Upgrading your hard drive is as easy as plugging in a compatible external hard drive.
It used to be when you bought a console, upgrading your storage was something that was easier said than done. When you initially pick up a PlayStation 4, 500GB or a full Terabyte of space seems like a lot. In reality though, that might only hold 15 or 20 games. If you intend on purchasing plenty of digital movies, or you play every new game that comes out then expanding how much space you have available can quickly become a necessity.
All you need is a USB 3.0 external hard drive, and you can access up hundreds of gigabytes more storage space for your console.
How to use an external hard drive with PlayStation 4
- Connect your external hard drive to the PlayStation 4 via USB port.
- From the menu go to settings
Click on devices.
- Click on USB storage devices
Click on the USB hard drive you want to use.
Click on format as extended storage.
How to disconnect an external hard drive from PlayStation 4
- From the menu select settings.
Click on devices.
- Click USB storage devices.
- Click stop using this extended storage.
Questions?
Have you used an external hard drive to upgrade your storage space? Is this process news to you? Let us know about it in the comments below!
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Reader comments
It's easy to upgrade your PlayStation 4 storage with an external hard drive
What part of this has anything to do with Android?
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Why on earth would anyone want to loose a USB port on the PS4 when, unlike the Xbox, Sony has made replacing the INTERNAL HDD so easy and user-accessible?
Most people will never use all the USB ports anyway so what does it hurt? And it's still easier to plug in an external than replacing the internal.
Since it's that easy, I think I will buy an external hard drive and up my storage on my PS4.
I recently bought a 4TB WD My Passport for my Xbox One S because although I t has a 2TB internal drive and it's already down to 400 GB available. I was planning on getting the 5TB Seattle portable drive instead because it was on sale too, but many reviews stated the quality is bad with drives failing pretty quickly.