About the Author. Reviews and Awards. It was a mistake when I first received a message saying that the server was down, I must remove all files and re-log on to reuse and re-play games on PS4. I followed and deleted all the game files without any backup. Now all my games are gone. Can I recover the lost game files directly? I don't remember all the games and neither want to waste so much time to download those lost games again. It can be effortless for PS4 game lovers to lose vulnerable game files on their hard drives by accidental deletion, sudden power outage, hard drive formatting, or other errors.
But it's quite complicated for users to recover lost PS4 game files without backups. After data loss, it will take quite a long time for users to re-download and re-install lost game files. So will you just let the deleted or lost game files disappear from your PS4 hard drive? Of course not!
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USB 3. Plus, the transfer speed depends on a large part on the speed of the internal storage device. So, if you PC uses an SSD, it will take much less time to transfer files compared to traditional hard drive. Does an USB 2. Or do you necesarilly need an 3. Yes, it does work, but only as a mass storage device for backup purposes not as an extended storage on which you can install games and apps.
If I have movies on a 3. Yes, you can. Both work for movies. Or can a usb 2. I tried 3 usb 2. Thanks for your feedback. I am interested to know in order to enrich my knowledge about this case. I was just just trying to apply a PES patch. Got it working with the last stick I tried. I think the problem is with the sticks themselves. Anyway, glad that you have got one working at least.
Can I use a USB hub to read a flash drive? My 2nd port has an external hard drive hooked up. I want to transfer some save files. I am able to transfer my Capture Gallery data to a 2TB USB stick, that apparently cannot be formatted as extended storage even though it is 3. You need to transfer the data stored on the USB flash drive to the internal hard drive.
They only work there. Does this apply to the rear USB-port as well? What if my usb in the back ….. It depends on the level of damage of the USB port.
You can try. My son has PS4 wireless headphones and the chip goes in one port. His controller goes in the other port. He wants external hard drive for storage and it seems that would have to plug in directly to the console looking at the other comments.
Would the headphones chip and controller work from a usb hub so that all 3 items are on the go together? As you wrote, usb 3. So it is same technology with transfer speed 5 gbps. No one have transfer speed 10 gbps, which is usb 3. Sorry for bad english. Yes, the terms USB 3. Thanks for notifying us of that.
Please provide us with your feedback in order to help others who have the same problem. That would be much appreciated. I was wondering about the online gaming part of it. Will it work just the same as the original ps4 hard drive when it comes to online gaming or not.
I know we didnt have any issues when we played online with the original hard drive. It will be just slightly and unnoticeably better. If you want to improve your online gaming, the best go is an SSD.
If you can afford it, go for it. Hello, thank you so much for the wealth of information regarding the ps4 hard drive. Red dead redemption 2 even started lagging and glitching, which never happened to me before. Then I moved the ps4 from my bedroom to the living room and when I powered it on it was in safe mode and said I needed to download the software to a usb device and reinstall it on my ps4. I did a database rebuild and it started working again but then I keep getting data corruption crashes on all my games.
I am 46 years old and play offline in the evenings after work, what do you recommend for someone like me with a limited budget should I need a new hard drive? I saw Best Buy had a western digital 1tb hd for Well, we always recommend to upgrade the PS4 hard drive if you want more power out of the new replacement drive i.
In fact, what happened to your PS4 hard drive is that it suffers from bad sectors that cause this issue you described. Please learn how to do that by reading this guide. Just in case you want to do it yourself, you will have an external hard drive enclosure for this.
Also, I put my ps4 in rest mode every night, could this be the reason for my ps4 trouble? Guess I live and learn lol. It is not good to often put any system on rest mode, whether it is a computer, tablet, smartphone or even a game console. You have to eventually turn it off completely at least once a week in order to maintain the performance of the device. I got it for my son for Christmas. He was playing fortnight when it started to lag and freeze a bit.
It was working fine earlier that day! Does this mean my drive is more than likely shot? But first, please read this article as it offers other solutions that might work in your case. Hi, I followed your guide to complete format the HDD because it had faulty sectors. When I boot in safe mode only step 7 is available, which makes sense. However, when I select step 7 the system freezes on the safe mode screen.
I even tried with a fresh wiped gb SSD and the same thing happened. Any ideas? Thank you for your time! In such a case, the USB drive itself might be corrupted, or even the system update file. Try another USB flash drive and see if this works for you or not.
Also, try to download the system installation file again. Thank you for the reply. I also tried to power cycle the PS4. Thank you! You already have done what a savvy would do in such a situation. Anyway, I am afraid that the problem is with the RAM.
It gets defective sometimes and needs to be fixed. Only a technician can do that for you. I only saw 2TB as the maximum available Internal 2. You can get a 4tb SSD instead. I replaced the HDD but with an extra one laying around date on the HDD was so it might be old, it works every now and again, my son plays Minecraft or Fortnight in the morning but in the afternoon I get an error again.
My question is, do you think its my HDD causing all of this? Will it be beneficial to spend money on a new one i am just scared it wont solve the problem. Thank you. Let me better understand your case. Is that correct? That is correct, it was a matter of hours. This is an important step to carry out in order to well-diagnose the problem. I even went so far to strip it and clean it, there was a lot of dust but this too did not help. Thanks for taking your time to try and assist, really awesome of you and its also much appreciated!
This indicates you have a problem with the power supply, not the hard drive. On the other hand, it might not be the power supply itself, but one of the circuits on the motherboard that fails to deliver the sufficient power share to your HDD. The solution? Only an electronic technician can help you here.
Thank you so much for your time, really appreciate it. Will take it in and have a look at it. So happy with the great assistance I got from you, helping me not to spend unnecessary money. Keep it up and stay awesome!! If you can do us a little favor, you can come back after repairing your console and tell us how you got it fixed. This will help us in the first place and many users who have the same issue as yours.
Thank you and stay awesome. I am very pleased to read your feedback and sorry to hear about your PS4. It seems the hard drive was affected by a power surge and hence got bad sectors that have caused these problems.
What you can do here is to full format the PS4 internal hard drive on a PC which, in most cases, will fix these bad sectors and restore the original performance of your PS4 HDD.
Do you still stand by that? Will I have any issues doing it this way instead? As for your last question, if you do that process as described, hopefully, it will go smoothly without any hassle. As I tried looking for it online and I saw that is quite big and chunky, you know much bigger than the my ps 4 internal hard drive slot. There are two models of Western Digital Black Performance, one for laptops and another for desktops.
Click here and see the models that fits for your PS4 Slim. But on the screen it says no device connected. Now the extended storage device is beeping? Once done, come back with your feedback for further assistance. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. PlayStation 5. PS4 Controller. External Hard Drive. Internal Hard Drive. PS4 Hard Drive Failure? Reasons, Symptoms and Solutions.
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