You'd best go into the power settings and configure it first though. Don't think it's enabled by default. Paul D Well-known Member. It can download while in standby? Damn that's good! Last edited: Dec 4, I've just done this myself overnight downloading Assassins Creed black flag from the US store while it was on offer! You have to adjust your settings though. Jon Weaver Member. Think yourslef lucky Its going to take days I am keeping my PS4 for Christmas assuming my Amazon order turns up , but i might have to set it up a week before to get the downloads done.
Mr Fring Well-known Member. Jon Weaver said:. Mr Fring said:. Same here it's taken me since Sunday to download BF4, the sooner they get fibre optic round here the better. Word of warning if you've got a slow connection you are best of downloading one game at a time. You must log in or register to reply here. Similar threads. Replies 1 Views Commonly, when a healthy hard drive is connected to a computer, you will get a message prompting Your device is ready to use. To exclude any potential hard drive errors in this case, you should use some hard drive repair solutions.
But if the connected hard drive is damaged, it will not be recognized by your computer as well and you will get the last USB device malfunctioned error message. In this case, you might have to give up the PS4 external hard drive and replace it with a new one. If the external hard drive is not defective and can be recognized by other PS4 devices and computers, perhaps the problem has something to do with your PS4 itself. It has been reported that external hard drive might fail to work on a PS4 of older version.
So, you can try updating the system software to fix PS4 external hard drive not showing up issue. Step 1 : Make sure your PS4 is connected to the Internet and go to the home screen. Step 3 : If any updates are detected, click Next button. Then, select Update to download the available updated. Step 4 : Select Downloads to install the updates you have downloaded. After updating PS4 system software, you can connect the external hard drive and check if it works on your PS4 properly.
In this case, you were able to use the external hard drive on your PS4 without any problems before it stopped working suddenly. Similar to the Case 1, the PS4 external hard drive might also be defective here. So, you should also troubleshoot hard drive errors and confirm whether you need a replacement for the hard drive at first.
If the PS4 hard drive is fine and can work properly on other devices, you can try fixing the issue with the following solutions. This is an easy and widely-used method to resolve connection issues on PS4. When PS4 external hard drive not recognized issue happens to you, you can:. Step 2 : Disconnect the external hard drive and turn on the PS4 to make it run without any external devices. Now, the external hard drive should be able to work on your PS4.
There is a feature named Rebuild Database built in your PS4. This feature can scan the PS4 drive and create a new database of all your PS4 content to help resolve various problems, such as PS4 corrupted data issue. In the case under our discussion, you can also choose to rebuild your PS4 database.
This feature is only available in the Safe Mode of PS4. During the process, it reorganizes your files and clears your PS4 memory, without affecting the existing data. To use it, you can refer to the steps below:. Step 2 : Once the PS4 is turned off, press and hold the power button until you hear the second beep. This will open the PS4 Safe Mode. Step 4 : Select Rebuild Database option and press X button to confirm the operation. As long as you're logged in on the PSN account which owns the games and are signed in online, you can then launch them and start playing immediately.
One thing to note - game saved data cannot be stored on an external hard drive being used for extended storage, so if you want to continue your progress then you'll need to transfer your saved data between consoles using either PlayStation Plus online storage or a separate USB device.
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