Like someone mentioned, those disconnect issues are usually a symptom of a bad controller or poor power management. After dealing with dozens of drives over the years, I've learned that you really need to be careful with budget enclosures. If you have about $100 to spend, I would suggest going with a portable SSD instead of a traditional mechanical hard drive. Something like the Samsung T7 Shield 1TB Portable SSD or the Crucial X9 1TB Portable SSD would be a massive upgrade in terms of stability. SSDs dont have moving parts that need to spin up, so the console is much less likely to lose the connection during power cycles. You should definitely make sure to use the rear USB ports on the console. The front port is convenient, but the rear ports provide a more consistent connection for high-speed data transfer. One technical detail you must consider is that you cannot run Series X optimized games directly from any USB drive. They only work for storage. Youll have to move them back to the internal drive to play them, but it only takes a few minutes. I would suggest treating it as cold storage to save your bandwidth. Also, be careful with the cable quality. Always use the original cable that comes with the drive, as cheap replacements often cause the very disconnects youre trying to avoid.

Quick reply while I have a sec. I dealt with those same disconnects for months until I finally swapped my old junk for a Seagate Expansion 2TB Portable External Hard Drive. In my experience, the front USB port on the Series X is super finicky with power. Since I plugged the Seagate into a back port, it hasnt failed once. Definitely a solid buy for under 100 bucks.

In my experience, reliability depends on the quality of the internal controller. Over the years, I've tried many brands for my consoles and Western Digital is consistently the most stable. Honestly, just get any external drive from WD and youll be set. They manage the Xbox Series X power cycles much better than the cheap generic stuff. I've never had one fail during a download.