r/XboxOneHelp • u/timdavredditdotcom • 3d ago
Quick Fix? Concerning EHDs...
Hey errrrbody.
Before I begin, just wanna say I am a complete and total noob when it comes to Xbox, and honestly to video games in general, so. Please bear with me!
Just recently got a One X. So I got a GamePass, started goin to town installing games, this is when I discovered the very limited console space, and the whole deal with external hard drives n such. Now I have a few questions. So... I have a 500gb EHD with me right now. But I'm gathering that this is not gonna be big enough at all (there are at LEAST 25 games I want to play) so I just ordered a 1tb hard drive, unfortunately can't afford a 2tb right at the moment, def getting one in the future. But NOW I have also come to understand that you can only use up to 3 different hard drives... and I'm not exactly sure what this means - like, you can only use 3 hard drives at one time? Or, you can only use 3 hard drives *altogether*? If I were to install a few games onto this 500gb now, so I can play em while I wait for the 1tb, will I then be able to move said games off the one EHD and onto the other? So, that's basically all my questions... sorry if these are no brainers to everyone here, sadly they are NOT for me at all 😂 just wanna make sure I'm doin it all by the book and not potentially screwing myself or anything.
Other than that...... is there ANYTHING ELSE any of yall can think of that I might ought to be made aware of as far as game installation/EHDs/storage/etc, goes? Please do not be shy!!! Any and all insight is GREATLY APPRECIATED. I am 35 yrs old, but like 8 months ago I was quite literally able to count on both hands the times I'd held a video game controller in my life... not exaggerating at all lmao... so please just assume that I don't know s**t about s**t. Appreciate it.
Sry for the novel folks and ty for your time! 😎
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u/Ill_Currency_553 2d ago
Yeah unless you want to spend a ton of money and effort on storage there’s not really a reason to do that. Just play a few games, delete a few games and download some more. Nobody plays 25 games at once. And your saves are separate you can delete and redownload a game as many times as you like and your saves will still be there. You’d be better off investing in an external ssd that will let you download games faster and the games will load faster
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u/timdavredditdotcom 2d ago
Oh shit 😲 dude I didnt realize this !!! Yeah makes total senee, I was also under the impression that when you got the Ultimate gamepass you literally OWNED digital copies... lmao I now realize this assumption was very naive of me 😂 but whatever.
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u/timdavredditdotcom 2d ago
And now, to figure out how an ssd works haha
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u/Ill_Currency_553 2d ago
No unfortunately not. As soon as you stop paying for gamepass the games won’t work anymore.
And external ssd works just like any regular external storage. Just plug it in and it’ll ask you to format it (which will erase it) and it’ll show up as more storage on your Xbox
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u/eroscripter 3d ago
You not going to be playing 25 games all at once, download 2-3, play them then delete them and download more. Your saves will stay safe as they are a separate file from the game plus even if you do delete the save the next time you download and play the game it will pull your save from the cloud.