Transfer of backup from one PS4 to another via USB drive. Solved

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Hello everyone,

I want to share my problem with you.

I used to live with my parents, my little brother had a PS4 and I had bought Watch Dogs.
So I had several hours of gameplay, a save file, and a PSN account, but because of a poor connection, I didn't play online.

I moved out and bought my own PS4, and I created a different PSN account because I couldn't remember the password for the fake email address I had created just for the PSN. I formatted my USB stick to FAT32 and copied the Watch Dogs save file from my little brother's PS4 to the USB stick via:

-Settings > Saved Application Data Management > Saved Data in System Storage > Copy to USB Storage Device.

Then I went back to my PS4 and tried to paste the data via:

-Settings > Saved Application Data Management > Saved Data on USB Storage Device > Copy to System Storage > No saved data. -_-

However, when I plug my USB stick into a PC, the save file is indeed there. I can't go through the PSN to perform this operation due to having 2 different accounts. So my only solution is through the USB stick, and apparently, I’m not the only one experiencing this issue, but I haven’t seen any solutions start to appear.

If anyone has a response, I thank you in advance! I’m sorry for sharing my life story as well, but I thought it was important to detail everything.
Have a good day and thank you for reading!

Sora31200 · Accepted Answer

Hello.
! You can only restore a game backup once the game itself is installed on your console!

There are 3 ways to do this:

Either online:
Or wired (Ethernet network):
Or via a USB drive:
- On the source PS4: Settings > System > Backup / Restore > Backup
- On the destination PS4: Settings > System > Backup / Restore > Restore

udodirck · Answer

Good evening, on the key you have a PS4 folder and inside it a SAVEDATA folder and inside SAVEDATA your save?  -- If you don't have what you love, love what you have!

udodirck · Answer

Yes, it's true because Sony clearly states, and I quote:

Upload to online storage

If the saved data is updated, it is automatically saved to the PSN server when you log out. By saving it to online storage, you can download the saved data onto another PS4(TM) system and thus continue a game started elsewhere. To use this function, you must subscribe to PlayStation®Plus.
You can specify for each game whether you want to enable or disable automatic uploads. You can also manually upload saved data by selecting it and then selecting [Upload]. or

Copy to a USB storage device:

You can copy saved data to a USB storage device connected to the PS4(TM) system. The saved data you copy can be used as a backup, and you can copy the saved data from the USB storage device to another PS4(TM) system and thus continue a game started elsewhere.
You can select for each game the saved data to copy.

To use this function, you must have logged into PSN at least once.

So their explanations are not clear and could be confusing, but it is possible.

Transfer of backup from one PS4 to another via USB drive.

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