internal ssd ,and your external HHD, unlike the Xbox one which used either the internal or external drives with a single copy of each game..it’s a freaking dumb system..you can not play directly off of your external drives…so I bought over 5tbs of games with additional 3tbs of space on my external HDD, which copied 1 TB of internal SSD space up instantly leaving me with no way to play all my games , so you have to transfer your games back and forth as it will only play the games that are on the internal SSD drive, unlike the Xbox one which allowed you to play all of your games anytime you wanted to,,..I was selling my Xbox one, until I saw this issue..I spent 800$ bucks for a game which may load my games faster but only allows up to a total of 3tbs of games if you spend another 350 bucks for their own SSD drives ..so basically all the hype over this new console was correct to a point, I’ve got probably another 250 games I’d like to have on my drives as my Xbox 360 crashed leaving me with 150 360 games I love and would like to be able to play as well, but can’t due to the amount of storage space it takes up, which again is double as it takes two copies of each game, meaning you need 200gbs of space for a single copy of COD call of duty to play it..yes because it leaves the original 100gbs of space used up even if you transfer the game to the internal SSD drive otherwise you can’t transfer it back, so again it’s another example of Microsoft moving forward with poor designs.l
@@SvennyMcG there is also Constant problems with the Microsoft store saying it needs the original owner to play your digital games, it’s why I hate all of this ,doing away with discs, to simply increase the sales of the Microsoft store, which has killed companies like game stop, which we all loved to go and pick out our discs ,which also gave us away to sell old games, moving to Digital downloads sucks because you basically cannot monetize your own property, like you can with discs, someone needs to sue the Microsoft store, as it has planned this simply to grow its own business by controlling what it sales even after the fact and putting GameStop out of business as a byproduct of its own sales....if you buy a product,it should become the buyers to do with as they please, it shouldn’t be retained by the seller,blocking the buyer from selling or transferring their property to a family member or even donating or giving it away on top of selling it to recoup the value they have in their games..
The licensing stinks for sure but it's the way it is, you either buy it from the digital store or use a disc as proof of payment to then download it from the digital store. At least used discs can generally be found for less than buying digitally 👍
I dont have digital games and i don't care about moving applications. all i want to do is take my game save progress files from xbox one and move to xbox series x. can i do this with a flash drive? i am not good with this type of stuff. can you explain just that or make video of that?
Hi! If your save files are on the hard drive of the Xbox One you should be able to insert a flash drive and copy them over (see if you can copy instead of move outright instead in case there's an issue). Otherwise if you have an Xbox Live profile your saves should automatically cloud; when you log into the Series X and insert the disc your saves should appear
@@SvennyMcG Thanks for info. I dont do anything online. So i hope the flash drive will work. I have an old one here. Would i have to erase everything on it? or format it? I am a little "slow" with computer stuff. I am lucky that i can even play games. Lol. If you could make a video doing this that would be great??? I am sure there are other people as computer illiterate as me too. I just put the flash drive in my regular computer to erase and format it. Hopefully that is same format needed on Xbox??? I am think it is since it is Microsoft. My old Xbox is at my brother house so have to wait til i go there to do this but if it work i can sell it. I only kept it because i did not want to start games all over from begining that i started on it.
I hear you my friend, and I don't gatekeep here - everyone has different levels of understanding and in the end we all just want to game 😊🎮 I'll definitely keep it in mind for a future video 👍
I had no clue you could take an external hard drive from an Xbox one and connect it to a series X. I just think of the older days of gaming they would probably classify this as piracy and not let you do it or there'd be some kind of encryption on a game where it would only work on that one system. the Nintendo Wii SD cards were like that Also had no clue the Sirius X did not have Kinect support I Love the look on your face when you said can't wait to play Kinect LoL
Yeah, it's insane how easy the process is these days! As long as you use the same account you're good. I recall the Wii issue too. Yes, the Kinect is definitely a thing of the past. All joking aside, I think it's great for online play and voice services, it's how we have been communicating with others when playing Fortnite and starting a private group with friends.
