Here's Why Your PS4 Needs An External Hard Drive Right Now - QUICK Setup and Free Up Storage Space!
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- With games, updates, and PlayStation Online features getting significantly larger in file size, it's no wonder why I found myself completely running out of hard drive space on (what I thought was big enough) the 1TB internal storage on the PS4. In today's video, I share the biggest reasons why you need to upgrade your PlayStation console with an external hard drive, like the 4TB Western Digital Gaming Drive that I present in this episode. I also walk through how easy it is to connect and set up your external hard drive with the PS4 for the first time. Moving your existing PS4 games over to an external hard drive now will allow you to easily play them when upgrading to the PlayStation 5, which is right around the corner! I share how this gaming drive allows you to future proof your existing games and have them remain easily accessible when moving over to the PS5.
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Very detailed and specific! Thanks for the help . Really helped ..
This video is very informative and detailed…I was always on the fence about getting one but your video convinced me….thanks
Good video, good thought process & info, thanks
Loved the video it helped me a lot understand clearly the way you broke everything down makes it outstanding keep up the awesome content!
You have convinced me man thank you.
You're welcome!
Nice video. Very well explained, that helped me a lot. Thanks man
You're welcome! I'm so happy to hear that this helped you!
@@JohnHammer Hey Can You Take Your External Hard Drive From Your Ps4 To Someone Else's Console & Play Your Games On They're Ps4 ?
Amazing content as usual. 💪
Bro keep it up, I love ur channel
Thank you so much Jai! And thank you for watching!
@@JohnHammer welcome, ur videos r good, u deserve more subscribers!!!! God bless u
Thanks man
I need to get one of these
Thank you fro the vlog. You have a new subscriber.
You're always welcome Jim! Thank you for watching
Thank you for your clips , I can easily understand and follow your steps . So my hard drive keeps playing up. Ps4 tells me I didn't turn it of properly 🤷♀️ so do I dismount the hard drive before I tell the ps4 to shut down so I dont have to keep reformatting my hard drive?
I just got this! But in my head I wanted to swap to ssd internal and take out that harddrive because it's sounds like jet engine but already spent my week paycheck on the external drive so
Great channel thank you ! Question for you - I have that exact EXT HD attached to my PS$ however it is now full. I bought a WD P10 Gaming drive 5TB. I want to transfer games from my 2TB HD to my new 5TB HD - can I have both external HD's attached to PS$ at same time, and transfer games from 2TB to the 5TB that way? Or do I need to transfer games from 2TB onto system HD, then disconnect 2TB HD and connect 5TB HD and load the games from PS$ system HD, and rinse and repeat until all games from 2TB HD are on the 5TB HD?
This is a good idea but tbh since the ps5 is coming out in a few months I'll just get that, but this is a good idea if someone really needs space
Thanks Legend! I was surprised to find this out, but adding an external hard drive to your PS4 now will work with PS5 too, which will allow you to play PS4 games on the PS5 without taking up precious SSD space for the next gen games.
Just ordered this so I can move all of my games to the external drive in order to use the system storage for current games I frequently play. Surely it will save so Mich space, one question though, would I be able to use the external drive on another ps4 (like if I go visit my nephew)?
I’m thinking of getting this, is it actually good? And do u 100% suggest it? Because it’s expensive so...
DO you know what the speed is on the WD PS4 Gaming Drive you are using in this video?
Hey @JohnHammer I got a question for you. If I buy a Seagate barracuda hard drive for ps4. Will it be possible to transfer the games files or apps to the new drive from a external samsung ssd t7. Is it possible..?
Hi 1 question. When I turn off console is better to remove hard drive or leave plugged in?
What is that othe device plug in the front of the ps4 just curious
I actually need 8TB now my 4TB is full 🤣 Thanks for the Suggestion as well I’m looking to see if they have at least that size!
It's not unusual, especially for us that LOVE to game these newer titles can take up a lot of space!
Did u get it
@@juliane5064 Yup 👍
@@JWUniverse I just got. A 4tb sea gate today.. went from 500gb to 4000gb 🤣 feels good
@@juliane5064 😂 Yeah it does
Is it only for digital games or can also be for BD one?
Can i use any account, rather than the main account, to access and play the games in the external HDD??
Is this device getting hot when it's working or is it a worth product to buy???
Do I need to delete apps after moving them to my external hard drive ? Ps4
Does this help with menu lag and game errors?
That happened to ms these games are really big i ended up getting an external hard drive its worth it
Ok what if I put call of duty cold war in the external hard drive but I'm playing warzone will I still have the content or have the gums from cold war
What's the life span of wd drive? Is it ssd?
If I download my games while the external hard drive is connected does those games go to the drive ???
Can you trade in these devices at game stores?
I got one but this is the thing I got 1.5 to left on external but says I have to free up space for a 90gb game
Can i use it on an PS4 512 gb?
Thank you in advance for your answer.
I play fallout 4 on the ps4 I build one house and when I quick save it says cant save go to system settings I have only two games on my unit how to fix it
I purchased an external hard-drive for my ps4 to download and install my Battlefronts 2. Unfortunately it will not install past 34%. Any suggestions?
So will a normal Seagate expansion hard drive work???
Do I need a gaming hard drive or any others 4TB hard drive will do?
They charge extra for a PlayStation and Xbox gaming HDD is licensing agreements.
2 years ago, I upgraded my internal HDD to a 8 TB SSD.
(I highly recommend buying a UPS if you upgrad to a 8 TB SSD).
About a month ago, I bought another 8 TB SSD as a external storage.
I have a regular 8 TB External HDD to do backups of the PS4.
