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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HeatwavePosted:
This will be slightly annoying, if i wanted to go around a friends house, still though it holds enough space
PoonPosted:
TheCheeseyNINJA They should have just made it 1TB.
they will probably do that through the years... like the 360 started out as a 20gb now its 320gb
BashfulPosted:
GR33NV3N0MKerrigan The issue I can see with this is that if each game has around 10 GB of storage (assuming most of the disk is installed), give or take, and a lifespan of 5 or 6 years, 60 games would produce 600 GB of just the disk itself.
In two years or so, I already have 100 games played on my 360. 150 GB used as well on DLC and a few installed games.
Without detachable HDD, this will be a pain in the future. Hopefully you can just buy an external HDD and use the full amount of space (300 GB, etc).
yes but lets be honest, i have probably had around the same ammount of games as you BUT do you still play ALL your games that are 6 years old ? if not theres nothing stopping you uninstalling the games you dont play anymore.
No, but I would rather leave it there then delete it and have to find my disk or rebuy it in this case.
IntPosted:
Hmm, I find this funny because I can still be able to mod haha. What a fail this console is.
SorceryPosted:
The only reason that this is slightly irritating is because of the mandatory install of every game that you own.
slapshot101Posted:
VEVO Will it support external HDDs? I have a 3TB external one right here next to me. :P
It will support external hard drives. So you are going to have going to have one good time with 3TB.
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