Can you SWAP PS4 Hard Drives without Losing Data??? (Bring PS4 Hard drive to friends house?)

[@bls3746]

At least your ps4 was off this time when you took the hard drive out 😂😂😂

[@MIW_Renegade]

This is exactly why I came here 😂

[@drewmow]

I still don't understand how the second video was worse than the first. I think him freaking out about the PS4 being removed in the first video

[@bcrudiclhigh3077]

All he had to do was press no when it said do you have a USB then it would have just automatically updated anyway ezzz

[@rainmin5041]

THUMBS UP SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THIS!!! THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE IT WORK STEP 1: after you switched hardrives can turn on your PS4 on safe mode STEP 2: SCROLL TO “UPDATE SYSTEM SOFTWARE” (make sure you’re connected to WiFi/Cable -cable recommended-) STEP 3: Restart PS4 Voila!

[@seanord3356]

Does this actually work tho

[@chingon5709]

Yea does it work

[@flashthompson1085]

Thank you. Way to get to the point. This video beat around the bush and waste time.

[@betancourtj3]

I can 100% confirm that this did NOT work for me.

[@40xXmattmanXx]

Upgraded the original hard drive for something that could handle more space ( 2TB Seagate Firecuda). The short version of the story is I had a power surge and it killed the new drive. I reinstalled the original drive that came with the PS4 and it gave me the re installation error. Turns out putting it into safe mode and updating it work in my scenario hope this helps others.

[@michaelmyers5599]

Boy that was a waste of time. Why didn't you just say you can't do it.

[@miguelsystem]

porque é legal ver alguém fazendo o que eu queria fazer

[@saynomore6274]

Very informative saved me a lot of head scratching

[@callumnye149]

what was the answer

[@kaiabennett3827]

Mcjuggernuggets

[@Zircon]

Kaia Bennett lmao

[@westleymerriweather6268]

😂😂

[@mahdihussain4410]

For those wondering if you could alternate between two hardrives which are solely purposed for your playstation, you could. You could not, however, use one hardrive between 2 playstations

[@robertroehm6907]

Yeah format is tied to the main board. Good for those who want to keep their P.T. hard drive safe...

[@Liv1ngTheDream]

Nice, I tried backing up save data to usb and got an unreadable dat file. Thought I lost everything.

[@barryturner2802]

How do I use a second hard drive with my ps4

[@josephnwagbo2997]

Thanks i was about to sell my ps4 i .Thank u man u saved my ps4 i SUBSCRIBED 👍👍

[@kleingeldmagda7156]

What dit you do?

[@arthurhernandez8378]

@@kleingeldmagda7156 yea help us ^^

[@sniffer2500]

I do this all the time. Make sure you " swap same name product with both ps4 hard drive ", also make sure all power is disconnected from your ps4 including hdmi cable" which does hold some power too. GEEK.😊

[@jaymcgloin]

If I remove the hard drive that comes with the PS4 and buy an adapter for it. Can I transfer the apps/games directly to the new hard drive?

[@drifty8279]

jaymcgloin that’s what I’m asking

[@kleingeldmagda7156]

I only want my online data to be on my be hard drive I don't care over the offline games only care over my online data so that I want to know

[@monkeyface8879]

Im in the process of doing that right now how did it go thinking it was a year ago

[@Orthais]

I took my hard drive out to do some cleaning and after putting back in I am stuck in a boot loop in safe mode. And of course, I forgot to back up my save data on my second account so I am likely going to have to reinitialize and lose a ton of stuff. Can't seem to restore default, rebuild database, or any of the other options as they all require and restart and once the system does that is just places me at the safe mode menu again without actually having done anything. So frustrating.

[@wontonwasabi2725]

Aha, I have the exact same problem, yet I never messed with the internals. I have completely given up all on all hope once the PlayStation help desk said I couldn’t get any of my data back whatsoever. Not to mention that repairing the device (without getting any of my data back by the way) is going to cost $280 AUD. If you can somehow find a solution to get outta safe mode, and keep all your data, please respond. Hopefully you can fix your problem, somehow.

