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This has got to be to most concise, succinct tutorials I've seen on RUclips in a while. It's insightful and to the point. Just wanna commend you for the time & effort you put in to making these vids. They're highly appreciated--speaking for myself at least.
You have no idea how much I appreciate these videos. Using external devices on game consoles always scared me because I was afraid I would mess up somehow and I'd lose all my data but these videos show how really simple it is.
If any1 has issues with their downloaded games crashing please try below: Boot the PS5 on SAFE mode and do a factory reset (option 6). Make sure to save ur game saves on PS Cloud so you dont lose progress. Reset your licenses and reinstall the game data. It worked for me, as all mt downloaded games kept previously crashing on the SSD and HDD
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I’ve been tearing my hair out, had no idea that ‘game saved data’ was something I had to deal with separately. Could not find anybody that thought it necessary to mention that there were two completely separate things to do and what order they had to be done in, in order to play my PS4 games in ‘new game +’. You’re a sanity saver. :-)
Mine’s aint that simple, I tried your method and it didn’t recognize the USB drive even though it was on and working. I had to go to storage , then extended storage and then move my PS4 game(s) to my PS5 to play them.
I'm having an issue. Everyone online seems like you should be able to play a ps4 game directly from external hdd without transferring the data to the ps5. This is what I'm wanting to do. When I plug in my ps4 hdd. No games will pop up on the main screen like his has in this video. If I go to storage screen it will let me move or delete my ps4 games. Not play them. Help.
Whenever i run a ps4 game through an external HDD it keeps crashing :/ is there a fix for this? It was working at first but a couple days ago it started crashing
Update: I fixed the issue by doing a factory reset on safe mode. I also had to restore my licenses and it worked like a charm!! I highly recommend this to anyone who has their games crashing.
I wasn't even one of the ones confused by sonys new ui but this has me for a loop. It's basically just the ps4 ui copying the better parts of Microsofts and I own both.
Hi there I'm getting my Ps5 console tomorrow and I was wondering something. I've moved all my ps4 games on an external hard drive and my save data on a USB. When I sign in for the first time on my new console will I have to do a data transfer? Also do I factory reset my ps4 first before using my new one? Thanks for the help if you can answer these questions. 🙂
If you're following the steps on this video, you don't have to do a transfer from console to console. It's either you do a transfer, or you use the external hard method. The external hdd method is better. Also you don't need to factory reset your ps4. Only if you want to.
Have you noticed the game loading faster when playing PS4 games from the external hard drive? I doubt it would take advantage of the PS5s SSD since it's already running from a drive, but figured I'd ask anyway.
Is this actually External or Portable ? External is a drive that requires an AC power and Portable is powered via USB from the device is is connected to. Very different.
Once the games are downloaded to the external hard-drive and u plug it into ur ps5 can re-download a couple of ur favouret games back on ur ps4 so u can play then in 2 rooms when ever, ik I can ps5 remote play from my ps4 but it's a bit laggy
Unfortunately a lot of external hard drives are causing ps5 to crash to off, then requiring a data rebuild. Some PS5 are worse and experiencing serious failures. Better wait till a patch before using externals for now
2:56 I started my god of war before having the storage data on my console and I’ve tried restarting the console and opening and closing the game after the save file is on the console but my save file never loads any advice? Edit: deleted my save and transferred it again works fine now
Sir, I have 2 questions regarding the use of external HDD on PS5. firstly I would like to tell you that I've never purchased a PS console before...and I searched this question on google:- "can I purchase a ps4 game on ps5 and play it from HDD" so I got this answer from a website it says...Yes, you will be able to use an existing USB External Drive for PS5, however, you won't be able to directly play PS5 games from it. Instead, you'll be able to store game data there but will need to move it back onto the main drive or a compatible NVMe SSD drive to play it. now the 1st question I wanna ask...can I purchase and download a PS4 game (eg;- Spider-Man MM) from a PS5 console/PS Store and play it from an external HDD because I know in the above answer which I got from that website it says "you won't be able to directly play PS5 games from HDD".. but then Spider-man MM has two versions one is for PS4 and another for PS5 ... that means the PS5 version can't be played using an external HDD only the PS4 game will work... this is what I understood from the above answer which I got from google. So what is the actual process.... could you please explain? second and last...If I upgrade a ps4 game to ps5 ... then it will become a ps5 game..then from the above statement...I think ps5 games will not work on external HDD...coz it'll become purely a ps5 game then I will have to move it to internal SSD....so in that case should I upgrade a ps4 game to ps5 or not ??? please do reply...🙏
Ps4 games can be played on the external HDD on the PS5. You can buy ps4 games on the ps4 and install them into the external HDD. You cannot play ps5 games on external HDD. if you upgrade to a ps5 game, it will not go to the external HDD, it will only work on the internal SSD at the moment
@@DoubtMeTech thank you... just one more question ... as u know we can visually distinguish the physical copies of the game as we can see it on the box art whether the game is for PS4 or PS5.. but when purchasing from PSN it has the label (PS4|PS5). my big concern is if the PS5 console Knowingly or unknowingly considers a particular game (which is for ps4 as well as ps5) to be a PS5 game and after purchase not letting the user to download the game to external hdd.
