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  • asger2324
    PCHF Member
    • Nov 2019
    • 2

    #1

    Harddrive disappearing

    Hello, (sorry for bad English)
    so recently I found my old ps4 hard drive with 2 TB of space. I have now switched it out with my old hard drive in my pc. Now it just keeps disappearing.
    Sometimes it’s there and then later it disappears.
  • veeg
    PCHF Director
    • Jul 2016
    • 8978

    #2
    Hello

    Hopefully some of our members will chime in soon..

    @Bruce @Evan Omo

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    • Bruce
      PCHF Member
      • Oct 2017
      • 10697

      #3
      I missed the era of games consoles having inbuilt drive, stayed with my trusted PS2.
      but from what I remember, PS’s are formatted funny.
      if you don’t care what’s on the drive, why not format it and see if that helps.
      a Quick Format should do the trick because if it needs a low level format, a 2TB drive will literally take days.
      of course, being flogged constantly while it was in the PS4, it may simply be at its end of life.

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      • asger2324
        PCHF Member
        • Nov 2019
        • 2

        #4
        Originally posted by Bruce
        I missed the era of games consoles having inbuilt drive, stayed with my trusted PS2.
        but from what I remember, PS’s are formatted funny.
        if you don’t care what’s on the drive, why not format it and see if that helps.
        a Quick Format should do the trick because if it needs a low level format, a 2TB drive will literally take days.
        of course, being flogged constantly while it was in the PS4, it may simply be at its end of life.
        Hello.
        I have already formatted it.
        I don’t really know if I have done it right, I just saw a YouTube video.

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        • Bruce
          PCHF Member
          • Oct 2017
          • 10697

          #5
          so you went into File Explorer, right clicked on that PS4 drive, and clicked Format… then ticked Quick Format and change the File System to NTFS ?

          another way, go to Control Panel, Admin Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management, right click the drive under the Volume column and choose Format. You may want to remove all partitions first, by going down into the graphical area and right clicking each partition and choosing Delete Volume.

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          • phillpower2
            PCHF Administrator
            • Sep 2016
            • 15206

            #6
            Any update for us?

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            • phillpower2
              PCHF Administrator
              • Sep 2016
              • 15206

              #7
              Any update for us? This thread will be closed if not replied to within 48hrs.

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