[@wontonwasabi2725]

@Orthais

[@cobainbruh5850]

@@wontonwasabi2725 yo I tried to swap my hard drives and mine went into safe mode as well. When it got the the part it asks you to plug controller in and when I did I just hit cancel instead of the people there option. PlayStation shut off. I turned it back on and it was fine🤷🏼‍♂️ maybe try that?

[@Kiharu_Sunzuko]

For how long you’ve had your PS4 ?

[@Danieljreid1987]

Still looking for a way of getting my saved data off the old hard drive as the motherboard is broken why does Sony have to make it so difficult wouldn't be so bad if they give free cloud storage

[@R3alWear]

Same here, My ps4 turns on but I can’t see anything on the screen or hear it, Just all black screen, Trying to get my old videos on there

[@yazanwatfi9657]

Guys in case you are wondering (i don’t think you can remove your original/not changed hard drive and not lose any game i have done it with the original ps4 500 GB 2 years ago and it seems like the hard drive is not even working any more.

[@terryakamadcat]

Okay so here is a question,what if your ps4 had a power supply problem and u got a new ps4 can I just change it over no problems?

[@Razzify21]

I think you can’t but if you can then please reply back because I have the same problem

[@arthurhernandez8378]

@@Razzify21 can you help me too^

[@spacecatghostboi776]

Same here

[@markellriley2162]

@@Razzify21 this just happened to me and I need answers cause this is bogus man

[@Danakedgamer0523]

Yeah I was pretty sure you can't do this I remember in older days you could on the 360 but when you think about it someone could basically steal your hard drive and swap it out on their PS4 so yeah probably why they stopped doing this as far as I know it's also encrypted on the PS3 to that specific PlayStation probably for the best without someone stealing your games unless you give them your password

[@robertroehm6907]

They probably updated security so each hard drive is bound to their device. Swap hard drives with the same device.

[@thebhaveshnetwork]

it's nice that you made this video. helpful

[@diaca007]

Hi, my old PS4 had an accident but I still have the hard drive, I already have a PS pro, can please someone telling me how I can transfer the data

[@fallonwomack5777]

Contact sony

[@MrSingh1150]

most likely you have to use that old ps4 to retrieve your data

[@joshbucko0795]

Have u done it yet because it’s really easy I will tell you

[@Darsh0019]

@@joshbucko0795 please tell me

[@ashbytorretti6403]

@@MrSingh1150 you can’t it’s broken

[@BlackMalice21]

See a lot of ppl almost asking a similar question like I did and no one answering them.

[@helltioeverygames]

Ia gree,my other ps4 died and now i have a new one,sadly gives me that shitty error.

[@arthurhernandez8378]

@@helltioeverygames can you guys help me with my comment so mine wont crash either^

[@shaijuan]

Thanks msn really appreciate that..... always wonder can you do that..... like menery cards was used on the ps1 back in the day lol..... take care

[@MrZero0684]

If you do the hold button on do a system update it will allow you to move hard drive from one ps4 to another, i lost my data for FF7 remake and regained it, i am the happiest person in the world

[@jaydenlopez8165]

Wait so if I put MY HDD in another PS4, launch in safe mode, then select System Update, I’ll be able to use MY HDD? If that’s true THANK YOU!!! I’m literally in the exact same boat. I really don’t want to lose my FF7 Remake saves, I’m so close to the end

[@MrZero0684]

@@jaydenlopez8165 yes it worked

[@greeksoldier9381]

Could you elaborate on the specifics like step by step

[@kamiyal]

mcjuggernuggets in the universe his dad let him continue gaming lol

[@B9NE]

You should've tried updating using USB to see if it would work or if it overwrites using system reinstall

[@nathanieldotter3717]

It does work and so does the option in safe mode to update system via internet.

[@cyborgrat]

Im actualy testing this because my friends ps4 just stays in safe mode(did all the options available update crashes) so to see if its hdd or the unit, I will reinitialise the old ps4 hdd in my ps4pro since losing data at this point isnt as important as losing 70$ for a 1tb hdd. also the broken unit hdd, when i put it on my pc it reports as all partitions are healthy.

