Xbox One S Hard Drive Assembly

Written By: Victoria Law

Comments: 21

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

10 minutes

Introduction

If you want to replace the hard drive with one that has a larger capacity, this guide will teach you how to replace the hard drive.

Tools

Step 1

Flip the Xbox One S so that the bottom of the case is facing upward.

Step 2

Begin by working at the case on the rear where the warranty sticker is located. Insert the plastic opening tool into the gap between the bottom of the case and the grated top side. Then find the clips in between that hold the case in place. Use the opening tool to pop the clips out. The best method is to pry the black case away from the bottom.
Use the opening tool to pop the clips out. The best method is to pry the black case away from the bottom.
You will hear clicking sounds when you are prying the case open. It may be fairly difficult to remove the bottom.
It's possible that the clips may break when you remove the bottom from the case.
We recommend starting at the back where the warranty sticker is located. Pry along the rear edge until all clips are free. From there do each side. When three sides are free start at the end of the front opposite the sync button. Be cautious and take your time and all should separate without any damage.

Be careful not to damage the pairing button on this part

David - 22/02/20

Important!!

You've to start from the back corner where is the information label, because there is a main clip behind a warranty sticker

Cristian Ramirez - 01/07/20

They should add this to the guide! I didnt know that, and did some minor damage to the bottom piece where that main clip is.

I dont mind because it's my own Xbox, but what if it belonged to a customer?

Charles Jackson - 13/11/20

They should add this to the guide! I didnt know that, and did some minor damage to the bottom piece where that main clip is.

I dont mind because it's my own Xbox, but what if it belonged to a customer?

💯% same opinion!

profnussecke42o -

This was hard! I tried using plastic pry tools, but they did not work. A metal tool did, but make sure to watch a video or two, to see what you actually are dealing with. After the videos it went quite smoothly.

Peterdk - 15/12/20

I legitimately cannot open the case where the warranty sticker is, ive tried everything, im resorting to a fork to try and open this

Sohail ツShah -

Step 3

Once all of the clips are opened, remove the bottom part of the case.

Step 4

Use a T10 Torx screwdriver to remove the six green 50 mm long screws from the metal case labeled F1 through F6.

My F3 isn't coming out. The screwdriver isn't sitting tight like it is for the other ones. Any idea on how to fix that?

ben mccord -

Step 5

Gently separate the interior case from the white exterior case using the appropriate method.
Pry the white plastic sides outwards at the rear to separate from the plastic I/O shield

Essential tip: be sure to slide the metal housing backward, away from the from of the case as pictured above, rather than upward. If not, you can easily break off the teeny momentary switches on the IR blaster board!

Mark Ross - 02/01/20

“appropriate method is not descriptive like Mr. Ross’s comment. The original poster should edit the description to ensure people do in fact remove the box from the case appropriately. I would also add arrows to the picture.

Ryan A - 13/01/20

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↖️Yes! I see it the same way!↗️

⬅️Arrows are always a good thing!➡️

↙️Can't do anything wrong with them! ↘️

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profnussecke42o - 06/12/22

I didn't realize that metal ribbon was connecting the case to the console and I yanked it w out realizing it was there. How o I get a replacement?

Jerianna Mike -

Step 6

Flip the interior case so it is fan side upward.

Step 7

To access the hardware within the casing, you can pop and lift the top panel of the casing. It should come right off.

Step 8

To replace the hard drive, flip over the console and remove the two 10 mm T-10 Torx screws, C3 and C5, from the backside of the Xbox One S.
Some models may require C4 and C5.
This will allow the plastic casing surrounding the hard drive to become detached from the rest of the console.

Some of my silver were gold screws, so just letting people know to look out for that!

jovialkitten - 02/02/20

The Torx screw circled on the left is actually C5

Jaryn Wickman -

I found the same. On my Xbox One S, it's C3 and C5 that hold in the hard drive caddy. C4 holds in the optical disk caddy.

jamesr - 31/03/23

Yeah, C3 and C5 on my console too.

Jahn Roux -

Funny thing on my console rev t t3 built feb 2018 it’s C4 and C5

KingofRome -

The instructions fail to mention that the top metal cover can be lifted off at this point without undoing any more screws.

CityZ -

Step 9

Gently disconnect the hard drive from the motherboard (at the two plastic connector bodies).

Do not disconnect the connector in the second image! There are tiny prongs that bend easily and if bent just a tad bit they will break off. I had first hand experience with this and I ended up breaking my Xbox because I could not put that cable back on.

[deleted] - 29/09/18

Do not remove the cable!!!! You can change while the cables are plugged. It took 2 hours trying to put mm precisely all the little pins because of the removal of the cables.

Please update the post, I could easily end up as the Aaron, breaking the XBOX completly.

Botond Kopacz - 31/05/19

Yes, this has also happened to me the connectors had broken and the pins bent and snapped off.

Samuel Garbutt -

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Author

Victoria Law

Member since: 26/04/17

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One comment

My F3 isn't coming out. The screwdriver isn't sitting tight like it is for the other ones. Any idea on how to fix that?

ben mccord -