Is Cold War considered a PS5 game? And if it is, can I put it on my external drive and play or will I have to move it to my PS5 storage instead of my external storage
So do you still have to upgrade the disc to the ps5. I just got valhalla for ps4 and I have that game data on the external hard drive. How would I upgrade that disc?
SSD vs HDD? Iam seeing many mixed reviews about this. Some say SSD is better because well its just fast. Others say it wont do much on the ps5 besides load games a bit faster. Games run the same in terms of quality. What do you think? Is a HDD good enough? I dont mind longer load times, but I do mind quality. CoD warzone looks awesome on the ps5, will a HDD have the same quality? I dont know if the game has been enhanced for the ps5
When i plug in my external hard drive into my ps5 it Automatically starts adding all my ps4 games to downloads how can i stop this from happening i just want to play my ps4 game on external hard drive
That happens to me too. I have all my ps4 games into an extended storage and when I put the extended storage on my ps5, half of my games are downloading and I find it weird. I’m hoping it’s a glitch or something!
I have a 2tb external hard drive for my ps4, but I plug it into the power port, then put my power cord into the back of the storage cord. I dont know if I can transfer the data thru the power cord on ps5
The update usually works within the transferred file but for me on the ps5 it needed to copy some of the disc “add ons” again. Modern warfare is the only game I’ve copied externally from my 4 so I’m not sure if it’s the same with all games
Im having an issue: so I have most of my games on an external hard drive and one of them being GTA which i really wanna play on the ps5 and i have the hard drive connected to the ps5 and put the GTA disc in but it gives me a screen saying cannot start the game or app
I had a similar issue. I fixed it by doing a factory reset (option 6) on SAFE mode. I had to reset my license afterwards and reinstall the game data but it worked like a charm
in a previous vid you showed how to transfer your ps4 games and saved data to the ps5 but my question is this will it allow you to transfer just the saved data and skip the game transfer so I can just download the game on the external USB drive from the ps4? just trying to skip the flash drive bit. I doubt the saved data size is as big as the game and save the space on ps5 for upcoming new games. ????
The external drive with the ps4 games can be used in any ps5 console interchangeably?? suppose that i have an external drive with pkg games from an ps4 jailbroken, that hdd could be read by the ps5??
In 1:14 you cut the video when you said “I am putting the disk now.” What happenes after you put the disk because before you cut the recording the game wasn’t in your screen. What did you do to make it appear? If anybody could answer this I would really appreciate it. Thanks a lot.
Can I use a usb to get my saved data from my account that is not connected to ps plus from two separate consoles? And then plug the usb into my ps5 to copy the save data from the other two ps4’s to my ps5 account? I do not want to risk overwriting anything but I switch back and forth all the time so I’m not sure which console has the most updates saved data for which game.
Once you have transferred your saved data from USB on to the ps5. Can you just save your progress on the ps5 now. Or do you still have to use the usb to save your progress on.
However, if you have a PS plus subscription, then the game save data will automatically upload to the cloud then you wouldn’t have to worry about transferring it on to another console all would you have to just sign in on to another console and pick up from where you left off?
I have a question.. I have a lot of games on my external hdd (PS4 games).. Can i just plug it and play on PS5 or? And is there saved data included on hdd?
Thanks grat video! I got my PS5 yesterday , but I have a question, I know it affects speed, but also if I play for example shadow of the tomb raider the graphics and FPS will be affected?
Do you know how to transfer the PS4 games on external storage to external storage?? I’m getting a brand new one cause the current one is a little problems. If not then the only way is to delete all PS4 games that are in the external storage and put the new external storage and re download all PS4 games
I have all my saved PS4 games on an External Hard but not a flash drive. I sold my PS4 already. So now I can't load them to my PS5 and play them where I left off at?
