Xbox One Data Recovery

Have you ever faced the Xbox one green screen of death issue before or you are now having the Xbox one stuck on Loading green screen? Here's the tutorial to lead you on how to fix this issue and then guide you with a file recovery on Xbox one.

Xbox One is a line of eighth-generation home video game consoles developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, which is one of the most popular game consoles like Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita, Project Shield, etc. Likewise, Xbox One is using hard drive to store games as others, and we found that many users had such issue on the internet:

When I turn on my Xbox one, it sticks on loading green screen, but it does not continue. I waited for even 2 hours but still the same. How can I fix this issue, please help!

Don't panic, if you cannot find the answers through Google, try to find the answers here!

Solution One. Offline Update the Xbox One system to fix the green screen of death

To update Xbox one offline system, you'll need:

1. A Windows-based PC with an Internet connection and a USB port.

2. A USB flash drive with a minimum of 4 GB of space formatted as NTFS.

Tips: You'll have to format the USB flash drive as NTFS partition before you try to perform the formatting, backup all of the necessary files onto the computer.

Then follow the below tutorial to save the ZIP file on the USB flash drive:

Step 1. Connect this NTFS USB flash drive with the computer.

Step 2. Download Offline System Update file OSU1 from http://www.xbox.com/xboxone/osu1

Step 3. Save the update .zip file to the computer.

Step 4. Unzip the file by right-clicking on the file and extract update.zip.

Step 5. Copy the $SystemUpdate file from the .zip file to USB flash drive.

Note: Please copy the files to the root directory of USB flash drive and make sure there are no other files on the drive. Unplug the USB flash drive from your computer once you finished the copy.

You can now try to enter into the Xbox One Troubleshooter interface by pressing and holding BIND and EJCT button for about 10-15 seconds and then press Xbox button, after hearing 2 power-on beeps, release the BIND and EJCT button, you can see the Xbox One Startup Troubleshooter interface now.

Now, connect the USB flash drive with Xbox One and then select Offline System Update to finish the update. Normally, the Xbox one will reboot and green screen issue won't happen again, plug off the USB flash drive and enjoy yourself now.

Solution Two: Factory reset to fix Xbox one green screen issue

To reset the Xbox one to Factory settings, you'll need:

1. A Windows-based PC with an Internet connection and a USB port.

2. A USB flash drive with a minimum of 4 GB of space formatted as NTFS.

Tips are the same as the Solution 1 to format the USB flash drive to NTFS partition.

Then follow the below steps to finish the factory reset with USB flash drive.

Step 1. Connect this NTFS USB flash drive with the computer.

Step 2. Download FactoryReset.zip from http://www.xbox.com/xboxone/restorefactorydefaults

Step 3. Save the zip file to the computer.

Step 4. Unzip the file by right-clicking on the file and extract FactoryReset.zip.

Step 5. Copy the $SystemUpdate file from the .zip file to USB flash drive.

Note: Make sure there are no other files on the flash drive and then plug off the USB flash drive.

What will I lose after Xbox One factory reset?

Generally, after a factory reset, you probably lost all of the games on the hard drive, however, if you want to get back all of the games you stored, try to use Bitwar Data Recovery -- a powerful data recovery tool to give a shot.

Download Bitwar Data Recovery, install the software on the computer and then launch it.

Why not have a try?

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