How to Reformat PS4 Hard Drive for PC in Windows 10/8/7

"I replaced the PS4 hard drive with an SSD on my laptop and I planned to reformat and use the old PS4 hard drive on my Windows 10 PC. But when I plugged the disk into my laptop, it was just not showing up in my Windows Explorer. Then I went to Disk Management, the only option I had is to convert to a Dynamic Disk. So, is there nay other ways or software that can help to format old PS4 hard drive for Windows PC?"

What can help you format PS4 hard drive for Windows PC

If you’re a PS4 player, sometimes you may want to replace or upgrade your PS4 hard drive with a newer or larger disk and want to use the old hard drive as an internal disk or external hard drive for your Windows PC to expand the storage space. At this moment, you just need to reformat the PS4 hard drive to the right files system. 

But it is not an easy thing because Windows built-in disk management tool usually cannot help you do it. Then a large number of users come to online forums and ask for help about how to format the PS4 hard drive for Windows 10/8/7 PC. So, what will you need to format your PS4 hard drive for Windows PC? Here we would like to recommend you try EaseUS partition software. With the powerful and flexible formatting feature, the program can help you format the PS4 hard drive for PC in Windows 10/8/7 with no hassle.

Steps to reformat PS4 hard drive for Windows 10/8/7 PC

 

Step 1: Run EaseUS Partition Master, right-click the hard drive partition you intend to format and choose "Format".

Step 2: In the new window, set the Partition label, File system (NTFS/FAT32/EXT2/EXT3), and Cluster size for the partition to be formatted, then click "OK".

Step 3: Then you will see a warning window, click "OK" in it to continue.

Step 4: Click the "Execute Operation" button in the top-left corner to review the changes, then click "Apply" to start formatting the partition on your hard drive.