@@bikramjitsingh3369 the right question is can i use an external hdd with pkg games form an jailbroken ps4 in the ps5?? of course counting that the hdd is in extended storage
Also I have moved both gta v and red dead 2 from this hdd onto the ps5s harddrive. Once the move occurs. They will show up on the game screen and play but I don't want them on my main drive and the internet is claiming they shouldn't have to be there.
Need help I got n external hard drive n moved them from my ps4 to the drive removed it n now all my games are removed from ps4 but they are on the hard drive n I got them to my ps5 how can I put the games on my ps4 at the same time on the hard drive n the ps5 ?
I'm not sure what type of hdd it is. But it was just hooked to my ps4 pro for years and has performed fine and ran games off of itself while hooked to that.
Yo I got a question I have my games split in my extra strage device and in my ps4s own storage so do I transfer my extra storage device first or my ps4 s own storage first I’m confused can you please help I just need to know what to do first
Just clicking on the games from the storage screen either set them up for a move or a delete. It will not start them on mine. I've hit the options button on them as well. I can't figure out how you guys are running these games.
So I have the PS5 version of ac Valhalla, Can I use this method to start where I was on my ps4? Van I just go onto my PS4 and copy on the cloud and then go on my PS5 to download what I copied on my PS4?
If I transfer all of my PS4 games on an external hard drive and then upload all my game data to the PSN cloud then I plug my external storage into my ps5 and upload all my game data from the cloud storage onto my new PS5 will I be able to play my PS4 games off the external hard drive with all my saved data? Or will I have to transfer those games onto the internal ps5 storage to keep playing where I left off?
Just a follow-up, can you get the game boost feature by playing PS4 games on PS5? For example Ghost of Tsushima plays 60 fps on PS5, should it be on the internal storage of the PS5 to get that feature or it will have that feature of the external hard drive? Thank you
Hey man, gotta question for ya. So I’m using a PlayStation Seagate external hard drive with all of my PS4 games installed on to it. But when I plug it into my PS5 via the USB port on the back closest to the power cable (and the farthest too) it still asks me to re format the hard drive which will obviously delete all of the data. Shouldn’t it be recognizing it as an extended storage from already having reformatted on the PS4 and any ideas as to why it isn’t?
Hello I'm wondering I got SSD and has my favourite games on it would I be able to use it on the PlayStation 5 what do I have to delete them off the SSD and put it in the storage of the cloud?
Hey man, I’ve done this but my Last of Us part 2 doesn’t recognise the saved game data and wants me to start again? Any suggestions? For background. I have my LoU2 installed on an external and then moved it to my ps5 but it hasn’t worked. I’ve tried cloud data and direct transfer, however direct transfer won’t allow me to transfer LoU2 because it says it already exists.
The gentleman that made the vid is claiming that cod modern warfare popped up on his home screen when he plugged the external in. To make that happen on mine. I have to go to storage. And actually move cod or whatever game onto the ssd main drive and then it will show up on home???
So, if i have the disc game ps4, then on ps4 we move the disc game to extended storage and after that, we plug in the extended storage to the ps5 so we can play the disc game without installing the game & the updates?
I need help bro. I copied all my PS4 pro saves to an external hard drive before I sold it. Now my PS5 is not seeing the files on the data transfer section. When I go under storage the PS5 shows the drive with the correct space, but only gives me the option to format the drive. Any ideas??? Should I format a blank usb stick and then try and copy my files onto it from a PC and put it back in the PS5? I should of backed it up to the cloud, but I'm a dumbass. Thanks!
I am confused I have inserted an 8TB external HDD in to the back of my |PS5 but it is not recognising all my games on it & I dont know why & I get the download Icon come up at the bottom of the home menu when I click on the download Icon it says I have 99+ copies/uploads or downloads/uploads I am not sure exactly what it says but it says paused on the right of the screen I have some game names but some just say no title if I click on the title it says resume or cancel & delete yet if I click on resume it asks me to insert the disc to continue does that mean I have to go through my vast amount of games 1 by 1 and reinstall them to update them just so I can play them on my PS5 if so that is annoying. Also I have another 8TB HDD as well with alot of PS4 games but where the PS5 can not read 2 HDDs at the same time I thought they would have made sure the PS5 could do that as both the PS3 & PS4 can not do that if none of them do then Sony needs to use a different Operating System that does. I hope you understand what I mean
I have moved the games to an external hard drive from the PS4, but when I put the hard drive in my PS5, there is a padlock in the top righthand corner of each game, and I can't play them. Any ideas where I am going wrong? I have reset licenses but doesn't help
my issue is, i transfered everything and i have ac valhalla for ps4, so i went on the ps5 upgraded it, but it doesnt transfer data at all, your trophies and game saved data is gone, is there some way to also transfer that?
