How to Move Xbox One Games to a Hard Drive
If you have many digital games on your Xbox One, you’ll need to move them to an external hard drive first. Then you can connect the drive to your Xbox Series X or S and either play the games or move them to internal storage. Any USB 3.1 external hard drive (HDD) or solid-state drive (SSD) will work as long as it holds at least 128 GB.
Here’s how to add an external drive to your Xbox One:
Open the Guide, and select My games & apps. Select a game. Select Full Library if you don’t see the games you want to move. Select Manage games & add ons. Select Move all. Select Move. Repeat this procedure for the rest of the games you want to move.
How to Move Xbox One Games to an Xbox Series X or S
If you plan on leaving your digital Xbox One games on the external drive, all you have to do is plug it in, wait for the console to recognize it, and then start playing your games. They’ll show up in your game library alongside anything you’ve already downloaded to your Xbox Series X or S.
If you want to move your Xbox One games to your Xbox Series X or S internal storage, follow these steps:
Connect your external drive into your Xbox Series X or S with a USB cable. Wait for the console to recognize the drive. Press the Xbox button on your controller and select My games & apps. Select See all. Navigate to Manage > Storage devices. Select your external drive. Select Move or copy. Select the games you want to move. Select Move selected. Select Move. Wait for your games to finish moving.
