Xbox One Hard Drive Not Removable, Supports External USB Drives
The reason why Xbox 360 owners could not use third party hard disks was because of a sector on the disk known as the "security sector" or "security blob" which is signed by Microsoft with a private key would be invalid. Disks could possibly be encrypted this time around with a unique per-box key, similar to how keyvaults worked.
If Microsoft did choose to encrypt the hard drive, that would mean it would be more difficult to obtain game files since every game must be installed to the hard disk. Sony has proven with the PS3 that disk encryption adds very little to no noticeable latency when performing I/O operations.
With all of the cloud integration into the Xbox One it is really not surprising that the HDD is not removable. In their talk with Albert Penello, Engadget also confirmed that removable media will be supported for expanding storage on the Xbox One. What hasn't been confirmed though is whether or not it will work similar to the Xbox 360's expandable storage in that only FAT32-formatted devices can be utilized.
It can be assumed though that most modern file systems such as NTFS and the FAT variants will be supported on the Xbox One. If Microsoft also wants full control over the management of their files, they will again take the Xbox 360 approach by creating files with the chosen capacity, and writing their own file system layer on top of that.
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CougarPosted:
Surprised it supports the external drives, but I wonder how this extra security will impact the modders.
J-E-T-SPosted:
The second i saw the NFL and xbox made a deal i was all in. lol screw everything else, i need me some FOOTBALL.
slapshot101Posted:
Woobie I don't know much about the whole JTAG scene but would this make it harder for those type of mods to be done on this new console?
The only thing this actually effects is the ability to unban your console after it is banned but I am sure there will be other bypasses to this, weeks after it comes out.
StealthPosted:
Woobie I don't know much about the whole JTAG scene but would this make it harder for those type of mods to be done on this new console?
Not exactly, you can still FTP it. Unless you don't have wireless/good internet, shouldn't effect it.
OdinPosted:
Woobie I don't know much about the whole JTAG scene but would this make it harder for those type of mods to be done on this new console?
Yeah most likely but this doesn't affect me.
WoobiePosted:
I don't know much about the whole JTAG scene but would this make it harder for those type of mods to be done on this new console?
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