Your not sharing the fact that it uses up space on my drives ,and won’t play directly off of your external drives, your making it seem like there isn’t any issues with the new X/S console ..sure it plays faster, and it may even look a tiny bit better but basically we are paying for a faster console which needs twice the space for each game, as it requires double the space for each game, and again if you have the last 3 COD games you need 600gbs of space not including the updates simply to play all 3 anytime you want ..why as it need to leave a copy on both drives to transfer it back and forth, unlike Xbox one which simply move a single copy back and forth granted it took longer , but if you used a SSD with your Xbox one it helped with the speed but it didn’t need to transfer the whole game to simply play anyone of say in my case 150 games I’ve got stored unlike the X/S…bad design
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this was very helpful, glad to know that I can still use the same external hard drive that I used with the one x and just plug it into the series x without having to reformat it and lose all the games and what not on it, this video deserves more likes I think
Thank you! I thought it would be helpful especially as Xbox Series X are hopefully becoming easier to find and more people fins themselves in this situation. Appreciate your kind words and support! 🙌
Seriously dude, thank you for being a friend to help me out with this process 🙏 I was nervous asf doing this lol but it was incredibly easy
Thanks for the feedback, happy to hear it! No one wants to waste their time or money so I completely understand but I'm happy to hear this was helpful in getting you online! Did you do the process today / recently?
@@SvennyMcG yup, I've just got alot of updates to sit through 😞
Haha always the problem with today's gaming, continuous downloads and updates 😅 Happy gaming!
Very informative and straight to the point. Thank you for a great tutorial video, liked and subbed!
Thank you for the kind words and your support! 🙌 Happy to hear the video was helpful 😊
Tysm thus was super helpful I am getting the series s for Christmas and was worried I would have to re-download all my games
You're very welcome! The Xbox Series consoles are AWESOME 😊 And yeah, it's fantastic how simple it is to bring your games over 👍 Enjoy the console and thanks for watching!
@@SvennyMcG yeah I'm so excited I can barely wait
No doubt! Less than a month away now! 🙌
I’m new to your channel this guide was extremely clear and concise thank you so much!
Fantastic! Thanks for watching and for your support 🙌 Happy to hear you found the video helpful, I've been covering more on the Xbox lately 😊
its good that you can do that with the HDD cause i have that and would be trading in my xbox one then buying a Series X, cause on playstation i did but i had to transfer from PS4 to 5 and i had to keep my 4, i just think its easier to transfer from the HDD to the new system. its good that you can do this
It's really this simple 👍 I was definitely excited to see how smooth this went 😊
This video was super helpful to me, thank you.
Happy to read this! Glad to have helped, thanks for watching 😊🙌
I have a question if I have a game on external SSD and my internal storage if I uninstall the one on my ssd will it still keep it on the internal storage still? It looks like I have two copies of a game on both storage devices
I have this happen too - if the game is optimized for your Series X you will keep that copy and delete from the external drive; otherwise, okay to clean up your internal storage and keep games on your external 👍
Will my game account be logged out my Fortnite account is nameless account and my warzone account I forgot and they both have more than 500$ in skins plz let me know
Those saves are on their respective servers. When I access Fortnite on my Switch I can play the same skins on my Xbox or PS4.
You should be okay transferring between Xbox systems 👍
@@SvennyMcG ok will the upgrading games mess with anything?
For those games? I don't believe so, again your progress saves to the cloud server not your console so if you log in on any other system you should see all your stats
@@SvennyMcG ok I appreciate you for commenting bro Ik this is a old video❤️
All good! I appreciate you watching 😊👍
My Xbox one won’t turn on so I bought a series x. All I have to do is take my external hard drive and plug it in right?
If you had your games on the external drive then yes, you should be good to go! Just load your gamer profile and you should be all set 👍
My Xbox one broke so I had to order another one , my games are saved on my seagate drive none of them will reset will they when I get my new Xbox one
No, none should reset 👍 Your games will pull over when you get your next system and log in with your gamer profile
@@SvennyMcG oh good thanks for the reply appreciate it 👍
You bet! Hope you're back up and gaming soon 🙌
i have an issue doing this i put it on to the hardrive thing then when i put it in my siries x theres nothing there watsoever and also im on same account and i dont have online
You likely need to connect online to validate your games, the DRM / DMCA issues are likely blocking your account from registering the games
Hey i hope you can help me out with this. So i have a family member in mexico. He has really slow wifi (takes him weeks to download a game.) If i install all the games he wants into my xbox series s (my account) does he have to re format the external hard drive? He has a series s aswell with his own account.
