Solved Do I Need To Format My Xbox One S Hard Drive Before Replacing It Xbox One S

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You will need to format it using a special tool on the PC. Xbox One is not designed to initialize the drive on its own.

Most likely, you will be able to format it after installing the drive, but I would recommend formatting it on your computer just in case. By the way, the Xbox One S uses the NTFS file storage system, so make sure you don’t format the drive as FAT32 or FAT64