[@fateclapz500]

Hey how did u fix this problem I just got it and don’t know what to do

[@luis3893]

I have that to I have the safe mode loop

[@Slamz369]

Thank you for the testing. very imformative.

[@Wizzydizzy16]

My PlayStation 4 was broken the other day and i recently bought a second hand one , when I log into my account all of my data and games are not there. Can I take the hard drive out if my broken one and put it in my new one ?

[@wthpastoo]

give me an update bc i’m wanting to do it before I actually do it

[@Wizzydizzy16]

@@wthpastoo hi , I can’t remember exactly what I done but everything worked out fine. All off my games, clips and messages are now on my second hand ps4. I didn’t need to take the hard drive out in the end, but I can’t remember exactly what I did and how I did it👍🏻

[@alex2285]

If u purchased a game from the online ps4 store or you have a game that you can play multilayer like gta or call of duty you are not going to lose anything you just have to sign in your account download the game and play

[@blazin2200]

Tell that to all the ppl that play 2k

[@thomasodetinape4180]

This sucks, when your board or power supply burns out, were screwed. Good video.

[@MIW_Renegade]

When your psu blows up you can just replace the psu. If your mobo goes there is a way to do it in safe mode. You're only screwed if your harddrive goes

[@thomasodetinape4180]

@@MIW_Renegade you can swap hard drives on the PS4 slim...

[@jackbowen07]

Mine did the same thing

[@MIW_Renegade]

@@thomasodetinape4180 not what I mean, you have to format the harddrive when you swap it, I know because that's what happened to me

[@thomasodetinape4180]

@@MIW_Renegade yeah fat32+

[@drummaster642]

My PS4’s HDMI port was broken, and when it was “fixed” my PS4 completely died on me. I was planning on swapping my broken ps4’s hard drive to a newly bought ps4. If I wanna get all my stuff back, what can I really do though? I just wanna play rainbow with all my operators again.

[@Nikto-hw5tj]

you can jus log into your old account and you get all your stuff you just have to wait for your rainbow to download onto your ps4

[@jamespage8131]

Space cat I have the same question , let me know if you found out

[@gabeulrickson2496]

Same my ps4s HDMI died still powers on and has a flashing black screen and flickering audio but I can hear it sign in and scrolling on the menu

[@djkaremani]

@@gabeulrickson2496 Hey I’m having the same issue rn. Did u manage to figure anything out?

[@djlancer88]

Yo thanks for this. Was trying to troubleshoot my nephews playstation with my HDD. This answers my question =D

[@Bobby8451]

The hdd is console specific. It won't work.

[@brandstrom17]

My ps4 slim won't accept discs anymore, and bc of this I can't install ps4 updates. Do you know if it's possible to move the HD from my broken ps4, put it into a working ps4, install the update of the latest ps4 version from a USB drive, then put it back into the broken ps4? Would doing that cause the broken ps4 to boot into safe mode, or will it log me back into the ps4 since it's in the original ps4 console?

[@fashorosay3015]

I’m wondering the same thing, my motherboard on my original ps4 got messed up just bought a new 1TB ps4 slim it won’t accept the old hard drive and says I need the update from Sony online haven’t tested if it works with the update on a usb stick though ...

[@LateAlways2]

sooo... what if they have the same software update?

[@BlackMalice21]

Did you ever get a answer to you question from anywhere else?

[@IIXDARKVENOMXII]

I was wondering the same thing. Seems like he did it before updating the other drive so obviously when it said it needs to update and can get the link from Sony’s website that’s where I got concerned.

[@Agent007skys]

Will this transfer my data ? I too have a harddrive with all my data no cloud backed up and ps4 on different software

[@ras79r]

Wow posed a question and didn’t answer it… very useful

[@BengVideo]

But what if put a usb stick with the firmware on it? Maybe it just has to reinstall the firmware - this shouldn’t delete all the data?

[@GsonyG]

Same thought, but did you try it ?

[@MrNielske99]

@@GsonyG did it work?

