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Extended hard drive formatting ps4

Arthur -  
 Nicolasc405 -
Hello, I just formatted a 1GB hard drive to exFAT format to use it as an extended external hard drive for my PS4. PROBLEM: I can't format it from the console, the formatting starts then I get an error message saying that my hard drive is not connected... Please help me, I can't take it anymore.

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Anonymous user
 
Hello,

There are certain conditions to meet for using an external HDD on PS4:

Size: 2.5 inches (self-powered) or 3.5 inches (external power supply).
Minimum storage capacity: 256 GB
Maximum storage capacity: 8 TB
Connectivity: USB 3.0
Type: HDD, SSHD or SSD

Mentioning your HDD's model number would be a good start. Since it doesn't recognize the connection, is it really a USB 3.0?

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Traxmix Posted messages 508 Status Membre 175
 
I didn't know that, thanks for the info!
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Anonymous user > Traxmix Posted messages 508 Status Membre
 
No problem. Two small cool and complete tutorials in case you're interested one day:

See you!
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Traxmix Posted messages 508 Status Membre 175
 
I already have a 2 TB external hard drive on the console. I've never encountered any issues and it's a real joy to have thousands of gigabytes of games :p
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Anonymous user
 
:-)
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