In order to make this work, I suggest (if he's willing) that you use his profile on your Xbox, download the games he wants / has purchased onto the external drive, then when he plugs the external drive into his Series S and connects online (even if it's slow) then the Microsoft Store will authorize the purchases. If you download with your account then he tries to log into those downloads that may be an issue, even if he had paid for that same game. It may let him grab a license from the Microsoft Store and quickly update, but overall downloading with his account and then finding the game with his same profile on a different console is the easiest, trouble-free way I'd offer
@SvennyMcG yea he used to live here and his account is still on my xbox. That's actually what I was going to do
@@SvennyMcG oh and I'm subscribing just because you helped me out
Thank you, I appreciate your support! Please let me know how this goes!
If I copy it from an existing xbox account/xbox series S that I bought as a second hand, is it possible I can play it on my new xbox account series X? Planning to upgrade from series S to series X
I haven't transferred from Series S to Series X but I can't see there being any issues given that I transferred from Xbox One to Xbox Series X so seamlessly. The main factor would be logging in with your Xbox account to access all of your games & saves
Currently on an old XBOX ONE S..... I only have ONE game on it that I play. Getting a new XBOX though, should I just re-download that one MW3 game on the new console, and not worry about all this drive / copy / backup / restore business lol.. Let me know, please !
If you have an external drive it's a faster process to transfer the data this way; if you don't you can save money and redownload the game. Also, if you're keeping the Xbox One S after getting the new Xbox you may want to keep games on it anyways 👍
@@SvennyMcG Think I’m just gonna redownload the game. On the new console, once I’m signed in…and then I download the game, will it remember my progress and stats, or……?!
Yes, when you redownload I believe your saves are attached to your profile and saved in the cloud so they should pull over
Another option, without buying a whole external HDD or SSD would be to use a USB stick - it just needs to be USB 3.0 and have enough capacity to fit your game. I have a friend that did this, used a 128GB USB 3.0 stick and moved WWE 2023 over from his Xbox One to his Xbox Series X
@@SvennyMcG Word !!! thank you. I think I'm gonna go this route.
If I move a game from Xbox internal then will it delete from console and appear on external
If you move it, yes, it acts as cut and paste.
You can also select copy which will leave the game on the internal and paste it on the external
Do u have one that show how to use a ethiernet cored
Using ethernet cord for online play on a Series X?
No to transfer without internet out wifi
Oh, no, i haven't tried that. It's very quick using the transfer to HDD so I assume that's quickest but ethernet cable may be an option 🤔
I transferred all the games for my Xbox One to my external hard drive that I wanted to carry over but when I hook up to my Xbox series X none of my games show? Do I need to be online to get it to sync up or what's going on what am I doing wrong?
Did you log in with your Xbox profile? The games will be tied to your account
Yeah same profile as my xbox one.
I did the updat for my x at a friend's house cause where I stay there no Internet service. I figured if I got my same account and had the games saved on my external on my xbox one, and that I could just hook up to the x series without Internet and be good or am I wrong?
I haven't tried without internet but I know Xbox likes to have the system tied to online. Still, if your Xbox One saw the games your Series X should see them too.
The only issue is if your Xbox One wasn't online to begin with the maybe that's the issue. You may have to get the Xbox One to your friend's house, fire it up with the drive and go online, then turn it off, plug the drive into the Series X and boot it
So helpful ! Thanks man!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching 🙌
I was searching forever man no one had a guide like yours it was frustrating lol and then boom ur vid came thank God thanks again lol
I can appreciate that! I try to sometimes go off the beaten path and showcase some other features like this simply because I know how frustrating it can be, especially when you simply want to game 🎮 Truly happy to have helped 😊
On my drive it says I need to format it. Won’t that wipe everything already on the drive. I already have stuff on mine so I can’t wipe it. What should I do?Also how do I eject a hard drive so I don’t damage it
To safely eject I'd shut down the system it's originally on.
Was the hard drive used on an Xbox first or elsewhere like a PC?