Again. These are not ps5 games before I hear that. These are ps4 games that just worked on a ps4 pro that are on an external hdd and were in that same space when connected to the ps4 pro and running.
VERY IMPORTANT:
Playing with Game Saved Data ONLY WORKS when using the same PSN account you played the games with on your PS4. You CANNOT use this game saved data on another PSN account.
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So u can transfer a game onto another account n it just won’t have the saved data?
does it get 60 fps
This has got to be to most concise, succinct tutorials I've seen on RUclips in a while. It's insightful and to the point. Just wanna commend you for the time & effort you put in to making these vids. They're highly appreciated--speaking for myself at least.
Happy to help. Thanks for watching. 🙏🙏
You have no idea how much I appreciate these videos. Using external devices on game consoles always scared me because I was afraid I would mess up somehow and I'd lose all my data but these videos show how really simple it is.
That really means a lot. Thank you so much for the good vibes and support. 🙏🙏
If any1 has issues with their downloaded games crashing please try below:
Boot the PS5 on SAFE mode and do a factory reset (option 6). Make sure to save ur game saves on PS Cloud so you dont lose progress. Reset your licenses and reinstall the game data. It worked for me, as all mt downloaded games kept previously crashing on the SSD and HDD
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I’ve been tearing my hair out, had no idea that ‘game saved data’ was something I had to deal with separately. Could not find anybody that thought it necessary to mention that there were two completely separate things to do and what order they had to be done in, in order to play my PS4 games in ‘new game +’. You’re a sanity saver. :-)
Happy to help. Thanks for watching 🙏🙏
Man you have completely answered to my all questions without even asking them.....really appreciate it man.....keep it up 👍🏻
Happy to help. Thanks for watching 🙏🙏
You’re the best dude straight to the point
Happy to help. Thanks for watching and for the good vibes 🙏🙏
Mine’s aint that simple, I tried your method and it didn’t recognize the USB drive even though it was on and working. I had to go to storage , then extended storage and then move my PS4 game(s) to my PS5 to play them.
Thanks man if I didn’t have this video I don’t know what I would have done
Happy to help. Thanks for watching 🙏🙏
@@DoubtMeTech I know you probably won’t answer but see when you have downloaded every game and all the progress for it can you unplug both of them
@@DoubtMeTech or do you have to keep them in forever
This is the best explained video ever 👍🏻
Happy to help. Thanks for watching 🙏🙏
I'm having an issue. Everyone online seems like you should be able to play a ps4 game directly from external hdd without transferring the data to the ps5. This is what I'm wanting to do. When I plug in my ps4 hdd. No games will pop up on the main screen like his has in this video. If I go to storage screen it will let me move or delete my ps4 games. Not play them. Help.
Fantastic job on this video my guy!!!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I greatly appreciate that. Thank you for the good vibes and support. 🙏🙏
@@DoubtMeTech absolutely.... I’m a new subscriber!💯💯💯
Great video exactly what I was looking for👌
Happy to help. Thanks for watching. 🙏🙏
You could just transfer saved data from ps4 to ps5 if you on the same network and same account no need for usb flash
Does it actually work
So it’s trying to make me buy the same games I have on ps4 to ps5 idk what to do. It must be the hard drive shit.
Great thanks man, one question the ps4 save needs to be in the ps5 storage or can be in the external too?
Whenever i run a ps4 game through an external HDD it keeps crashing :/ is there a fix for this? It was working at first but a couple days ago it started crashing
Update: I fixed the issue by doing a factory reset on safe mode. I also had to restore my licenses and it worked like a charm!! I highly recommend this to anyone who has their games crashing.
@@spacelee9057 good to hear that
@@spacelee9057 wont you lose game data thats downlaoded on to the ps4, for example i downloaded gta 5 of a different id? thx
Thanks I might be getting a ps5 next year
Awesome. Hopefully you do! 🙏🙏
I wasn't even one of the ones confused by sonys new ui but this has me for a loop. It's basically just the ps4 ui copying the better parts of Microsofts and I own both.
Hi there I'm getting my Ps5 console tomorrow and I was wondering something. I've moved all my ps4 games on an external hard drive and my save data on a USB. When I sign in for the first time on my new console will I have to do a data transfer?
Also do I factory reset my ps4 first before using my new one?
Thanks for the help if you can answer these questions. 🙂
If you're following the steps on this video, you don't have to do a transfer from console to console. It's either you do a transfer, or you use the external hard method. The external hdd method is better. Also you don't need to factory reset your ps4. Only if you want to.
