we love everything about the new ps4
design but the thing we love the most is
the easily accessible hard drive I just
got my ps4 and the first thing I'm gonna
do is swap out the hard drive for a much
faster SSD drive it's a pretty simple
swap so I thought I'd bring you all
along for the ride
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hi I'm going to loom with iFixit and
today I'm gonna walk you through the
process of swapping out the hard drive
in your ps4 this is a super simple
upgrade with minimal tools you're only
going to need a Philips number one screw
driver a flash drive with at least a gig
of space - flash drives if you're saving
data from your old drive your new two
and a half inch hard drive and a
computer with internet access to
download the latest system software for
your ps4 we'll give you that link in the
description of this video to start we're
gonna make sure the console is unplugged
and then remove the top glossy panel by
adding a small amount of pressure and
sliding it off next we're just going to
remove the one screw securing the hard
drive tray with that out you can slide
the hard drive out and get to work on
the screws holding the hard drive in
place
finally we just need to replace the
drive with our shiny new one and secure
it back in the ps4 the only thing that
might give you some trouble is replacing
the panel it looks like it should slide
back into place but it's much easier if
you come from the top and snap it back
now we can turn our attention to
initializing the new hard drive first of
all you're gonna want to go to Sony's
website and download the latest update
for the ps4 once that's completed
connect your USB drive to the computer
and make sure it's formatted to fat32 on
that freshly formatted Drive we're gonna
create two folders the first will be
called ps4 and a second which you should
put inside the first folder will be
called update in all caps you want to
make sure that the names for those
folders are exactly those names caps and
all otherwise your ps4 won't be able to
find the update lastly you just need to
copy the system software file you
downloaded from Sony into the folder
called update with your ps4 completely
powered down connect the flash drive and
turn your ps4 on it should automatically
go into safe mode and begin the drive
initialization process your PlayStation
should ask you to make sure your
controller is connected by its USB cable
then click the PlayStation button on the
controller click OK on the next screen
to continue the update this process
should take a couple of minutes so just
sit tight finally you'll be told the ps4
will be initialized and asked if you
want to continue click yes here the
system will then copy the update file
from your Drive to the console and
install it and you're done now you have
a brand new hard drive you can find all
the parts and tools you need for this
and many more repairs at ifixit.com and
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