[@derrickrobinson4083]

@@MrNielske99 I just did this same exact thing nd it work! The real answers come from PlayStation not these quacks on YT

[@BlackMalice21]

So I switched to a ssd like a month or 2 ago. The question is can I switch back to my old drive and use it without having to set up anything ? Can I hot swap back and forth as long as I have both drives up to date ? And will my data be fine?

[@BlackMalice21]

Anybody?

[@TheArtOfKrieg]

I have the same exact question and I can't really find answers. I also switched my hard drive for more storage but I didn't copy all my save data to the cloud accidently so I only had some of my games data. And I've been trying to see if I can just swap it back (safely) in for a minute to copy the rest. But I can't find a single video covering this. I did find a couple "gamefaq" pages where ppl said you can swap back and forth if it's the same PS4. But I don't know what steps are needed exactly, like do I have to use safe mode or something or can I just do it while it's off?

[@raviece2k10]

Yes u can swap ur internal drives on the same PS4, it will boot with all the data intact. However i don't recommend doing it frequently.

[@TaylTheSnail]

@@raviece2k10 this video came on my recommended recently oddly enough after thinking about my old game footage I saved on my 500gb HDD before upgrading to 2TB. Since it’s still the same PlayStation and it’ll work swapping them back and forth…any way I can just transfer it somewhere to put on the newer HDD? My external hard drive only worked with my game data as well. I’d rather not have to swap to see my old gameplay 😅

[@raizero_8]

Any updates? This is the exact question I have.

[@drewmow]

I still don't understand how the second video was worse than the first. I think him freaking out about the PS4 being removed in the first video

[@liamc7097]

Save yourself 8 minutes :NO

[@loxity6454]

Can anyone reply to my question "My old ps4 broke and I'm going to get a new one i saved the hard drive from my old ps4 and all i want is my PlayStation account because i forgot my email that i used for my ps account so does the hard drive help

[@asanidwani]

try and recover your account

[@nikaoles4817]

you can actually swap the hard drive, you need to download the new software on playstation website to actually do it, there is other videos that explain this. hope it helps.

[@AndyBtattoos]

Die hard gamer! He said “cross” instead of X! 🤔😂

[@editzclapzzx3092]

Do I need pc or external hard drive

[@editzclapzzx3092]

I’m serious help

[@arthurhernandez8378]

me too help ^

[@BookOfSalt2023]

So if both Ps4 consoles are both at the same firmware, could they both be swapped and work with no issues? Both of my hards drives are original to the Ps4s . Would this work with swapping and no start up issues?

[@theshuriken]

yeah this is the real question, this video doesnt even mention that, he sucks

[@SameerShaikh-ur1yi]

My question is also same pls help

[@bcrudiclhigh3077]

Cough cough these SCREWS when there's only 1 screw in the console that's like that

[@brandon51464]

What happens if you update using safe mode?

[@LouisTLW]

I’m getting fed up with my corrupted games, nothing seems to work, not even safe mode will do the trick although I haven’t tried replacing the internal hard drive or initializing it yet, which is a definitive hell no cause my little brother plays on the same ps4 as I do on the second account with no cloud save.

[@nathanieldotter3717]

Yes it will, you have no idea what you are talking about, you were supposed to choose update system and use the internet and update it, all the data from that hard drive would be on that playstation.

[@willmatic84]

😂👌🏽 you redo the video 🤦🏽‍♂️😂🤣 im done ✔ at least you did it properly this time

[@jamespage8131]

I have a question I need answering . So I used to have a PS4 and had a ton of fun and spent a lot of money on it . I decided to sell it and wipe everything as it was the best thing to do, a few years later now we are in lockdown I have decided to get a new one , is there any way to get my data back as my account still works and I can log in , does that mean I will have my stuff back ? I’m guessing I just have to buy the games again

[@kelvins8529]

Download your account on the new ps4. Make it your primary ps4. Go into library and then go to purchased. Anything purchased in the playstation will be there.

[@jamespage8131]

Kelvin S I had my best games on a disk like rainbow six siege for example but I did buy a ton of add ons in there. I’m still confused on this matter

[@jamespage8131]

Will I have my progress that I originally had if I just buy a new disk and play the game or will eveything be gone ?