@@DoubtMeTech Thank you for the clarification. Can't wait to start playing.
Happy to help. Thanks for watching. 🙏🙏
Have you noticed the game loading faster when playing PS4 games from the external hard drive? I doubt it would take advantage of the PS5s SSD since it's already running from a drive, but figured I'd ask anyway.
I mean it’s 8 months later, but if you have an External SSD instead of an HDD it does in fact run the games just as fast as the internal SSD
@@domlorg96 Yeah. I did more research and learned that since nothing runs off disc, and even if it did, the SSD would still be faster regardless.
Best video! Thank you for simplifying it!
Happy to help. Thanks for watching. 🙏🙏
So can I transfer the PS4 game data from the flash drive to my PS5 before I plug in the hard drive?
Thank you for this, is there a certain USB flash drive you recommend for the PS5?
Is this actually External or Portable ?
External is a drive that requires an AC power and Portable is powered via USB from the device is is connected to. Very different.
Once the games are downloaded to the external hard-drive and u plug it into ur ps5 can re-download a couple of ur favouret games back on ur ps4 so u can play then in 2 rooms when ever, ik I can ps5 remote play from my ps4 but it's a bit laggy
Unfortunately a lot of external hard drives are causing ps5 to crash to off, then requiring a data rebuild. Some PS5 are worse and experiencing serious failures. Better wait till a patch before using externals for now
I haven't had any issues. Make sure you watch the previous video and make sure your hard drive meets the requirements
@@DoubtMeTech sadly it’s another bug similar to the rest mode bug. I’m sure they will patch it soon 👍
Yeah I'm sure they will. It's probably just some ppl and not all. I haven't had any issues yet
@@vexxlnc430 is it patched ? 1 year later
2:56 I started my god of war before having the storage data on my console and I’ve tried restarting the console and opening and closing the game after the save file is on the console but my save file never loads any advice?
Edit: deleted my save and transferred it again works fine now
Sir, I have 2 questions regarding the use of external HDD on PS5.
firstly I would like to tell you that I've never purchased a PS console before...and I searched this question on google:-
"can I purchase a ps4 game on ps5 and play it from HDD"
so I got this answer from a website it says...Yes, you will be able to use an existing USB External Drive for PS5, however, you won't be able to directly play PS5 games from it. Instead, you'll be able to store game data there but will need to move it back onto the main drive or a compatible NVMe SSD drive to play it.
now the 1st question I wanna ask...can I purchase and download a PS4 game (eg;- Spider-Man MM) from a PS5 console/PS Store and play it from an external HDD because I know in the above answer which I got from that website it says "you won't be able to directly play PS5 games from HDD".. but then Spider-man MM has two versions one is for PS4 and another for PS5 ... that means the PS5 version can't be played using an external HDD only the PS4 game will work... this is what I understood from the above answer which I got from google. So what is the actual process.... could you please explain?
second and last...If I upgrade a ps4 game to ps5 ... then it will become a ps5 game..then from the above statement...I think ps5 games will not work on external HDD...coz it'll become purely a ps5 game then I will have to move it to internal SSD....so in that case should I upgrade a ps4 game to ps5 or not ???
please do reply...🙏
Ps4 games can be played on the external HDD on the PS5. You can buy ps4 games on the ps4 and install them into the external HDD. You cannot play ps5 games on external HDD. if you upgrade to a ps5 game, it will not go to the external HDD, it will only work on the internal SSD at the moment
@@DoubtMeTech thank you... just one more question ...
as u know we can visually distinguish the physical copies of the game as we can see it on the box art whether the game is for PS4 or PS5.. but when purchasing from PSN it has the label (PS4|PS5). my big concern is if the PS5 console Knowingly or unknowingly considers a particular game (which is for ps4 as well as ps5) to be a PS5 game and after purchase not letting the user to download the game to external hdd.
Unfortunately I'm not sure about. I normally buy the disc version
Is Cold War considered a PS5 game? And if it is, can I put it on my external drive and play or will I have to move it to my PS5 storage instead of my external storage
It depends if you bought the ps4 version or the ps5. The ps4 version can go to external. The ps5 version cannot
@@DoubtMeTech well I bought the game on PS4 but I bought the next gen bundle I think the $70 one
So do you still have to upgrade the disc to the ps5. I just got valhalla for ps4 and I have that game data on the external hard drive. How would I upgrade that disc?