@@SvennyMcG i used it on my laptop before. I was able to move my captures but it says I need to format it to transfer games
If it came from your laptop then there may be something holding it up, I'm not sure.
If you can move games or whatever files off of it, I'd do that first, perform the format then move games back and see if that works.
You can always back up saves to your console. Worst case scenario you'll have to redownload a game from the Microsoft Store using the profile you made the purchase with
Can I ask, will this copy my account and auto transfer it and sign me in? I ask as I've lost my password and current account is auto log in. If I had to use the password again I'm sunk.
I can't confirm for sure but I hope so!
Though when you boot the console for the first time it may ask you to sign in 🤔
Let me know how it goes!
Do you need to sign in on your profile on the series s before plugging in the hard drive with your games on it or can you plug it in fresh out the box
I bet you can plug it in first, but logging into your profile first may be a good idea to ensure it recognizes the account the games are registered to
Hi, can I like transfer from my friends Xbox an updated game to my external drive and then play it onto my Xbox? As my WiFi is too slow to update and we want to play. Thanks
Wow that's a new one 🤔 If you log into your friend's Xbox using your profile, download to the external drive, then transfer the external drive to your own console it may work. Using the correct profile would be key here I think
gonna simply plug in my external into my series x i brought today from my one x. Then former the latter for reselling.
The Xbox One X is an awesome console, but certainly redundant in your situation with the Xbox Series X. So awesome to be able to plug and play! Enjoy!
@@SvennyMcG redundant in yours - you're keeping your fat X, which I sold 4 years now. Missed where i said I'm selling the 1x.
* fixed a word to 'former' not format.
Ah, I read it as format the One X for reselling. But yes I'm keeping all of mine, both as a collector and for gaming, system link etc
@@SvennyMcG unless MS and Sony do away with disc editions i don't got space to collect and nobody else to really play with for link - except...my og xb, first ever console i spent my own money for.
So I have a seagate external hard drive for 1 tb and a 7 year old one s and I am getting a series x soon so would I be able to transfer the data by unplugging from the s and plugging into the x or what would I do cause I am worried about losing my progress
You bet! It's as simple as shown in the video. If you do want back ups you can copy a few games and save the copies to both the external HDD and internal Xbox One S drives. When you move the HDD over you can check it on the Series X and make sure all games made it; if for some reason no then at least they're still on your One S
@@SvennyMcG Ok thanks I’ll try it out when I get the Xbox!
Awesome! It's pretty painless. If you have an Xbox Live account you can set game saves to cloud too so they'll be available either way 👍
@@SvennyMcG So my disc games will just save their data when I put them in the new Xbox?
If you have Live now, you should be able to activate cloud saves on your current system.
When you bring over your external HDD to your new console your saves can be accessed via cloud
when i try to copy selected it says i cant like the button is greyed out
Which software specifically?
Hey. I’m just wondering if the files transfer over like my progress in games like Minecraft. someone help me
Hi! Minecraft is tricky; you will definitely keep your skins etc because they will be connected to your profile. Worlds I'm not sure
@@SvennyMcG yeah that’s probably gonna be a bit scary once I upload them. Thanks for the info
Worlds may be locked but from what I've read it says if you transfer your world to Realms you can download it on the new console. I haven't tested this so tread carefully
@@SvennyMcG I just got it and checked. Worlds do sync over but it takes a min
Oh awesome, thanks for confirming! Did they come over through your profile or did you have to do the Realms method?
You're a legend sir
Thanks for watching! 😊🙌
This Was…PERFECT MAN IT HELPED ME ALOT THANKYOU SO MUCH!!!!!
Awesome, happy to help! 🙌 Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching and happy gaming!
