After many years living mostly alone, living with teenagers, aside from the regular challenges of living with teenagers, has some unexpected issues.
The hard drive on the PS4 was full! We had to delete stuff to add a game.
I’ve never had a full hard drive on a console before. I don’t buy enough games and I tend to play in spurts. Back in the day, I bought a second memory card (8MB per card) for the PS2 just in case, but never used it. The PS3 continues to power on. The Atari’s games are standalone cartridges, no save files whatsoever.
The PS4 has 500GB and Sony have just released an upgraded model doubling the hard drive to 1TB. However, I had heard it was possible to install a new drive yourself and sure enough Sony even provide instructions. Somewhere along the way, I came across someone who had installed a 2TB drive as they figured 1TB wasn’t big enough. Given we’ve filled a 500GB in less than 12 months, they might be right.
On Saturday, I popped down the road and bought a 2TB drive for the princely sum of $175. This thing was about the size of a credit card and as tall as a few stacked. Got home and did a full back of the current drive which alas takes several hours.
On Sunday morning,
- I slid the cover off the PS4
- undid 5 screws
- took out old drive
- put in new drive
- initialised and installed system from USB
- restored backup, which also took several hours
All went well. The instructions were easy to follow and the hardest bit of the drive swapping was finding a screwdriver small enough.
Then I installed the new Assassin’s Creed :)
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