PlayStation 4: How to Choose the Default Hard Drive

Sony’s PS4 has attained enormous acclamation globally due to its mesmerizing design and features. It is one of the most greeted gaming consoles ever. Thus, the users still prefer it over another advanced gaming console. Although, the PS4 still works fine but shows the storage issue quite often and whenever the gamers try to fix it through changing of default hard drive, they failed. It is a complicated process as it requires two steps to accomplish, thus through the medium of this blog, we are going to help the gamers in choosing the default hard drive in PS4. Below we have created a proper workaround regarding the subsequent process. We suggested to the users to read it thoroughly to avail of the best outcome.

Move Games to the Desired Storage

The users need to select the preferred titles that they seek to store in the external drive. Thus, they need to select and drag them to the selected external drive. Below we have brief out through specific steps to do it; if you have already accomplished it, then move to the next process.

1.      Open your PS4 device.

2.      The users need to choose the option of Settings.

3.      After that, the users have to click on the icon of Storage.

4.      Once the users successfully clicked on the icon of Storage, then they need to press on the System Storage tab.

5.      Then, the users require to choose the option of Applications.

6.      After that, the users have to tap on the icon of Options.

7.      Once they successfully tap on the Options icon, then the users need to choose the tab of Move to Extended Storage or Move to System Storage.

8.      After that, the users have to pick the symbol of all the games that you seek to drag to the default storage.

9.      Once the users successfully mark all the games, then they need to click on the option of the move.

10.  After that, the users need to press on the Ok button to continue.

11.  Once the users successfully implemented all the steps discussed above, their preferred files will be successfully moved to external storage.

Switch the Default Hard Drive

Once the users successfully store the preferred hard drive, then they need to change the default hard drive. The process of doing it is quite simple, and if you are facing difficulty in it, then accomplish it through the below-written steps.

1.      The users need to open their PS4 device.

2.      After that, the users have to go to the Settings tab.

3.      After that, the users need to pick the icon of Storage.

4.      Once the users successfully picked the Storage icon, then they need to click on the button of Options.

5.      After that, the users need to press on the Application Install Location tab.

6.      Once the users successfully visited the tab as mentioned earlier, then they need to choose the icon of Extended Storage or System Storage from it.

In case the users plan to clean the hard drive or seek to change the external drive, then they need to follow the below written steps.

1.      Launch Settings on your PS4 device.

2.      Go to the Storage tab.

3.      Press the Options icon.

4.      Click on the Application Install Location button.

5.      Choose either Extended Storage or System Storage from the appeared menu.

Conclusion

PlayStation 4 is one of the most popular gaming consoles in the world and regarded as one of the best from the Play Station segment yet. However, the world of Play Station doesn’t allow its users to do customization to their devices. In the subsequent article, we have helped the gamers to select the default hard drive in PS4. We believe that the users will be going to avail of the article by accomplishing their purpose through it.

Mathew Anderson is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cyber security, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for directory Websites at True Antivirus.

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