PS4 HDD Replacement Question

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PostRe: PS4 HDD Replacement Question
by KjGarly » Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:22 pm

Seriously easy accessing the HDD at the back of the Pro.

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PostRe: PS4 HDD Replacement Question
by Victor Mildew » Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:56 pm

I did a 3 way swap between my pro, old ps4 and that hdd case, took me 30 mins tops.

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PostRe: PS4 HDD Replacement Question
by KjGarly » Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:07 pm

Advent7 wrote:I did a 3 way swap between my pro, old ps4 and that hdd case, took me 30 mins tops.

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Arghhhhh myate i'sh did it with my old PS4 and External Drive on my Bone lid cause it was the original 500GB HDD I was using in the caddy lad connected to the Bone. So Pro, OG PS4 and Xbones External drive slightly longer than 30 mins but easy. Only problem was the wrong FW I had on the pendrive trying to install it on both PS4's :fp:

So the only thing to worry about which isn't a worry really just an inconvenience is making sure you have the correct update downloaded to a pendrive otherwise it won't install from fresh.

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PostRe: PS4 HDD Replacement Question
by Death's Head » Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:19 pm

KjGarly wrote:Arghhhhh myate i'sh did it with my old PS4 and External Drive on my Bone lid cause it was the original 500GB HDD I was using in the caddy lad connected to the Bone.


Wise words.

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PostRe: PS4 HDD Replacement Question
by Victor Mildew » Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:32 pm

KjGarly wrote:
Advent7 wrote:I did a 3 way swap between my pro, old ps4 and that hdd case, took me 30 mins tops.

Youarealreadydead.jpg


Arghhhhh myate i'sh did it with my old PS4 and External Drive on my Bone lid cause it was the original 500GB HDD I was using in the caddy lad connected to the Bone. So Pro, OG PS4 and Xbones External drive slightly longer than 30 mins but easy. Only problem was the wrong FW I had on the pendrive trying to install it on both PS4's :fp:

So the only thing to worry about which isn't a worry really just an inconvenience is making sure you have the correct update downloaded to a pendrive otherwise it won't install from fresh.


U wot m8

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PostRe: PS4 HDD Replacement Question
by jawafour » Sat Jan 07, 2017 5:29 pm

KjGarly wrote:Arghhhhh...

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PostRe: PS4 HDD Replacement Question
by KjGarly » Sat Jan 07, 2017 5:36 pm

:toot:

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PostRe: PS4 HDD Replacement Question
by KingK » Sat Jan 07, 2017 7:01 pm

KjGarly wrote:
Advent7 wrote:I did a 3 way swap between my pro, old ps4 and that hdd case, took me 30 mins tops.

Youarealreadydead.jpg


Arghhhhh myate i'sh did it with my old PS4 and External Drive on my Bone lid cause it was the original 500GB HDD I was using in the caddy lad connected to the Bone. So Pro, OG PS4 and Xbones External drive slightly longer than 30 mins but easy. Only problem was the wrong FW I had on the pendrive trying to install it on both PS4's :fp:

So the only thing to worry about which isn't a worry really just an inconvenience is making sure you have the correct update downloaded to a pendrive otherwise it won't install from fresh.


See my post from 18 Dec on the previous page:
KingK wrote:Yeah no need to format the hdd. The important bit is to make sure you have the full install file ( c.900mb) and not the upgrade file (<300mb) as I found out earlier this week when installing a new 2Tb hdd in my PS4Pro. Took me ages to figure out what I'd done! :fp:

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PostRe: PS4 HDD Replacement Question
by HailToTheKingBaby! » Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:10 am

Yeah went fine. Got the USB drive dismantled and the drive swapped into the PS4 fine and the old PS4 drive back into the USB caddy and both working great. Did take about 30 mins and was rediculously easy.

Just the fun of downloading and reinstalling everything now but it's getting there.

Cheers for all the advice and tips everyone.


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