[@kelvins8529]

@@jamespage8131 if it wasnt backed up your saved progress will be gone

[@jamespage8131]

Kelvin S ok thanks anyway , I’m guessing it will be gone then

[@youtubeextrem8394]

yea you can you put a USB install all the ps4 data that you have in and after switch the hard drive and after you install all of your data from the USB and this is will work

[@joxihigh13]

Damn R.I.P. my mythical goldfish screenshot

[@GuanacoSIVAR]

What if I have 2 hard drives 500gb each and i want to interchange them on the same ps4. Would it work? Without losing data?

[@abokz29]

Just Use a USB cable and save yer game data and just plug it in when u want to play with it

[@arthurhernandez8378]

@@abokz29 can you help me too^

[@abokz29]

@@arthurhernandez8378 help you on?

[@dhysolid]

Ah so its impossible to swap hdd to to other ps4 without reinstalling.

[@jakeeastwood6920]

Just do the update and see it dosnt wipe the HDD cose it's a different HDD from another ps4 it will have a different 7.2 something update on it so it won't read on your ps4 that version. So try again with doing update. It hopefully should work and keep data maybe.

[@mohammadjavadmonjezi]

bro did everything other than updating the other PS4 via a USB...🤦🏻‍♂️

[@tricky1151]

Why take the HDD out? If your going round a friends house just sign in to PSN and use your own profile, if it’s because you wanna use games you own you can attach a external HDD and just take that with you simple 👍

[@YourSixStudios]

Thats probably the best way to do it.

[@tricky1151]

YourSixStudios I could see what you was trying to do though not many people would know, but yeah as soon as you pull the HDD out you can’t put it in another one it’s all done my digital signatures with in the system

[@KingLynch23]

Yuri Tard if you activate your account on a different PlayStation as the primary account you can download all of your own games that are digitally purchased

[@tricky1151]

PS4 Fortnite Clips yeah I missed that bit out, i was just pointing out the easiest way, but thank you for the reply and positive comment 👍

[@sniffer2500]

Hey, ps4 geek, when you swap a ps4 hard drive to the other one, make sure that you swap out the same name brand too. That's the reason why it didn't work for you ,sir.

[@art3misrrs]

why didn't you get the update file that it says you need that would have worked

[@DomBirt]

my ps4 life span is out 😢 I have a Xbox and pc but its not the same

[@Yuurei21]

This probably a dumb question. I just recently bought a ps4 pro. My old ps4 I upgraded to a 2tb hard drive. My question is if I switch hard drives and install the OS update, will that erase everything on the 2tb hard drive?

[@DaveSimonH]

The main focus of the video wasn't what I was after, but the ending answered my question. I am planning on upgrading my stock HDD over the Xmas break, and wanted to know if I could go back to stock HDD if there was an issue. Or if by simply inserting a new drive, the old drive would be forced to be wiped if reinserted. When upgrading a PC, I'll generally leave the old SSD/HDD for a few months as-is, and then when I'm sure the new drive is OK, I will then wipe the old HDD and put it in a USB enclosure/caddy, to act as a backup drive. I guess I will give the PS4 a month or two with the new drive, and then format the old drive to use as PS4 external storage.

[@leehawkins485]

Hi would like to know if your method works, as I was going to swap out the original HDD for an upgraded HDD. Tried to download the re- installation data from Sony's website but it's not down loading from the site.

[@DaveSimonH]

@@leehawkins485 I haven't got around to it yet (although in preparation I did a full backup to a spare USB HDD yesterday). Do you use the Chrome browser? I tried to download it via Chrome, and neither the update or reinstallation file would download. However I then tried Firefox and it downloaded no problem. Same with Microsoft Edge, it downloaded fine. It may be a false flag security issue with Chrome, perhaps it's wary of downloading PUP files? By the way, remember you have to format the USB drive to FAT32, then create PS4 folder with an UPDATE folder inside that. Copy the downloaded file in there, you shouldn't have to rename it.