It takes 30+ hours to do a backup and another 30+ hours to restore the backup.
That is if you have 6+ TB data on the hard drive.
Why when i added external HD my folder "other" on my System Storage became around 5,5 gb from around 70.50mb. That Happened when i moved my games to External HD. And the folder "other" on External HD is just 12.50mb
Can I just leave the eternal drive plugged in all the time or do I have to remove it when I turn off the console? Is it safe to leave it just plugged in?
You can leave it plugged in it's safe
I have a question can you please answer ? Can you play games on the extern storage?
Yes duh
If i downloaded all my games too a External HardDrive and got a new PS4 can i download all my games onto that new PS4 and will i need internet too download these games onto the ps4..????
My external hard drive stoped working and doesn’t run correctly it causes lag what can I do to think this
I bought this exact one. How long do they last? I was going to buy either this, or the Seagate Playstation Brand with the Last of Us 2 on it.... but, that was only 2tb....
I HAVE ABOUT 30 GAMES
I've had mine for about 3 months and it's working great so far. There should be no issues long term as long as you don't move the external drive around while it is in use, as that can potentially damage the disc drive in the WD unit.
Can i use it on PS4 512 Gb?
Thank you
10:42 for anyone who needs the answer
Should the system be on or off when connecting the drive ?
@xtremegamer6819
Can i use it on PS4 512 GB?
Thank you
I’ve got this once a couple of months ago when I logged in it says data has been corrupted or something and I did everything put it into safe mode but why did it happen??
Nix hopefully it's not an issue with the hard drive itself. I would also try rebuilding the database (I will make future video but google it for now) to see if that will uncorrupt the data it's pulling from.
John Hammer I’ve rebuilt the database and I think I should be fine
I just bought a the same hard drive but nothing shows up in the USB Storage Devices.. what do I do???
Try plugging it in different USB ports and see if it comes up as an external storage device under the Storage settings menu
Mines just came now I can stop playing with bots in cod cold war😄👍🏻
Can you put the external hard drive in the back of your PlayStation
Yes! Any USB port works
@@JohnHammer thank you man I got this exact same one you just got a new subscriber
You're always welcome Chasey! That's great, the WD is a really nice unit, runs super quiet and smooth too! Thank you!
I got a ps4 2 months ago but i was already buying games on sale before i had the ps4, now i got 9 ps4 games loaded on my console and its telling me i dont have space
Hey John, I would recommend getting an external hard drive to hold those extra games. Another thing you can do too is, if you don't plan on playing all of your games at once on the PS4, is to keep the games you don't plan on playing in your games library but don't download them yet (they'll always be saved in your library for later use). However, if you plan on getting a PS5 in the future, I would think about getting an external hard drive so that you can keep playing your PS4 games on the external hard drive without taking up SSD space on the PS5!
Does it have to be a gaming drive or any kind of external hard drive?
It can be any external hard drive as long as it supports USB 3.0
I wonder if it would matter for PS5 in the future 🤔. The one he has is HHD
Great question, this external hard drive works for saved PS4 games on both the PS4 and PS5, and is actually recommended when making the console switch to save room on the Solid State Drive for PS5 games, which is a requirement to run them.
The SSD for a 2 TB is over $200 🥺
Why don’t enternal hard drives work
Why do I see soo many bad reviews on Amazon for every model on the market right now?
It looks impossible to find a great external hard drive some last days or just months.....it’s very frustrating choosing one because it looks like they all basically just crap out.
Nightmare reviews on yours and all other models so far.
I feel ya there. I've been looking for a couple years and all I find is they dont last so why waste my money
I've tried multiple sites and same thing. Newegg isn't any better. I want something that will last!
Anyone find a good one yet??
Buying WD my PASSPORT portable 4TB HDD is OK as external ps4 storage? What u say bro???? Help me out
Yes I have the same one you’re talking about. It’ll work perfectly!!!
@@jermaine2828 oh thank u, is there any lag coz of external hard drive?? Ingame
Jai As long as it's USB 3.0 it'll work. Just make sure you don't have anything on it you don't want deleted because you'll need to format it as a PS4 External Storage Device. To answer your other question, I have noticed no additional lag or glitching because of a game running off of an external drive (compared to internal system storage), it works great!
@@JohnHammer thank u bro thanks for ur help
If the drake equation says microchips double holding capacity every 2 years then why did ps 3 500gb hold hundreds of games but 12 years later ps 4 new 500gb holds 5 good games if you're lucky I think Sony pulled a fast one
I would get one but I keep reading that they break after about 2 weeks to a month and are completely useless and pointless.
I've had mine for 5 years no problems except when PS4 doesn't shut down properly..
Why do I get this on PS4 EC-34-878-0
This has something to do with a game error. Try restarting the console and if the error continues try deleting and reinstalling the game
I have done that too times all ready I get the same thing EC-34-878-0 after doing all that why ???? Question and let me know please and thank
@@timothytrent7472 question your getting this with an external hard drive right? I actually been thinking about getting 1 to see if it will fix error code 34878 since my friends keep on telling me this might fix the problem.
Just delete old clips and delete cod capinane data after your done with it
Great tip Dip! Deleting old data will help for sure but it was definitely an uphill battle for me to maintain enough free space for new digital games AND their massive online updates. I feel so much better having that extra 4TB cushion of space.
Yeah future prove it until your hard drive gives out and you lose all your 4tb of games like what just happened to me😺
when u go camping?
Hhh. Dam free warzone bout to cause me 100$
I wouldn't waste your money on an external HDD all they do is freeze and lock up the ps4 waste of time and money mine caused nothing but issues