SSD vs HDD? Iam seeing many mixed reviews about this. Some say SSD is better because well its just fast. Others say it wont do much on the ps5 besides load games a bit faster. Games run the same in terms of quality. What do you think? Is a HDD good enough? I dont mind longer load times, but I do mind quality. CoD warzone looks awesome on the ps5, will a HDD have the same quality? I dont know if the game has been enhanced for the ps5
Hdd is good enough. External hard drives currently only support ps4 games. For ps4 games, hdd is good and works great
When i plug in my external hard drive into my ps5 it Automatically starts adding all my ps4 games to downloads how can i stop this from happening i just want to play my ps4 game on external hard drive
That happens to me too. I have all my ps4 games into an extended storage and when I put the extended storage on my ps5, half of my games are downloading and I find it weird. I’m hoping it’s a glitch or something!
It tells me that the USB drive is not connected. But I can see it in the Storage menu and transfere the games. But no save game. HELP
same issue. it's been 4 months since this comment, have you figured out a solution by any chance?
If my ps4 games are already on my ps5 taking up space can I still move them to an external hard drive and play them off the external hard drive?
Yes you can
@DoubtMeTech, is the procedure the same for a PS4?
Yes it is
@@DoubtMeTech Cheers mate!
I transfer all my games and saves in my extarnal hard disk to ps5 but when i play i don’t find any saves of the games, just the games
I went into one of my games and I downloaded everything. So is my game data gone now for that game?
Make sure you watch this video and follow these steps FIRST: ruclips.net/video/fJk1T2ZBD-U/видео.html
@@DoubtMeTech thanks
I am so confused about this process. I did watch the video before this one. How much space does the flash drive need to have?
Do the external hard drive still benefit from the faster load times slightly
I want to know that too :c
surprised more people aren't asking about this
I have a 2tb external hard drive for my ps4, but I plug it into the power port, then put my power cord into the back of the storage cord. I dont know if I can transfer the data thru the power cord on ps5
Cuz im hoping to trade in my ps4 before actually getting the ps5, but ill be keeping my external drive
You could always use ps plus cloud storage
Great vid! For disc games, do i need to re install the updates/patches or can i upload it via cloud?
The update usually works within the transferred file but for me on the ps5 it needed to copy some of the disc “add ons” again. Modern warfare is the only game I’ve copied externally from my 4 so I’m not sure if it’s the same with all games
Im having an issue: so I have most of my games on an external hard drive and one of them being GTA which i really wanna play on the ps5 and i have the hard drive connected to the ps5 and put the GTA disc in but it gives me a screen saying cannot start the game or app
Try starting the game first and when it says to insert game disc , insert game disc.
Don't know if it works, just an idea.
I had a similar issue. I fixed it by doing a factory reset (option 6) on SAFE mode. I had to reset my license afterwards and reinstall the game data but it worked like a charm
Thanks for the help
Happy to help. Thanks for watching. 🙏🙏
Beautiful man!
Damn now I need a flash drive haha Walmart or target peeps?
I cannot find destiny 1 in saved data i only have the application capacity in extended storage. How will I transfer if I can’t find it?
in a previous vid you showed how to transfer your ps4 games and saved data to the ps5 but my question is this will it allow you to transfer just the saved data and skip the game transfer so I can just download the game on the external USB drive from the ps4? just trying to skip the flash drive bit. I doubt the saved data size is as big as the game and save the space on ps5 for upcoming new games. ????
The external drive with the ps4 games can be used in any ps5 console interchangeably?? suppose that i have an external drive with pkg games from an ps4 jailbroken, that hdd could be read by the ps5??
does playing ps4 games on external hard drive stop the ps5 from upgrading FPS on the ps4 games?
In 1:14 you cut the video when you said “I am putting the disk now.” What happenes after you put the disk because before you cut the recording the game wasn’t in your screen. What did you do to make it appear? If anybody could answer this I would really appreciate it. Thanks a lot.
Can I use a usb to get my saved data from my account that is not connected to ps plus from two separate consoles? And then plug the usb into my ps5 to copy the save data from the other two ps4’s to my ps5 account? I do not want to risk overwriting anything but I switch back and forth all the time so I’m not sure which console has the most updates saved data for which game.
Once you have transferred your saved data from USB on to the ps5. Can you just save your progress on the ps5 now. Or do you still have to use the usb to save your progress on.
However, if you have a PS plus subscription, then the game save data will automatically upload to the cloud then you wouldn’t have to worry about transferring it on to another console all would you have to just sign in on to another console and pick up from where you left off?
Is it possible to save PS4 & PS5 games onto an external hard drive instead of the PS5 itself ? If it can be done how is it done ?
Do you need the external drive after downloading the ps4 games to your ps5???