What happens if you lost the gmail for an account can I still use the games
I think you'll have to contact Microsoft as all purchases would be tied to the account
@@SvennyMcG thank you 😊
Hope you get it sorted out! 🙌🎮
does my new xbox have to be at the same house
Hi! I can't confirm directly but I don't think that's an issue. If you bring your HDD to a different Xbox and log in with your Xbox profile I think it will be okay. If you try it let me know! 😊👍
I did everything and followed each step but now I have to update every single game I have in my external hard drive that I copied from my Xbox one x
Glad they are recognized! Perhaps they're slight updates but if you came from an original Xbox One or Xbox One S they may be the optimized versions only available for the Xbox One X or Series S/X consoles
@@SvennyMcG yes sorry your right they were since it says “upgrading” rather updating
One more question sorry but woukd you happen to know if the data transfers or would I have to begin the game a new
Should just transfer right over! The save files should either be on the drive or cloud and will be picked up by your account 😊
Great video very clear thank you sir
Happy to help 😊 Thanks for watching
Quick question since you responded! Did you ever have issues with backward compatible games (Xbox 360 games) transferring game data onto the series x from an Xbox one?
I don't recall any specific issues - as long as you're still using the same profile that originally loaded the games (and therefore received the license from the Microsoft Store) you should be good to go 👍
Awesome dude thanks again
You bet! Happy gaming pal 🎮
So i just got a series x yesterday by sheer luck. And have my account on the new series x as well as my old xbox. If i get the external HDD, i can plug it in my xbox one, transfer the games onto the external, then plug it into the series x, and download the games onto it from the external HDD, and be able to play? Just a bit confused and never used a external HDD and don't want to mess up. :) also another question, I did a network transfer that i could only transfer specific games not all of mine just a small handful. I did so i was able to play one due to it being a free game but not the other, is it because i have to manually transfer the entire game over by HDD? Or because one was a free game and the other was a purchased one? Thankyou, sorry for the long comment!
Congrats on the new console! And no problem - I'll try to answer as best I can!
If you pick up an external HDD, plug it into your XB1 and transfer any games to it, then plug it into your Series X, yes, you will find them there without issue - just make sure you use the same Xbox Live account. The DRM (digital rights management) will confirm the game is yours and you'll be good to go, no need to re-download anything.
Note that you can "copy" the games instead of move them so you can play them on both systems if you want (you just can't play them at the same time). And if you set your profile to cloud saves, you can pick up wherever you left off on either console.
If you decide to not use an external HDD, you always have the option to re-download any game you've purchased from the Microsoft Store on your Series X, again, provided you use the same Xbox Live account. Hope this helps and if you need assistance just ask! Thanks for watching :)
@@SvennyMcG Thank you so much 😭 reading this made me realize that I bought a lot of my games on my old account digitally, rather than my new account that I've had for a year and a half so i forgot about it. As soon as i brought my old account over they came as well, so it was a dumb part on me lol. Thank you so much though, I'm extremely relieved. 😇 also the xbox kinect joke was funny and very much appreciated 😂
Awesome! Never a silly question, we all learn together! Glad you got your games up and running 🙌 I was surprised at simply how fast the Series X boots up and loads games. Hope you enjoy it & glad you liked the joke 😁
Do you need internet for them to be optimized
I don't believe you do for continuous play but if it's a licensed game it may need to connect due to the digital rights management
Will copying a game to an external storage device also copy save data to that device?
If you have a Live account your saves will be in the cloud and should be accessible once you log in 👍
Bro i copy game from my series s in hdd and i copy to another series s but bro the game is not showing bro Sulotion
Are you using the same profile when on the HDD? If you bought it with one profile you'll need to be in that profile to use it
I have checked each of my disc games for Xbox, they are compatible, so if I transfer the external HDD to it along with the dlc's will they still work on the series x? And I have a Seagate Xbox HDD.
You bet! As long as you log in with the same profile all your content will be there 👍
@@SvennyMcG thanks man. Oh and by the way, most of my games are Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox one x enhanced, and only two of them are Xbox series x optimized, so those will carry over.
Yeah it's pretty great, they made sure anything compatible with Xbox One will be compatible on Xbox Series X (outside of Kinect games etc). The Series X optimized games will require you to transfer to the internal SSD, but that transfer is faster than re-downloading so still pretty great 😊
Hey if I transfer my games from my old xbox via an external storage to a series x will it save my game data?
