Ps4 not downloading to external hard drive

 · Wait 30 seconds, connect your external hard drive to your other USB port, and connect your PS4 power cable plug to its socket again. Now, turn on PS4 and see whether it recognizes it or not. If not, probably you need to perform a “bad sector” diagnose on your external hard drive. Use a USB External Storage Device that fulfils the following requirements: USB or later; If your HDD is definitely USB , connecting it too slowly might cause this error message. Connect the USB External Storage Device quickly and firmly, but carefully. Step 1: You need to turn off the PS4. Step 2: Now switch off the electricity for a minute. Step 3: Unplug the external hard drive. Step 4: Turn on the PS4 so that it runs without an external hard drive. Step 5: Now turn off PS4 again. Step 6: Then connect the external hard drive to it while it's in off mode.

If you have a PS4 with the standard GB hard drive, you'll probably find it fills up pretty quickly. In order to download and install new games, you will probably have to delete some older titles. Go to the Settings menu from your PS4 home screen. Scroll down to 'Storage'. Choose which location you want to download to - either System Storage or your external HDD. Press the 'Options' button and select 'Application install location' to set the target download location - either 'System Storage' or 'Extended Storage'. How to Download and Store PS4 Games Apps to an External Hard Drive Ma by TomBoyNI With the release of firmware for the Playstation 4, we, the gamers, now have a feature we have craved for a long time the ability to download and store our games on an external hard drive.

Use a USB External Storage Device that fulfils the following requirements: USB or later; If your HDD is definitely USB , connecting it too slowly might cause this error message. Connect the USB External Storage Device quickly and firmly, but carefully. Wait 30 seconds, connect your external hard drive to your other USB port, and connect your PS4 power cable plug to its socket again. Now, turn on PS4 and see whether it recognizes it or not. If not, probably you need to perform a “bad sector” diagnose on your external hard drive. Go to the Settings menu from your PS4 home screen. Scroll down to ‘Storage’. Choose which location you want to download to – either System Storage or your external HDD. Press the ‘Options’ button and select ‘Application install location’ to set the target download location – either ‘System Storage’ or ‘Extended Storage’.