I have a question.. I have a lot of games on my external hdd (PS4 games).. Can i just plug it and play on PS5 or? And is there saved data included on hdd?
Thanks grat video! I got my PS5 yesterday , but I have a question, I know it affects speed, but also if I play for example shadow of the tomb raider the graphics and FPS will be affected?
That's A answer I'm looking for too
Do you know how to transfer the PS4 games on external storage to external storage?? I’m getting a brand new one cause the current one is a little problems. If not then the only way is to delete all PS4 games that are in the external storage and put the new external storage and re download all PS4 games
Do you gotta do the online data transfer if you did the “transfer data from ps4” when you first got the ps5
I have all my saved PS4 games on an External Hard but not a flash drive. I sold my PS4 already. So now I can't load them to my PS5 and play them where I left off at?
Is it possible to play PS4 games on External Hard Drive that is from a different account?
You can play the games, but you will not pick up where you left off. You will start the game from scratch as a new game
@@DoubtMeTech its not possible you can’t play games from hdd if they are from other account
@@bikramjitsingh3369 the right question is can i use an external hdd with pkg games form an jailbroken ps4 in the ps5?? of course counting that the hdd is in extended storage
My PS5 doesn’t not recognise my external HDD used for PS4 games. It tells that the HDD needs to be formatted. Putting back on PS4 it works normally...
Also I have moved both gta v and red dead 2 from this hdd onto the ps5s harddrive. Once the move occurs. They will show up on the game screen and play but I don't want them on my main drive and the internet is claiming they shouldn't have to be there.
Need help I got n external hard drive n moved them from my ps4 to the drive removed it n now all my games are removed from ps4 but they are on the hard drive n I got them to my ps5 how can I put the games on my ps4 at the same time on the hard drive n the ps5 ?
From my understanding, you just have to reinstall the games on the ps4
Does a external hard work as a flash drive to put my saved data in
No it does not. Follow all these steps exactly
@@DoubtMeTechWas wondering this too... any reason why not?
I'm not sure what type of hdd it is. But it was just hooked to my ps4 pro for years and has performed fine and ran games off of itself while hooked to that.
My ps5 only lets me move or delete games off the hard drive. Cant play them. And only 2 of the 5 games are moveable. And yess there all digital
Hi! Does it work the same way when i copy from the PS4 to the external HD then play it on the same PS4 console? Thanks!!
When you plug the hard drive to the ps5 will it have to format again? If so, will it delete your ps4 games
Yo I got a question I have my games split in my extra strage device and in my ps4s own storage so do I transfer my extra storage device first or my ps4 s own storage first I’m confused can you please help I just need to know what to do first
Will PS4 games still load fast on the PS5 if they are on a External Storage Device?
They‘ll probably even load faster.
I have an external SSD on my PS4 and the games load faster from it.
Just clicking on the games from the storage screen either set them up for a move or a delete. It will not start them on mine. I've hit the options button on them as well. I can't figure out how you guys are running these games.
So I have the PS5 version of ac Valhalla, Can I use this method to start where I was on my ps4?
Van I just go onto my PS4 and copy on the cloud and then go on my PS5 to download what I copied on my PS4?
I have a 5 tb hdd almost full but it says it supports up to 8 Tb. You think my game collection is overwhelming it?
If I transfer all of my PS4 games on an external hard drive and then upload all my game data to the PSN cloud then I plug my external storage into my ps5 and upload all my game data from the cloud storage onto my new PS5 will I be able to play my PS4 games off the external hard drive with all my saved data? Or will I have to transfer those games onto the internal ps5 storage to keep playing where I left off?
Yes to the first question. Make sure you install the games. Then install the game saves from the cloud before you launch the games.
Just a follow-up, can you get the game boost feature by playing PS4 games on PS5? For example Ghost of Tsushima plays 60 fps on PS5, should it be on the internal storage of the PS5 to get that feature or it will have that feature of the external hard drive? Thank you
Hey man, gotta question for ya. So I’m using a PlayStation Seagate external hard drive with all of my PS4 games installed on to it. But when I plug it into my PS5 via the USB port on the back closest to the power cable (and the farthest too) it still asks me to re format the hard drive which will obviously delete all of the data. Shouldn’t it be recognizing it as an extended storage from already having reformatted on the PS4 and any ideas as to why it isn’t?
Hello I'm wondering I got SSD and has my favourite games on it would I be able to use it on the PlayStation 5 what do I have to delete them off the SSD and put it in the storage of the cloud?
Hey man, I’ve done this but my Last of Us part 2 doesn’t recognise the saved game data and wants me to start again? Any suggestions?
