Note
The cable for the Kinect sensor is 3 meters (9 feet) long. This is currently the longest cable
available, so make sure that your Xbox One and your Kinect sensor are close enough to allow the
sensor to be plugged in.
Connect a USB 3.0 external storage device (optional)
You can use an external storage drive to save games, apps, and console settings for your new
Xbox One.
Requirements
The external storage device must:
Use a USB 3.0 connection. If you’re using a USB hub, the hub must also be USB 3.0 or
later.
Have at least 256 GB of storage.
Have a partition. Typically, drives come with a preformatted partition. For more
information on partitioning an external hard drive, refer to the manufacturer’s
instructions.
Devices that don’t meet these requirements are treated as storage for media like music or video.
For more information, see
How to manage storage on Xbox One
New users to Xbox One
Once you complete the digital setup of your new console, your Xbox prompts you to format your
external storage device if you want to use it to store your Xbox games and apps. If you want to
use this device for personal media such as pictures, music, and video, you can choose to keep the
device as media storage and the drive will not be formatted.
Important
Make sure you don’t have any important information stored on your hard drive
before you select
Format for games & apps
. Reformatting the drive makes all data already
stored on it unrecoverable.
If you’re not prompted to format the drive, or you choose to cancel formatting, you can set it up
later:
1.
Open the guide and select
System
>
All Settings
>
System
>
Storage
.
2.
Select your device, and then select
Format for games & apps
.
If your Xbox doesn’t recognize your external drive, see
Troubleshoot external storage detection
Note
Xbox only recognizes three external drives at one time.