If you have Xbox Live Gold your saves can be saved to the cloud for free - when you boot your games on the Series X you can access your saves through your profile 😊👍
@@SvennyMcG Thanks! I haven't done anything like this before so I just needed confirmation 😁
No problem, happy to help! 😊👍
I got the same external HDD nd i transfer all of my Xbox One games to my Series S i jus wanna know can my games still update off the external without having to update anything off my internal. Then i got 7 games on my internal nd like 26 games on my external. I wanna put all of my games on the external without puttin games on internal. I need help wit this bad bad💯💯💯💯
Yes, all games can update on either the internal SSD or the external HDD 👍 The 7 games you have on there - do they say they're "optimized"? Some games require you to run on the SSD simply for performance. That said, you can transfer games back and forth from internal to external to store them when not playing them and that's quicker than redownloding each time.
@@SvennyMcG yes the 7 games are optimized with Series X|S
Okay. You can move those games to the external drive to store them there but when you want to play them you just have to move them back
I transfer all of my ganes to my external but i hope it'll work bc sometimes it'll tell me to free up space nd i have like 1.2TB left
Wait so if i took my eternal hardrive from my one s to a series x all the game will update to the series x or do i have to move them to the series x?
The Series X will prompt you - sometimes it seems to be mandatory to move to play whereas other times it gives you a performance message indicating that it will play better on the internal SSD
@@SvennyMcG alright thx
You bet! 👍
What about existing Xbox One games already saved on the External hard drive, I have no games saved on my internal storage drive on my Xbox One.
Can I unplug it from the Xbox One and plug it into the Series X directly and will everything still be intact without the hassle of re-formating again.
Yes, it should! If the games are on the external HDD and you put your gamer profile on the Series X everything should pull over. Your saves (progress) may be cloud saves so having the profile is required
If I transfer a game from the HDD to the xbox but without internet will the game works ?
If the game is fully on the HDD then you don't need Internet to move it and play it 👍
If the game generally has DRM and needs an internet connection to play then you'll need it to play as usual.
@@SvennyMcG I didn't understand the part of a game having drm like how ?
Is it a games that's a story single player need an internet to play ?
Not necessarily; Xbox was going to make the console "check-in" initially but they backed off.
So in your situation if you have the game downloaded on the console you can move it from console to external drive without internet connection and play 👍
Very helpfull,,now I'm convinced
Awesome! I thought this may be helpful and it's definitely an easy transition. Thanks for watching!
The problem is now I end up with using double the storage space with the new Xbox x/s which sucks..
Games are definitely bigger but if it doesn't require the SSD for performance I don't bother to move it over from the external HDD
What a great video thank you, you seem like a very great person irl as well LOL
Thank you, appreciate your kind words! As for life off camera I do try to be humble and helpful as best I can 😊 Thanks for watching!
So can I take my disc games to my series s?
Unfortunately I believe they'll require the disc to check the license, so I don't believe they will transfer over. Digital games will though
Yeah but you end up wasting space ,it leaves copies on both the internal ssd ,and your external HHD, unlike the Xbox one which used either the internal or external drives with a single copy of each game..it’s a freaking dumb system..you can not play directly off of your external drives…so I bought over 5tbs of games with additional 3tbs of space on my external HDD, which copied 1 TB of internal SSD space up instantly leaving me with no way to play all my games , so you have to transfer your games back and forth as it will only play the games that are on the internal SSD drive, unlike the Xbox one which allowed you to play all of your games anytime you wanted to,,..I was selling my Xbox one, until I saw this issue..I spent 800$ bucks for a game which may load my games faster but only allows up to a total of 3tbs of games if you spend another 350 bucks for their own SSD drives ..so basically all the hype over this new console was correct to a point, I’ve got probably another 250 games I’d like to have on my drives as my Xbox 360 crashed leaving me with 150 360 games I love and would like to be able to play as well, but can’t due to the amount of storage space it takes up, which again is double as it takes two copies of each game, meaning you need 200gbs of space for a single copy of COD call of duty to play it..yes because it leaves the original 100gbs of space used up even if you transfer the game to the internal SSD drive otherwise you can’t transfer it back, so again it’s another example of Microsoft moving forward with poor designs.l
@@SvennyMcG there is also Constant problems with the Microsoft store saying it needs the original owner to play your digital games, it’s why I hate all of this ,doing away with discs, to simply increase the sales of the Microsoft store, which has killed companies like game stop, which we all loved to go and pick out our discs ,which also gave us away to sell old games, moving to Digital downloads sucks because you basically cannot monetize your own property, like you can with discs, someone needs to sue the Microsoft store, as it has planned this simply to grow its own business by controlling what it sales even after the fact and putting GameStop out of business as a byproduct of its own sales....if you buy a product,it should become the buyers to do with as they please, it shouldn’t be retained by the seller,blocking the buyer from selling or transferring their property to a family member or even donating or giving it away on top of selling it to recoup the value they have in their games..