For background. I have my LoU2 installed on an external and then moved it to my ps5 but it hasn’t worked. I’ve tried cloud data and direct transfer, however direct transfer won’t allow me to transfer LoU2 because it says it already exists.
The gentleman that made the vid is claiming that cod modern warfare popped up on his home screen when he plugged the external in. To make that happen on mine. I have to go to storage. And actually move cod or whatever game onto the ssd main drive and then it will show up on home???
So, if i have the disc game ps4, then on ps4 we move the disc game to extended storage and after that, we plug in the extended storage to the ps5 so we can play the disc game without installing the game & the updates?
Do the ps4 external storage games get graphics upgrades?
I'm waiting to see if ps5 games can be run from external HDD or external solid state drive otherwise it will be a step back
What if I had my ps4 games already on my ps5 will it transfer over automatically when I move the ps4 games to an external? The saved game data
Thx do you have to re update the games u bring over
I need help bro. I copied all my PS4 pro saves to an external hard drive before I sold it. Now my PS5 is not seeing the files on the data transfer section. When I go under storage the PS5 shows the drive with the correct space, but only gives me the option to format the drive. Any ideas??? Should I format a blank usb stick and then try and copy my files onto it from a PC and put it back in the PS5? I should of backed it up to the cloud, but I'm a dumbass. Thanks!
PLS CAN SOMEONE HELP ME HOW CAN I ACCESS THE SAVE DATA FROM THE GAMES IN MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE
Look I don't have ps5 yet but try copying ps4 save data to usb and recopy it again to ps5
I’m struggling with this now did you figure out how to do it talha?
Can anyone tell me why warzone stores on my ps5 but I can't move it to my External hard drive to make more room ??
How do you launch your digital games from the external drive without moving them to the PS5 drive?
After following all these steps, go to your game library and click on the game you want to play
@@DoubtMeTech Thank you! Been hearing people talk about it, but couldn't figure it out. Thanks for the reply.
@@DoubtMeTech i tried this but it randomly started crashing a couple days ago... i cant play PS4 games without transferring first
I am confused I have inserted an 8TB external HDD in to the back of my |PS5 but it is not recognising all my games on it & I dont know why & I get the download Icon come up at the bottom of the home menu when I click on the download Icon it says I have 99+ copies/uploads or downloads/uploads I am not sure exactly what it says but it says paused on the right of the screen I have some game names but some just say no title if I click on the title it says resume or cancel & delete yet if I click on resume it asks me to insert the disc to continue does that mean I have to go through my vast amount of games 1 by 1 and reinstall them to update them just so I can play them on my PS5 if so that is annoying. Also I have another 8TB HDD as well with alot of PS4 games but where the PS5 can not read 2 HDDs at the same time I thought they would have made sure the PS5 could do that as both the PS3 & PS4 can not do that if none of them do then Sony needs to use a different Operating System that does. I hope you understand what I mean
Once all transferred to ps5 does the external hard drive and flash drive need to be connected permanently
not the flash drive, but the external hard drive yes
I have moved the games to an external hard drive from the PS4, but when I put the hard drive in my PS5, there is a padlock in the top righthand corner of each game, and I can't play them. Any ideas where I am going wrong? I have reset licenses but doesn't help
Think you still need to put the disc in for it to recognize it for some reason
my issue is, i transfered everything and i have ac valhalla for ps4, so i went on the ps5 upgraded it, but it doesnt transfer data at all, your trophies and game saved data is gone, is there some way to also transfer that?
Did you follow the steps from the previous video that shows how to transfer game saves?
Try using ubisoft connect then to transfer save data
@@mohka5739 I was able to get my saved data but all the trophies reset
@@ShoOterEhce11 trophies are saved to your psn account and not the game itself, you shouldn’t have lost your trophies 🏆
How do I put ps4 games on the drive to a pc
Thanks for the info, but i cant play ps4 games via external hdd do i really need it to transfer to console HD?
You can play them via external. You can’t play 5 games externally though
Will my ps4 games have fast loading times from external ssd on ps5?
Again. These are not ps5 games before I hear that. These are ps4 games that just worked on a ps4 pro that are on an external hdd and were in that same space when connected to the ps4 pro and running.
What about the ps4 digital?
how do you copy disc games to external for PS5 ?
great!
Happy to help. Thanks for watching. 🙏🙏
thanks :)
Happy to help. Thanks for watching. 🙏🙏
The only way it seems to make my ps5 show a ps4 game on its main screen is to transfer it to the ps5s actual ssd drive. Any ideas?
Having same issue