Are you using USB 3. If so, you may encounter slow USB 3. How to test and improve its speed? You can get the answer from this post. Flash storage is a solid-state technology that relies on electronic signal transmission for writing and reading data. Therefore, USB flash drive can achieve very fast response times microsecond latency , compared to hard drives with moving components. We can make the following conclusions:.
Is it bad to run games off a USB flash drive? Playing games off a USB flash drive must have a negative influence on the storage device and therefore it is not highly recommended that you play games off it in the long term as it might burn out. Moreover, you will get into trouble if your USB flash drive carries with viruses.
Can you copy game files to a flash drive and play the game on other computers? This depends on whether the game has a registry. Generally, small games do not have a registry and you can copy their files to USB flash drive and play them on other computers.
However, some large games carry the registry and you need to register the game on other computers. How to pick a USB flash drive for gaming? No saves, themes, videos or screenshots. Any updates on this? Paranoimia the fact of the matter is that downloads on my xbox one are much much faster.
Download speeds for that and my PS3 were always comparable. Even Xbox one maxes my connection that is direct competitor of Sony. I actually have answer from you guys support in my email saying that bandwidth is limited to around 50 Mbps per connection, this can be worse with heavy traffic. Thanks Ageranu for the tip! Have to give it a try.
Is it possible to download my games in my friend ps4 then move it to my new ps4 because my old one not working? Your trophies are attached to your psn account but games would more than likely have to be reinstalled. Does the external USB need to have its own power suply, or does the PS4 power it throught the usb connector?
That depends on the hard drive. But 3. I think that depends on the type of HDD, as Bumblebee says. Which HDD is best? I have a seagate for my wii u and my ps4 is completely maxed out XD also, would I need a Y cable? Why the pointless minimum size? If i install a agame to the external hard drive , will i still need to insert the disc to play the game? What happens if i lose my external drive with my games on can i redownload them or what and can i take my games on a external drive go to my friends house log in as me and play my games.
Now, if you try to start a game the following message will show up:. To install this application on another storage device, first delete it, and then download it again or insert the disc for it. Your downloaded games will stay in your library — you could just re-download them to a new HDD.
I have changed my internal HDD 2 years ago, since that time my console seems to run more hot, the fans are almost always on. Or it will automaticly format the usb one?
I know this question will be somewhat off topic, but I think it would be better to simply upgrade my internal HDD. But I am uncertain which internal HDD to purchase. Could someone link me the a good Internal HDD? Can we have a partition? I use an 8tb external for backups but really only need well under 4tb.
Can I partition it and use half for backups from pc and half for PS4? What about Networked Attached Storage? Can I use same disk on another PS4 when I create my account there, so console can check I own content on it?
Why do I have to leave 50gb free on my internal hard drive in order to play games off my external hard drive? What a waste of space. I upgraded to a 1tb hdd while back,I still have my gb,so how do I attach it to use as an external drive? Does the system run slower, hang up or stutter when playing resource heavy games like Destiny and Horizon Zero Dawn? Bido Bido 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 5 5 bronze badges.
Are you asking whether you can replace the internal hard drive with a usb stick? Because the PS4 doesn't distinguish between external hard drives and usb sticks. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Yes, it's possible. Improve this answer. Since you're mentioning increased load times when upgrading the internal storage, might also be worth mentioning the OP might experience deceased load times with an external drive — Wondercricket.
Thanks for the response by the way can I recopy back my games from usb to the PS4? Thanks in advance. An extended storage needs to be USB 3. This is a copy and paste from above. That is why I am confused. Thanks for your reply. Ops, I have just noticed that. This was a mistake that must be corrected right away.
Thank you very much for notifying us. I bought a brand new one thinking he could just swap them out. My question is, can I get a USB gb 3. Sorry… not very tech savvy and no internet right now. Yes, surely you can. I just found a Samsung 3. No, most probably you need to initialize PS4. Have a look at this post. Hello I have an USB 3.
So have you any idea what I can do? Thanks in advance. Please have a look at this article. Oh, it really works? The GB flash drives used not to work as extended storage on PS4. Will my 16 GB flash drive work to reinstall system software on my ps4. I just grabbed a USB 3. I recognizes the device is there. If the PS4 USB drive is disconnected, the games will still appear in the home screen but you cannot play them.
When the PS4 USB drive is running out of space, you might want to upgrade it to a larger one and keep the data saved on the original one. What can you do to achieve this purpose? Step 1 : Connect both USB drives on your computer and enter the main interface of the program. In the pop-up window, select the new one as the target disk and click Next. Step 3 : Configure the changes as your needs and click Next button. Click Finish button to back to the main interface.
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