How To: Replace the Hard drive in your Xbox One

Maybe you need more space or maybe it needs to be replaced. Either way, its good to know how to get your the hard drive in your Xbox One. So today, that's exactly what I’m going to show you.

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[victoriadrake]

Super easy to follow - thanks! I'm an amateur with tech but I completed this in ~45 minutes.

[TheArby]

WOnder why Microsoft made it so complicated to get to the hard drive. Sony went the better route here.

[arrianrhod]

How to change hard drive on ps4:
1. Remove plastic cap
2. Remove old hdd
3. Install new hdd
4. Install plastic cap
How to change hard drive on PC
1. Open case
2. Disconnect old drive
3. Connect new drive
4. Close the case

[swahini]

the heck? its muuch easier to remove the hard drive on xbox 360 slim than this..

[MooseLeader]

the external drive is a nice idea for added storage and avoiding all these steps to upgrade ...but doesnt help you out when the internal drive fails

[SunCoastBeach]

Great video but putting it back together is difficult. I found a simple option. turn the top cover upside down and release the front panel from the top panel by pulling up on the tabs. Then put the front panel in back on place first. This way the top drops right in like a breeze.

[akbuilder]

If you're going to do this put in an SSD.

[BaronVonBeef]

You should never need a video guide to replace such a simple component, big design flaw

[atomicfairy]

Whoever designed this was a big vhs video recorder fan lol

[owmylehg]

i was contemplating doing an ssd swap, but after watching this i didn't want to dissect a freaking terminator thank you very much.

[GraysonMckernan]

Didn't know I'd have to preform surgery on the thing.

[xThisIsHowIdoITx]

Very detailed and organized instruction video on replacing the XBOX One Hard Drive, I will admit however replacing the Hard Drive on the PS4 is not only much easier and user friendly but general tools can be used instead of having to use the specialized tools in order to get to the HD. 2 questions I have however...
1. Will this same procedure work for the XBOX One S
2. Can you use any Laptop HD instead of a specialized formatted one like the ones from the XBOX 360 days.

again great Video.

[AP.]

*Breaks it*
-To reassembly just do the same backwards or either watch our other video on how to repair an Xbox

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[craigjeans]

one thing i loved about previous gen consoles it was one screw on the ps3 and a clip on the xbox 360 now you have to go through all this

[jmattos]

Great Guide! I got an XBox One for $60 at a pawn shop.. and I had the old non working HD out in about 15 min ;) plan to flip this bad boy.

[franfernandez]

but then you will need to download the OS for the xbox. Where can i find it?

[NewmanOnGaming]

I like the tutorial.. though I wished Microsoft would have consider time as a factor for upgrading. This is easy but far more time consuming than it really needed to be I suppose.

[Dodgers]

Dam thank god the ps4 was designed for easier access to swap a HD.

[psyzenyausa]

Needed to replace my garbage original HDD on my Xbox one (Original) this video definitely helped a lot. You will the T heads or else it might get tricky to open the box. Thank you!

[seniorfrog]

It is so great to see a woman doing a x box upgrade Keep up the great work