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Wingman1977 · 10-15-2014, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by R3P0

who couldnt you image and ghost an entire HDD using Ghost, you put the HDD into the machine, boot to USB or CDROM, ghost to a USB HDD, Restore to new HDD put new HDD into PS4 done.

Wingman1977 · 10-16-2014, 06:17 AM

Looks like I'm going to be in the market for a bigger HDD. I just picked up Alien:Isolation, Destiny, The Evil Within & Metro redux today. I was at 170GB before those games. Now I'm a 79GB. I'm looking to get a 2TB hybrid drive.

theprestige85 · 10-16-2014, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Wingman1977

Looks like I'm going to be in the market for a bigger HDD. I just picked up Alien:Isolation, Destiny, The Evil Within & Metro redux today. I was at 170GB before those games. Now I'm a 79GB. I'm looking to get a 2TB hybrid drive.

how many games have you installed/saved overall?????????????????????????????????????

Groo The Perverted · 10-16-2014, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by theprestige85

how many games have you installed/saved overall?????????????????????????????????????

I have just under 500GB filled on my HD once I install everything (minus demos).

EDIT: below is a complete list of all the games I have installed on my PS4. Digital titles. I also have about five or six physical titles, which ALSO install the full game to the hard drive.

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theprestige85 · 10-16-2014, 07:38 AM

So roughly 18 games before your HD gets full? Seems a bit dodgy to me.

thenexus6 · 10-16-2014, 07:46 AM

I had under 80gb free when I looked yesterday so I went ahead and uninstalled a few games. I think I will get a 2TB hard drive for christmas .. but man downloading all the DLC I have will take me a life time.. I might as well just go out for a few days while my slow internet downloads them.

Groo The Perverted · 10-16-2014, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by theprestige85

So roughly 18 games before your HD gets full? Seems a bit dodgy to me.

As I said that list does not include the indie games that I've gotten free via PS+ or the ones I've bought.

EDIT: I updated my post showing all the games I have, minus demos.

theprestige85 · 10-16-2014, 12:22 PM

Groo so most of your games are downloaded rather than physical copies yeah? I'm likely to have physical copes over downloaded ones so i should be alright yeh?????

Wingman1977 · 10-16-2014, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by theprestige85

how many games have you installed/saved overall?????????????????????????????????????

I have 10 PS4 games installed plus 13 PSN titles.

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Originally Posted by thenexus6

I had under 80gb free when I looked yesterday so I went ahead and uninstalled a few games. I think I will get a 2TB hard drive for christmas .. but man downloading all the DLC I have will take me a life time.. I might as well just go out for a few days while my slow internet downloads them.

Which is why I don't get why Sony didn't include the back up the HDD feature from the PS3 on to the PS4.

Hobbun · 10-16-2014, 02:53 PM

I am glad I purchase almost all of my titles in retail (except the ones that would be download only). So when the time comes where I need to uninstall games due to running out of space, it won’t take long to reinstall them.

Groo The Perverted · 10-16-2014, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by theprestige85

Groo so most of your games are downloaded rather than physical copies yeah? I'm likely to have physical copes over downloaded ones so i should be alright yeh?????

Not really. PS4, as opposed to Ps3, installs all games to the hard drive, physical or otherwise.

Wingman1977 · 10-16-2014, 11:25 PM

I deleted Blacklight retribution and War thunder (never bothered to play either game) so now I'm up to 107GB left (I deleted DC universe a long time ago). I'll DL those games again when I purchase a 2TB (or larger) HDD.

thenexus6 · 10-17-2014, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Wingman1977

Which is why I don't get why Sony didn't include the back up the HDD feature from the PS3 on to the PS4.

Yeah it just seems silly to not include a useful feature like that..

Wingman1977 · 10-17-2014, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by thenexus6

Yeah it just seems silly to not include a useful feature like that..

With Sony, go figure.

What makes it worse, they are not going to include that feature with the 2.0 FW. People *****ing and moaning about DNLA support when they complaining about not being able to back up your HDD like on the PS3 (many people have been close to filling up the HDD they they have had to delete items). This feature is more needed then the stupid DNLA.

DMC86X · 12-06-2014, 12:15 AM

I have a few questions for those who upgraded their hd. First how do I make sure that all my save files and codes do not get erased? Will I need to get a USB drive to put the latest firmware on it and then upload it to my ps4 after the new hard drive is installed? And lastly I have a few games downloaded from the PS store. How do I make sure that I don't lose these games? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

varmintx · 12-06-2014, 01:18 AM

https://support.us.playstation.com/a...pgrade-ps4-hdd

You will need a flash drive for the firmware. You can copy your saves files, pictures and captures to a flash as well, or saves to the cloud if you have PS+. Any games you bought off the Store will need to be re-downloaded to the new hard drive, all game disc data will need to be re-installed, and any software updates for them as well. It's a long process and will be until we can backup our systems to an external like we could with the PS3.

Bodyslide · 12-06-2014, 01:28 AM

Which HD did you buy?

