Xbox One X Hard Drive Replacement

Use blunt tweezers to peel off the sticker covering the right-side screw on the back of the console.

Use a T10 Torx screwdriver to remove the two 12.6 mm–long screws located on the back of the console.

Rotate the console 90 degrees.

Pull the front of the upper plastic case horizontally toward the front of the console until it comes to a stop. This slides the clips out of the slots on the upper plastic case.

Rotate the console 90 degrees so that the back is facing you.

Lift up the left side of the upper plastic case (as viewed from the back of the console), stopping when it won’t lift any further.

While continuing to hold the left side of the upper plastic case, push up on the right side to move the right-side screw boss out of the way.

Swing the upper plastic case open to 75 degrees.

Push the upper plastic case down and away from the console to remove it completely.

Use the pointed end of a spudger, an opening tool, or your fingernail to flip down the small, hinged locking flap on the ribbon cable ZIF connector on the front circuit board.

Use blunt tweezers to pull the ribbon cable down out of the connector.

Use a T8 Torx screwdriver to remove the three 13.3 mm screws securing the front circuit board to the upper metal case.

Pull the front circuit board straight out away from the upper metal case and set it aside.

Use a T10 Torx screwdriver to remove the six 47.7 mm screws securing the upper metal case to the lower plastic case.

Use a T8 Torx screwdriver to remove the two 7.5 mm screws securing the press connector to the upper metal case.

Insert the flat end of a spudger underneath the press connector on the side opposite of the ribbon cable.

Use the spudger to lift the press connector up and away from the upper metal case.

Flip the console over.

Lift the lower plastic case up from the metal case and set it aside.

Remove the two T10 Torx screws securing the lower metal case:

One 7.7 mm screw

One 11.4 mm screw

Lift the lower metal case up off the upper metal case and internal components.

Set the lower metal case aside.

Flip the console over.

Use a T10 Torx screwdriver to remove the four 11.4 mm screws securing the hard drive to the upper metal case.

Flip the console back over, keeping in mind the disc drive is loose.

Lift the disc drive up so that its metal tab is unhooked from the power supply.

Flip the disc drive over and place it on the power supply. The disc drive should end up facing the opposite direction it started in.

Unplug the bundled cable connector connecting the hard drive to the motherboard by pulling directly upward.

Unplug the SATA cable connecting the hard drive to the motherboard by pulling directly upward.

Lift the hard drive assembly up out of the upper metal case.

Flip the hard drive over so that the plastic mounting bracket is facing upward.

Use a T10 Torx screwdriver to remove the four 8.6 mm screws attaching the hard drive to the mounting bracket.

Lift the mounting bracket off the hard drive.

Unplug the hard drive connector from the hard drive by pulling parallel to the length of the drive.