Just some advice I am looking for here and maybe to see if others have had the same problem as I am having lately.
I have a launch day one model PS4 and lately it's been acting a bit strange. The other day when I was at work my son was playing a game on it and said a message popped up saying the PS4 is overheated and due to that it's shutting down which it did. I came home checked it and yeah some of the vents were caked with dust so I cleaned them and started the PS4 up everything was fine. Untill today.
Earlier my son said it wouldn't connected to the internet but everything else in the house was just fine. When I went to check it out the PS4 turned on but nothing came up on the tv screen it was if it was connected at all but the PS4 was running. I switched out HDMI cords and nothing it took me unplugging the PS4 and plugging it back in and everything was alright.
I dread getting a new PS4 mainly cause I don't like the design of the newer ones but I am worried that my PS4 might be slowing dieing. I used it for years as my main console not to mention for watching Netflix and DVDs it was my main all in one device so yeah it got alot of use.
If I have to get a new PS4 (a PS5 is out of the question as they are impossible to find right now). How hard is it to transfer all my stuff over to a new console. We are talking about 7 years worth of games savefiles etc. I have a 5tb External hard drive hooked to my PS4 now is it a matter of unhooking it from the one and plugging it into another? What about my profiles and such?
Thanks for any information.
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@Tasuki I was having this exact conversation with my friend yesterday. Her launch PS4 overheats when playing more demanding, modern games and I'm offering to send her my old base console, which has been sitting safely in a cupboard since I upgraded to a PS4 Pro.
We talked about data transfer because she has a lot of screenshots and save files (the latter of which she'd have to copy manually, as she doesn't have PS Plus right now). I don't have any experience of running the data transfer process between PS4s because I once tried doing it between PS3s and it was an absolute nightmare; when I got my PS4 Pro, I did everything myself, via USBs and PS Plus. I didn't wanna run the risk of what happened with my PS3s which... well, let's just say, it wasn't ideal.
All I know for sure is that, if you've got PS Plus, uploading your save data to the cloud is invaluable. As long as you deactivate your old PS4 as your Primary Console, and activate your new one as such, then you shouldn't notice any problems with your PSN account, digital purchases, etcetera.
If I end up sending her my old console and she runs the data transfer process before you've posted about biting the bullet, I'll let you know how it goes, and share any tips we learn.
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@Tasuki please don't quote me on this but I believe the stuff on the external is as simple as plugging it into the new PS4, I think it creates or fills up an "other" folder on the PS4s internal hard drive which contains the necessary files to run the games off the external. All the games should be playable if you are signed into your user account. I'm not sure how it works if you have other guest type accounts without passwords (or if that's even a thing)
As for the internal storage, you can back that up to another external drive. I think that's in Settings>Storage>Back up and Restore. So if your PS4 does kick the bucket, you'll at least have a back up of everything up until recently and only lose a shorter times worth of save data/screenshots instead of everything from the last 7 years. I am pretty sure you can load that back up on to the new PS4 with that same option in the settings.
I'm not saying it would be better for you because it depends on your ISP data caps (if there is any), but I found when I was upgrading my hard drive that it was better to just back up the truly irreplaceable stuff like save files, screen shots, games in a prepatched state you might want to keep and games that have been made unavailable from the PS store. Then I redownloaded or reinstalled (from disc)the rest of it (prioritising anything I wanted to play first). The reason I did this for PS4 was because I broke a brand new hard drive for my PS3 by restoring just 250gb of data. It took like 24 hours and when I came home the drive was making a clicking sound like nobody's business. The drive was obviously a dud though and I suppose I wouldn't have found out early enough if I hadn't put it through the stress of a 24 hour back up restoration so I suppose there's that.
I think there's an option in storage to just copy the save files and screenshots you want to a usb stick too which can be copied into a new PS4 without doing the full back up and restore process.
I hope someone else can clarify and correct any points I've made, I'd assume it would be the same for a new PS4 as it is for upgrading a hard drive because a factory reset PS4 with a new hard drive is essentially a new PS4 from a data management point of view
@RogerRoger@ralphdibny Thanks guys. Both of what you said make sense. I figured it was simple enough I just wasn't sure how to go about it. Now I just need to find another PS4 and see if it's that simple.
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Obviously that will only work if you still have your current ps4 when you get a new one.
In regards to your external drive, you can just unplug it from your current console and plug into your new one. It will take a few mins for all the games to load up.
Just note that you won't be able to copy over the save data until the game is either on your console or external drive is connected.
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