Can You Clone a PS4 Hard Drive to SSD Without Data Loss
My PS4 Pro HD was on its last legs, so I plan to purchase a SanDisk 1 TB SSD as a replacement. Here comes the question. Can I clone a PS4 hard drive to an SSD without data loss? And how can I do that?
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Roxanne· Answered on Aug 28, 2023
Yes, you can clone a PS4 hard drive to SSD. As we know, the PS4 has 500GB of storage, so it will fill up with more and more games over time, leaving less room for new games. If your PS4 hard drive is almost full as you keep installing games, you may need to upgrade your PS4 hard drive. One of the effective ways is to clone a PS4 hard drive to SSD.
Since the process is a little complicated for most users, and any wrong operation may corrupt the thye PS4's original hard drive, I recommend using EaseUS Partition Master - an all-featured and professional hard drive manager. This software can help you initialize the new SSD and easily clone the PS4 hard drive to the new SSD without losing any data. Here is the full guide on how to clone a PS4 hard drive to an SSD with EaseUS Partition Master:
Stage 1. Initialize the New SSD
Connect the new SSD and the PS4's original hard drive to your computer. Before cloning, you should initialize the SSD for PS4. Download and complete the initialization as follows:
Step 1. Launch EaseUS Partition Master and move to "Partition Manager."
Step 2. Right-click the target SSD and select "Initialize to MBR/GPT." Click "Execute Task" and "Apply" to apply the changes.
Stage 2. Clone the PS4 Hard Drive to SSD
Now, you can use the "Clone Disk Data" feature of EaseUS Partition Master to start cloning the PS4 original hard drive to a new SSD:
Step 1. Enter the "Clone" tab and select "Clone Data Disk" and click "Next." Set the source and target disks, and click "Next" after each.
Step 2. Read and confirm the warning message by hitting the "Yes" option.
Step 3. View the disk layout and customize the target SSD partition size. Back up the valuable data and then click "Continue" as the program warns shows.
Step 4. Click "Start" to finalize the disk cloning process.