Dynamo of Eternia · 12-06-2014, 01:48 AM

I should do this at some point since it's only a matter of time before I run out of space. Though in the long run I still worry about 2TB even being enough.

I wish the PS4 allowed you to just back everything up to an external hard drive and then "dump" it onto the new internal hard drive, like was the case with PS3.

Heck, for that matter, I also wish the PS4 would allow you to just actually use external hard drives to store the games on like the Xbox One does. I wish one system would have the options for both changing the internal drive and using externals with it.

DMC86X · 12-06-2014, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Bodyslide

Which HD did you buy?

I got the seagate 2TB.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00I8O6OQ4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1417888484&sr=8-1

DMC86X · 12-06-2014, 04:53 PM

I have been fighting with this thing all morning and all last night. I go to Sony's support page but the latest firmware that they have up is 2.02 and when I put that on my flash drive and try to reinitialize my PS4 it's telling me I need 2.03 or later. This is extremely frustrating.

12-06-2014, 12:15 AM	#55
DMC86X Power Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Baton Rouge, LA Blu-ray collection:24 Trading Score:90	Upgrading to a 2TB hard drive I have a few questions for those who upgraded their hd. First how do I make sure that all my save files and codes do not get erased? Will I need to get a USB drive to put the latest firmware on it and then upload it to my ps4 after the new hard drive is installed? And lastly I have a few games downloaded from the PS store. How do I make sure that I don't lose these games? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

10-16-2014, 06:17 AM	#42
Wingman1977 Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Mar 2008 Location:The empire state Trading Score:23	Looks like I'm going to be in the market for a bigger HDD. I just picked up Alien:Isolation, Destiny, The Evil Within & Metro redux today. I was at 170GB before those games. Now I'm a 79GB. I'm looking to get a 2TB hybrid drive.

10-16-2014, 07:38 AM	#45
theprestige85 Banned Member since:Jan 2013 Blu-ray collection:146 Blu-ray reviews: 18	So roughly 18 games before your HD gets full? Seems a bit dodgy to me.

10-16-2014, 07:46 AM	#46
thenexus6 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2012 Location:UK	I had under 80gb free when I looked yesterday so I went ahead and uninstalled a few games. I think I will get a 2TB hard drive for christmas .. but man downloading all the DLC I have will take me a life time.. I might as well just go out for a few days while my slow internet downloads them.

10-16-2014, 12:22 PM	#48
theprestige85 Banned Member since:Jan 2013 Blu-ray collection:146 Blu-ray reviews: 18	Groo so most of your games are downloaded rather than physical copies yeah? I'm likely to have physical copes over downloaded ones so i should be alright yeh?????

10-16-2014, 02:53 PM	#50
Hobbun Senior Member Member since:Jun 2011	I am glad I purchase almost all of my titles in retail (except the ones that would be download only). So when the time comes where I need to uninstall games due to running out of space, it won’t take long to reinstall them.

10-16-2014, 11:25 PM	#52
Wingman1977 Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Mar 2008 Location:The empire state Trading Score:23	I deleted Blacklight retribution and War thunder (never bothered to play either game) so now I'm up to 107GB left (I deleted DC universe a long time ago). I'll DL those games again when I purchase a 2TB (or larger) HDD.

12-06-2014, 01:18 AM	#56
varmintx Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Covington, KY PSN/NNID:varmintx 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:1002 DVD collection:199 Trading Score:5	https://support.us.playstation.com/a...pgrade-ps4-hdd You will need a flash drive for the firmware. You can copy your saves files, pictures and captures to a flash as well, or saves to the cloud if you have PS+. Any games you bought off the Store will need to be re-downloaded to the new hard drive, all game disc data will need to be re-installed, and any software updates for them as well. It's a long process and will be until we can backup our systems to an external like we could with the PS3.

12-06-2014, 01:28 AM	#57
Bodyslide Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Woodstock Georgia 4K collection:91 Blu-ray collection:819 DVD collection:76 Trading Score:33	Which HD did you buy?

12-06-2014, 01:48 AM	#58
Dynamo of Eternia Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 4K collection:335 Blu-ray collection:1857 DVD collection:1573 Trading Score:3	I should do this at some point since it's only a matter of time before I run out of space. Though in the long run I still worry about 2TB even being enough. I wish the PS4 allowed you to just back everything up to an external hard drive and then "dump" it onto the new internal hard drive, like was the case with PS3. Heck, for that matter, I also wish the PS4 would allow you to just actually use external hard drives to store the games on like the Xbox One does. I wish one system would have the options for both changing the internal drive and using externals with it.

12-06-2014, 04:53 PM	#60
DMC86X Power Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Baton Rouge, LA Blu-ray collection:24 Trading Score:90	I have been fighting with this thing all morning and all last night. I go to Sony's support page but the latest firmware that they have up is 2.02 and when I put that on my flash drive and try to reinitialize my PS4 it's telling me I need 2.03 or later. This is extremely frustrating.

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