As I mentioned, 360 games can be played off of the external HDD without having to move to the internal SSD
The licensing stinks for sure but it's the way it is, you either buy it from the digital store or use a disc as proof of payment to then download it from the digital store. At least used discs can generally be found for less than buying digitally 👍
I dont have digital games and i don't care about moving applications. all i want to do is take my game save progress files from xbox one and move to xbox series x. can i do this with a flash drive? i am not good with this type of stuff. can you explain just that or make video of that?
Hi! If your save files are on the hard drive of the Xbox One you should be able to insert a flash drive and copy them over (see if you can copy instead of move outright instead in case there's an issue). Otherwise if you have an Xbox Live profile your saves should automatically cloud; when you log into the Series X and insert the disc your saves should appear
@@SvennyMcG Thanks for info. I dont do anything online. So i hope the flash drive will work. I have an old one here. Would i have to erase everything on it? or format it? I am a little "slow" with computer stuff. I am lucky that i can even play games. Lol. If you could make a video doing this that would be great??? I am sure there are other people as computer illiterate as me too. I just put the flash drive in my regular computer to erase and format it. Hopefully that is same format needed on Xbox??? I am think it is since it is Microsoft. My old Xbox is at my brother house so have to wait til i go there to do this but if it work i can sell it. I only kept it because i did not want to start games all over from begining that i started on it.
I hear you my friend, and I don't gatekeep here - everyone has different levels of understanding and in the end we all just want to game 😊🎮 I'll definitely keep it in mind for a future video 👍
So all I have to do is put my games on my hardrive then plug it Into my series x and all my games will be there
Yes! As long as you sign in with the same profile, you should be good to go! 👍
Aye man! Cool Video! :>
Thanks! Hope it's helpful to the gaming community
@@SvennyMcG, I think it is helpful
😊 Thanks pal!
@@SvennyMcG, you are welcome
By the way- do you play Minecraft on the xbox
I had no clue you could take an external hard drive from an Xbox one and connect it to a series X. I just think of the older days of gaming they would probably classify this as piracy and not let you do it or there'd be some kind of encryption on a game where it would only work on that one system. the Nintendo Wii SD cards were like that
Also had no clue the Sirius X did not have Kinect support
I Love the look on your face when you said can't wait to play Kinect LoL
Yeah, it's insane how easy the process is these days! As long as you use the same account you're good. I recall the Wii issue too.
Yes, the Kinect is definitely a thing of the past. All joking aside, I think it's great for online play and voice services, it's how we have been communicating with others when playing Fortnite and starting a private group with friends.
I have my girlfriends hard drive. I’m tryna copy or transfer a game from that to my Xbox. Can I?
You should be able to copy but I'm wagering you won't be able to play it unless you have her profile on your Xbox
@@SvennyMcG yeah I just seen it when I googled it. Sucks. Haha. I’ll have to try remember my password and just game share. Thanks for replying bud
You bet 🙌
Your not sharing the fact that it uses up space on my drives ,and won’t play directly off of your external drives, your making it seem like there isn’t any issues with the new X/S console ..sure it plays faster, and it may even look a tiny bit better but basically we are paying for a faster console which needs twice the space for each game, as it requires double the space for each game, and again if you have the last 3 COD games you need 600gbs of space not including the updates simply to play all 3 anytime you want ..why as it need to leave a copy on both drives to transfer it back and forth, unlike Xbox one which simply move a single copy back and forth granted it took longer , but if you used a SSD with your Xbox one it helped with the speed but it didn’t need to transfer the whole game to simply play anyone of say in my case 150 games I’ve got stored unlike the X/S…bad design
Hi! Some games require the SSD for performance but backwards compatible Xbox / Xbox 360 / Xbox One games can be played from the external drive 👍
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