PS4 doesnt' reconize internal hard drive anymore

[Tackskull]

Hello,

yesterday I tried to clone the 1 tb internal hard drive to a 2tb one to use it for my second ps4.

Once I cloned the hard drive, I put it the original one back to my fat cfw 9.0 ps4. So basically I just removed and reinsert the hard drive, why my ps4 is not detecting it?

 

[remlei]

clone the 1 tb internal hard drive to a 2tb

that's your issue is, cloning drives never worked on ps4 anyway. probably because ps4 lock it self to that hdd until you chang it and reinstall the system software, once your install a new hdd on that ps4, there's no going back. that old hdd you got there will never work again until your format it and reinstall the system software.

 

[Tackskull]

that's your issue is, cloning drives never worked on ps4 anyway. probably because ps4 lock it self to that hdd until you chang it and reinstall the system software, once your install a new hdd on that ps4, there's no going back. that old hdd you got there will never work again until your format it and reinstall the system software.

so basically I lost all the games a saves on the drive, awesome. Thanks anyway.
Now that I want to reinstall a new hard disk, I have to set a new account, but I want my ps4 to be jailbroke at 9.0 fw. If I reinstall the ps4 os I have to sign in on the ps network? Because in that case the ps4 would let me install the latest firmware, and I will not able to cfw the ps4

 

[remlei]

I lost all the games a saves on the drive

i think there's a way to recover it, as long as you extract the ps4's eid root key that it came from, and use linux to mount it and extract your save files.

 

[Tackskull]

i think there's a way to recover it, as long as you extract the ps4's eid root key that it came from, and use linux to mount it and extract your save files.

I use linux, how do I do this ?

 

[godreborn]

It's called the eap key. You can get it from dumping the sflash and using a python script. I got my eap key this way, but I never tried mounting it.

 

[Tackskull]

It's called the eap key. You can get it from dumping the sflash and using a python script. I got my eap key this way, but I never tried mounting it.

I found a guide on youtube. Once I dump the hard drive how can I transfer games and saves to the new ps4 internal hard drive?

 

[godreborn]

well, pkgs and trophies shouldn't be a problem, just reinstall/retransfer. I think saves won't be an issue either if you use the same account. all three of those are in the user partition iirc.

 

[Tackskull]

well, pkgs and trophies shouldn't be a problem, just reinstall/retransfer. I think saves won't be an issue either if you use the same account. all three of those are in the user partition iirc.

Ok, can you tell me step by step what I have to do? I am a bit confuse. I never did something like this

 

[Tackskull]

Nobody can help wth this?

 

[remlei]

Nobody can help wth this?

just a few google-fu and here it is:

https://www.psx-place.com/threads/hdd-script-by-anonymous.30863/

you can extract the saves, put it on usb drive, let apollo make a work on it to import it back to your system.

 

[godreborn]

I could help with that if you need help with the script.

 

[Mo Poge]

Hmm, I think I've cloned my PS4 internal drive at least twice before without issue so maybe it has to do with your cloning software/hardware? I used one of those cheap-ish cloning docks.

Also, are you saying the original drive is not working with your PS4? That sounds like a different issue like maybe the drive got corrupted along the way?

 

[godreborn]

Hmm, I think I've cloned my PS4 internal drive at least twice before without issue so maybe it has to do with your cloning software/hardware? I used one of those cheap-ish cloning docks.

Also, are you saying the original drive is not working with your PS4? That sounds like a different issue like maybe the drive got corrupted along the way?

That is normal, unlike the ps3, you can't just swap drives. The old drive will no longer work.