Clone PS4 External drive

By Sergi8, Jul 21, 2019 4,843 4 0

  1. Sergi8

    OP Sergi8 GBAtemp Regular
    Member
    Level 4

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2018
    Messages:
    107
    Country:
    Italy
    Hello,
    I have a 4TB External HDD and I want to clone it to another 4TB External.
    I've tried tools such as EaseUS Partition Master, but it didn't recognize the drive (well, it isn't recognized by any tool, I just thought that cloning bit to bit wouldn't need it (?))
    Does anyone know if this is possible to do?

    Thanks in advance
     
  2. Uiaad

    Uiaad GBAtemp's resident guinea pig
    Member
    Level 9

    Joined:
    Dec 23, 2008
    Messages:
    517
    Country:
    United Kingdom
    Since the PS4 uses a propriety file system (eg not FAT32, EXFAT NTFS, ect ) you will need use something like Clonezilla that can copy sector by sector . This may or may not work depemding on why you want to do this in the first place.
     
  3. Sergi8

    OP Sergi8 GBAtemp Regular
    Member
    Level 4

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2018
    Messages:
    107
    Country:
    Italy
    I'll try this, but I just realized that one drive is 2TB and the 4TB is filled up to 1,3 TB. (The one who actually needs to be cloned)
    Is there any chance of doing this or should I just give up?
     
  4. tech3475

    tech3475 GBAtemp Addict
    Member
    Level 11

    Joined:
    Jun 12, 2009
    Messages:
    2,150
    Country:
    I doubt it will work.

    Easiest option may be to just copy anything important to the internal drive and start from scratch.

    Another possibility may be to upgrade the internal storage of the PS4 if the 2TB can be removed, backing up the internal drive to a different hdd first and restoring it to the 2tb.
     
  5. Sergi8

    OP Sergi8 GBAtemp Regular
    Member
    Level 4

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2018
    Messages:
    107
    Country:
    Italy
    They are both external drives, the point is i cannot copy games from one HDD to another, but just move them (from the PS4's OS)
     
Check for new posts
Draft saved Draft deleted
Loading...

Hide similar threads Similar threads with keywords - External, Clone, drive

  1. Spendy39

    Wii U CBHC Can I clone my external drive as a backup? Helo

    Spendy39, Oct 24, 2018, in forum: Wii U - Hacking & Backup Loaders
    Replies:
    10
    Views:
    1,232
    SuperDan
    Oct 25, 2018
  2. JustJay

    External hard drive disconnects randomly Windows 10

    JustJay, Feb 8, 2021, in forum: Computer Hardware, Devices and Accessories
    Replies:
    13
    Views:
    568
    White_Raven_X
    Feb 25, 2021
  3. iOsheriko

    xbox 360s corrupt external drive

    iOsheriko, Feb 22, 2021, in forum: Xbox 360 - Hacking & Homebrew
    Replies:
    1
    Views:
    207
    DinohScene
    Feb 22, 2021
  4. loudwarning

    External Hard Drive for Wii, NTFS and FAT32 for Apps and Emulators, IDK How to Make it Work

    loudwarning, Dec 11, 2019, in forum: Wii - Hacking
    Replies:
    9
    Views:
    1,853
    KeinesR
    Feb 18, 2021
  5. Tomtani1

    I need help installing Pkg files larger than 4GB onto my FAT32 external hard drive

    Tomtani1, Nov 25, 2019, in forum: PS3 - Hacking & Homebrew
    Replies:
    2
    Views:
    1,283
    Leon120081
    Jan 18, 2021