A tool for converting external drives between PC and Xbox One/Series
Project description
Xbox One External HDD Tool
What
- Convert an Xbox One configured external hard drive to work with Windows.
- Convert a GPT+NTFS configured external hard drive to work with the Xbox One.
Requirements
- Xbox One.
- External Hard drive greater than 256GB.
- Python 3.x
- Administrator rights.
Instructions
Xbox One to Windows PC
- Use an Xbox One to correctly configure an external hard drive.
- Physically connect the now Xbox One configured external hard drive to a Windows PC.
- Run the script with the appropriate paramaters (see xboxoneexternal.py --help, or below).
- Power cycle the external hard drive.
Windows PC to Xbox One
- Use a Windows PC to correctly configure a GPT disk with an NTFS partition.
- Run the script with the appropriate paramaters (see xboxoneexternal.py --help, or below).
- Physically connect the now Xbox One configured external hard drive to a Windows PC.
Parameters
usage: xboxoneexternal.py [-h] (--toxbox | --topc) drive
Xbox One/Series External Drive Converter
positional arguments:
drive The target physical drive
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--toxbox Convert the drive from Xbox to PC
--topc Convert the drive from PC to Xbox
Examples
Display current 'Boot Signature' and 'NT Disk Signature'
xboxoneexternal.py \\.\PhysicalDrive5
NT Disk Signature: 0x12345678
Boot Signature: 0x99cc
Xbox One to Windows PC
xboxoneexternal.py \\.\PhysicalDrive5 --toxbox
NT Disk Signature: 0x12345678
Boot Signature: 0x99cc
Operation: Xbox One->PC
Writing new MBR ... done.
Windows PC to Xbox One
xboxoneexternal.py \\.\PhysicalDrive5 --topc
NT Disk Signature: 0x12345678
Boot Signature: 0x55aa
Operation: PC->Xbox One
Writing new MBR ... done.
What to Expect
F:\>dir /p
Volume in drive F is Pluto
Volume Serial Number is xxxx-xxxx
Directory of F:\
01/06/2014 09:39 AM 2,191,065,088 520FCE1F-7BF6-48AE-AF3A-A469574766D9 (Peggle 2)
01/06/2014 09:39 AM 4,096 520FCE1F-7BF6-48AE-AF3A-A469574766D9.xvi (Peggle 2)
01/06/2014 09:41 AM 5,367,975,936 F57F7834-5D73-4CAA-8479-3107957CC0AB (Trials Evolution)
01/06/2014 09:41 AM 4,096 F57F7834-5D73-4CAA-8479-3107957CC0AB.xvi (Trials Evolution)
01/06/2014 09:40 AM 16 LastConsole (Console GUID(?))
5 File(s) 7,559,049,232 bytes
0 Dir(s) 504,384,786,432 bytes free
F:\>tree /f /a
Folder PATH listing for volume Pluto
Volume serial number is xxxxxxxx xxxx:xxxx
F:.
520FCE1F-7BF6-48AE-AF3A-A469574766D9 (Peggle 2 - MD5:8F06F76D0BEE9681FF5F9A3E4187AB1D)
520FCE1F-7BF6-48AE-AF3A-A469574766D9.xvi (Peggle 2 - MD5:A0B247B79954C469B6CF635FAA7BBF6D)
F57F7834-5D73-4CAA-8479-3107957CC0AB (Trials Evolution - MD5:ED511CDD51A8BB2FE09CC0A4538AC71F)
F57F7834-5D73-4CAA-8479-3107957CC0AB.xvi (Trials Evolution - MD5:A66BD3E8125650C6D1FE84D73EC591FA)
LastConsole
No subfolders exist
How?
The Xbox One initializes the external drive with a GPT (GUID Partition Table).
The original Boot Signature of the device 0x99CC (0x1FE-0x1FF) doesn't appear to allow the drive to be seen as initialized in Windows.
Swapping the two Boot Signature bytes with the traditional 0x55AA allows the NTFS partition to be seen be Windows.
Original 'Protective MBR':
Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
0000000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000070 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000080 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000090 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000000A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000000B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000000C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000000D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000000E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000000F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000100 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000140 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000150 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000160 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000170 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000190 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000001A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000001B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 34 56 78 00 00 00 00 .........4Vx....
00000001C0 00 00 EE 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 AE 12 9E 3B 00 00 ..î.......®.ž;..
00000001D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000001E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000001F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 99 CC ..............™Ì
Modified 'Protective MBR':
Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
0000000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000070 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000080 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000090 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000000A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000000B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000000C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000000D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000000E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000000F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000100 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000140 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000150 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000160 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000170 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0000000190 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000001A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000001B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 34 56 78 00 00 00 00 .........4Vx....
00000001C0 00 00 EE 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 AE 12 9E 3B 00 00 ..î.......®.ž;..
00000001D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000001E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000001F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 AA ..............™Ì
Notes
- Windows will offer to initialize an Xbox One formatted disk. Don't do this unless you want to start everything again.
- If the Boot Signature matches 0x99CC, the Xbox One will be able to read the partitions. Windows PC will not.
- If the Boot Signature matches 0x55AA, a Windows PC will be able to read the partitions. Xbox One will not.
- Windows might complain that there is something wrong with the disk and will want to run a chkdsk. I don't reccomend doing this.
- Make sure you specify the right disk - don't come to me when it hits the fan.
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