[@NOXLFYO]

Hey there I wanted to know if I can put a hard drive from a ps4 no one uses in To ps4 pro and I don’t care if I erases data because I bought a ps4 pro with no hard drive

[@Speedracer415]

Can you use 2 internal hard drive formated for same ps4 and use on the same ps4

[@doitallpro]

So the Playstation puts a code on the harddrive specifically for that playstation and everytime it boots the code on the hard drive has to match the code on the system to boot. I have a adapter that plugs into those harddrives and allows me to plug it into a computer as a external hard drive would it be possible to copy that the encryption code off one hardrive and put it on the other hardrive to make the Playstation boot up with all the data still saved on it?

[@UnkownGamer425]

So my hatdruve got swapped I lost all data but I signed back in but it says transfer from another PS4 and the thing is I changed my internet a few days ago so that PS4 didn’t have both internet same so what should I do

[@Alessioxxxx0]

Oh thank you, I though I had lost all my data..

[@flatearth979]

What if i update the new one did i can back to the old hard drive ???

[@nathanieldotter3717]

Do more research before you say you can't do something.

[@danlford]

I just wanna know if I can take a corrupted harddrive out of one and replace it with a hardrive from a broken playstation

[@danlford]

Even if I have to initialize it

[@_.gaming._.channel._21]

Thanks buddy

[@chill_cloudyYT]

Hey is there any why you can help me with mine bc mine is broken I should have not tryed to fix it so yeah can you try to help me fix it?

[@Battalion115]

What if we have the slim Ps4, not the pro

[@rmxrmx1525]

Then You dont have to watch this Video

[@alienniqa3276]

@@rmxrmx1525 lmao

[@karboneum9747]

Wow, You learned how to turn off your playstation...

[@hdoka]

I have a 350gb vids in my old ps4 hard drive and my old ps4 has been broken but the hard drive is okay what shold i do?

[@zyd1796]

Ahmed try to use it with a new PlayStation if that doesn’t work your out of luck

Ahmed you can find a usb3.0 cable and connect It to your pc and then you can transfer all your data there

[@iddicted]

You can buy a external housing for about 15 bucks on Amazon and use it like that

[@namandang5345]

@ Not weeb Knight ...sex....

[@masteroffline2268]

Really Sony Windows and Linux can do it without losing anything I hope the PS5 have a real hard drive that is able to be swapped because is means is was Made to get you to Format and restart all over meaning if Ps4 hard drive need reinstall update file meaning is wanted to format the hard drive making you to buy a new PS4

[@bowman303]

My ps4's hard drive broke last week. Its on reparation now and they will change it. I know im gonna get to keep the games i bought and all those things so im okay with that but there is one thing i need to know. Will i lose all of my saves? Because im lvl 70 and have the season 1 battle pass on cod mw and lvl 100 on rdr with everything. If i lose everything i did on these games i will cry.

[@gjippsy8419]

No you will not lose all of your saved online games process such a cod or fortnite Destiny, RDR 2 etc. These online games especially your account will not get deleted cuz your online accounts are saved on their server online. Also if your online games got stored on cloud the its all good. But only your clips and screen shots and single player games all of their saved data will get deleted unless if you backed them up on a external hard drive.

[@elvis_a_burrows_2005]

@@gjippsy8419 gta5 online?

[@kelvins8529]

Mortal Kombat online ranking will start over at Rank 1.

[@Xindi86]

Hey there thank you for the video! What happens when I only keep like 4 games on my ps4 pro, then do all the steps to go from HD to ssd and also make a backup. Will it also backup the games bought but not on my playstation or rather will I still have acces to them after?

[@Xindi86]

Because I did already order a 2tb Samsung evo ssd and soft delete a lot of my games. Did only keep fallout76, AC Odyssey Horizon Zero Dawn and Unravel. The rest, it says, I can re-download. But what if I backup reset the whole ps4 and change to ssd. Start it up again.. will I still have acces to the bought games or is this solely connected to my PS account, which seems logical and this is what I think/hope ofcourse 😅

[@carlosquitianalonso6278]

what if you take the update that it said to dowload and install it, would that change anithing?

