Xbox One X Hard Drive Replacement Guide

Use a T9 screwdriver to unscrew (counter-clockwise direction) the black 13mm long screw circled in red from the back side to the lower left of the power connector.

Remove the screw cover label outlined in red using a tweezer to gently pry up the lower-right side of the label. It's only necessary to pry it up until the screw is accessible. There's no need to take the label completely off.

Use a T9 screwdriver to unscrew (counter-clockwise direction) the black 13mm long screw circled in yellow.

Rotate the Xbox One X so that the top case and the switch (watermelon key) are facing you.

Hold the middle of the sides of the Xbox One X's top case with both hands and pull it about 1 cm horizontally toward your body. The left and right pull distance must be symmetrical

Hold the middle of the sides of the Xbox One X top case with both hands. First raise the right hand up about 1cm vertically, and separate the top case from the right side; then, raise the left hand up vertically about 1cm, separate the top case from the left side . At this point, the top case can be removed.

Grab the upper case and rotate the Xbox One X so that the left side is facing you.

Use a T9 screwdriver to unscrew (counter-clockwise direction) the two silver 15mm long screws circled in red.

Use a T9 screwdriver to unscrew (counter-clockwise direction) the black 9mm long screw circled in orange.

Hold the circuit board tightly by two fingers and pull it straight off towards you. Make sure to keep it level.

Grab the upper case and rotate the Xbox One X so that the infrared receiver is facing you.

Use a tweezer to gently pry up the black flip actuator of the white flex cable shown in the red box.

Notice: the white flex cable is held in by the white connector. It's held using a belt buckle type mechanism.

Lightly grab the white flex cable and carefully pull it downwards by using a tweezer, and the connector should come out. This should not require any force.

Use a T9 screwdriver to unscrew (counter-clockwise direction) the two silver 7mm long screws circled in red.

Use a tweezer to grab the oval plug and pull vertically to pry it out of the USB jack.

Use a T9 screwdriver to unscrew (counter-clockwise direction) the six silver 47mm long screws circled in red that hold the bottom case on.

Rotate the Xbox One X so that bottom case is facing upwards and the infrared receiver is facing you.

Grab the middle of the two sides of the bottom case by two hands and lift up vertically to remove the bottom case.

Rotate the Xbox One X so that the top is facing up and the infrared receiver is facing you.

Use a T9 screwdriver to unscrew (counter-clockwise direction) the four silver 11mm long screws circled in red that hold the hard drive tray in.

Rotate the Xbox One X so that the bottom is facing up and the infrared receiver is facing you.

Use a T9 screwdriver to unscrew (counter-clockwise direction) the 11mm long silver screw circled in red and the 7.5mm long silver screw circled in orange.

Grab the sides of the Xbox One X bottom metal case in the middle by two hands and lift up vertically to remove the bottom metal case.

Flip the disk drive up. The three plugs underneath (outlined in red in the third image) don't need to be unplugged.

Turn over the hard drive.

Use a T9 screwdriver to unscrew (counter-clockwise direction) the four black screws circled in red and remove the hard drive bracket.

Unplug the hard drive connector outlined in orange and remove the hard drive.