[@iliasghamouri3389]

That Happened with my Hard drive can you hello me it doesen’t work

[@GigglerBanana]

i need quick answer. I have 2 ps4 one is 500 ,m another 1tb, but 500 works pretty loudl and i want to swtich hard drives. What will happen if i reinstall software ?????

[@bazzi4711]

what's the name of the ps4 theme at the end of the video you are using please ?

[@NotSozvia]

I have a question I have two ps4 slims one in my room and one in the living room my PlayStation has lan cable port doesn’t work so I wanted to swap the ps4s but i don’t really remember the account information’s on my PlayStation would I be able to swap the hard drives and do it that way without having to redo everything

[@alfiegreen8924]

whats the error code definition

[@13FIGHTXIII]

Bought a new ps4, everything saves and uploads to the cloud. If I put my 1tb from my old ps4 into my new one, even after redownloading a bunch of games, will it simply reload everything or?

[@Jcup71]

If you use the usb update file does it work

[@isaiahpeace5683]

So could I just switch em bc one has 400GB n the other has 1TB ion rlly care bout the save data or nun everything I play is saved in da game (online)

[@ahmed007as]

Whay you don't update it ?

[@SAVA47-00]

Can you do the same but with no users just operating system start mode.I'm stuck on safe mode and I'm thinking of cloning a hard drive to get out of safe mode. Tried the USB update but I keep getting an error. I have done everything to the T

[@Down-to_learn]

Keeps saying not contact

[@Nathan7354]

Has both the hard drives been used

[@CemBYldrm]

what if we update the console? Can we keep the data?

[@tristansharon1638]

Yeah through the cloud and your account

[@Jlk903]

Does this work on the ps4 pro without losing data

[@miketremblay9211]

Imagine the ps4 does this with one harddrive, its my case

[@helltioeverygames]

Mine too,no solution yet,i don't want to throw all 2tb to the trash can,i have only 2mb to download things....updates like 30gb and more would be a new pain in the ass.

[@jher168]

Thank that enwer my question

[@Rayray-ox7ln]

Hi there so i want to change my harddrive on ps4. Im putting a 1tb currently have a 500 Lets say i want to put it back to normal again. Can I just put 500gb back and it will work or will i have to reload it again

[@memesandadream295]

So say I did reinitialize system and wiped the hard drive out of my old PS4 and than got the system firmware installed and than put my current one back into my current PS4 would it mess up my current hard drive I’m trying to have two hard drives one for MW and one for everything else

[@cristofermorales7234]

Was the other ps4 up to date?

[@Finesse_559]

Do you know how to make it work

[@cristofermorales7234]

@@Finesse_559 nope

[@cristofermorales7234]

@@Finesse_559 I think hard drives are encrypted and maybe you can contact Sony for an unencryption code i dont really know how it works

[@thelordshellington]

I understand making a video and doing this but anyone could have done this with ease. All I would have needed was... click here for the answer... and a massive no rather than watching somebody else do what anyone else can and has tried. Sorry but I am looking for answers online... not more of this.

[@chaos8033]

can someone help. I’m trying to play with one of my friends yet i cant join their game. Though it only happens with games i had saved up on an old hard drive but new games i buy with the new hard drive i can play with them. So the theory is i cant play with him on any games of the old hard drive but im not sure so can anybody help

[@leobolen2436]

Can y’all help me with something please? I have a first gen ps4 and im trying to transfer all my data to my ps4 slim from my first gen ps4 and I tried transferring the data using an Ethernet cable and it got stuck on a certain percentage so I heard something about rebuilding the database and I did that and tried it again using the Ethernet cable and the same thing happened. Is there any other ways I can transfer data ?

[@Krispytheversatilegamer]

Damn so looks like I’ll have to go with plan B Get a bigger hard drive and re download everything

[@razambekalbekov6284]

Wtf I just pulled my harddrive out once to clean my ps4 and then I put it back and it says safe mode and then turn off after 1 min

[@andirios6063]

Did you fix it