How can I fix this. I am in safe mode also. You need to purchase a new hard drive and then reinstall the system software from the PlayStation website. Then your ps4 will work like it was brand new!!!! I then do this and after the installation is complete my ps4 turns off and goes straight back into that same screen. That definitely sounds like your HDD bricked on you. My son's PS4 did the same thing. The reader arm in the hard drive was stuck.
There are several youtube videos that give advice on how to try and save the hard drive if it is just a stuck arm. Good luck!! Changed hard drives and it worked runs completely smooth now thanks for the assurance Joshua miller. Fix Your Stuff Community Store. Back Answers Index. Ahmed Raafat Abou Shady roofy80 Rep: 5 2. PS4 stuck in safe mode Everytime i turn ps4 on it checks system storage status then goes to menu tells me cannot start ps4 connect controller and press ps button then it tells me i need update file version 5 and i put i USB with update file it tells me update file cannot be used error code CE but when i start PS4 in safe mode 7 seconds on power button it installs the update but after restart safe mode again please help.
View the answer I have this problem too Subscribed to new answers. Is this a good question? Yes No. Voted Undo. Score 9. Did you find out how to fix? I have a fix for you, mine did the same thing.
No need to buy new hard drive. Chosen Solution. So I couldnt do anything but reinitialize my PS4 and lose all my data. What a waste. Was this answer helpful? Score 4. I have this same problem waht should I do. I have the same problem also :. My ps4 just allows me to access only one option in the ps4 loop. Option 7. Score 2. Any help out there as to why? Stuck on option 7. Anyone find a solution? U need a new hard drive James Ewins. Sue kerrz suekerrdg Rep: 13 2.
Score 1. Handy Francois Rep: 13 1. Michael Deitz michaeld2 Rep: 10 4. I am very much at this stage, the PS4 will go out the window soon!! Now put PS4 safe mode. If your PS4 is ON then turn it off and remove it from the power outlet. Plug the PS4, press the power button for 5 to 7 seconds. It leads PS4 off again. Keep it off for 2 to 3 minutes. Now press and hold the power key again for approx 20 sec until you hear 2 Beeps.
The first beep comes within 5 seconds and the second beep will be after 20 sec. Follow the on-screen instruction. Press the PS button on your Controller. Should see the safe mode screen. Also, only some of the options in Safe Mode will cause data loss, and they warn you.
Katie Boone Rep: 13 1. I have the same problem have you found a solution? Any solution? I have the same problem. Jeepo23 Rep: 3 8. Score 0. Tried to rebuild database no use still restarts in safe mode and repeats the loop. Pop your top cover off and see i your power button is somehow stuck??
Mine was unusable it was so slow even trying to shut it down through the menus was a task. The over heating can cause the GPU thermal paste to dry out resulting in further slow down. Very easy to diagnose. If your fan ramps up to full speed when playing a game from cold, this is most likely your issue.
Thanks for this nice addition. Probably the PS4 is overheating and you need to clean the inside of your console. My ps4 used to work so beautifully.. And it was so very laggy. Please help. The PS4 internal hard drive needs maintenance.
Apparently it suffers from bad sectors. Please try to full-format it in order to restore its original perfromance. Most probably the PS4 hard drive is corrupted. You have to FULL format it in order to revive it. I just recently got gta v and while playing for about 15 minutes, the game crashed and turned off the ps4 by itself. I tried everything. I deleted and downloaded it again, but I feel like it just made it worse. My PS4 just became slower and would crash constantly. Everything used to work perfectly fine until i downloaded gta.
Apparently you have to replace the PS4 internal hard drive in order to work around this issue. Most probably you have a failing PS4 hard drive. The main PS4 screen and other games work fine and respond as soon as i press or move a button. You have to connect your PS4 hard drive to a PC and perform a full format on it. Please read this guide for more details. I have rebuilt the data base and reinitialized the whole ps4 and still nothing ive cleaned the ps4 inside entirely and it is still laggy but still runs some games for a bit then crashes.
Is it the harddrive or something far worse? It is suffering from bad sectors that causes it to slow down. Try first to connect it to a PC and full format it , then check again. Hello, Sorry if this is the 2nd time I post similar message. Could still try to initialize it aswell. Thanks in advance. Thanks for the advice! Great to see people like u still put time into great guide! Your problem is not so critical and is easy to fix with no cost. Please provide us with your update on your issue so that other users who have the same problem may benefit.
Recently Ive noticed that whenever I do anything on my ps4 it stutters while watching a show or going through ps4 menu it will stutter back on a input and the background flow with the themes are also stuttering. It is a old ps4 back from December and this started happening 2 days ago. Most probably your PS4 hard drive is declining. You better do a FULL format on it in order to restore the original performance.
My PlayStation system has a please wait message when I turn it on and after an hour of waiting for it to load it goes into a blue screen and stays there until it automatically turns off and the process repeats itself.
I have not been able to play for 4 days now and I am not sure how to fix this. You might have an overheating issue with the PS4. Try to clean the inside of PS4. Or maybe it is a critical PS4 hard drive failure. My roommate downloaded games onto my PS4 and filled up the hard drive almost all the way. After he did this, the PS4 was really laggy so I freed up almost half the space on the hard drive.
However, games still lag and freeze after I freed up space. I rebuilt the database twice and it has not helped either. Is this a problem with the hard drive or could it be dust buildup causing the lagging and freezing? I just got a message on my PS4 saying an error has occurred SU What does this mean? How do I fix it? To read more on this issue and how to fix it, please click here.
Games on my PS4 Pro starting to lag really bad. NBA 2k21 loads really slow and freezes almost the entire game. I have rebuilt the database. What should my next steps be? Try to thoroughly clean the PS4, as you might have an overheating issue not a hard drive problem. Eventually, if you find out that the internal hard drive needs replacement, I strongly advise you to buy an SSD for your PS4 Pro, especially if it is a few years old, as it is much more durable and reliable compared to classical hard drives.
Okay, will look into these methods. Will get back to you and see what works. Thank you. You better get that console after 2 year of its release.
It seems your PS4 internal hard drive is failing and have critical issue. The first step we advise our readers and customers to do is to full-format it on a PC. So recently i had a power outage while playing a game. It had corrupted the system software and i ended having to initialize it and reinstall the system software from safe mode. What else should i try?
Apparently, your PS4 hard drive was badly impacted by the power outage. You can read on how bad power outage is to your PS4. What you have to do now is to full-format the PS4 internal hard drive. You need to connect it to a PC and do the full format operation.
If after the format the PS4 is still having issues, you need to upgrade the PS4 had to an SSD , as it is more reliable when it comes to power issues. Hey I recently swapped out the old G hard drive with a new HDD 1TB hard drive and ever since then it has run extremely poorly, I have tried to delete the software and install it back on countless times and all have been unsuccessful. I am sure i have done the install properly and none of the internal hardware is fault.
Your hard drive must be formatted on a PC full format. Please read this guide. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. PlayStation 5. PS4 Controller. External Hard Drive. Internal Hard Drive. PS4 Hard Drive Failure? Reasons, Symptoms and Solutions. You have first to remove it from the PS4, connect it to a PC and run the format utility on it.
It is a very easy operation. All what you have to do is to uncover the hard drive cage, unscrew the internal HDD, and pull it out. After removing it, you need to have a new hard drive replacement. Just insert the new HDD and fix it inside the cage with the screws. Eventually, follow the upgrade steps in this guide.
Never handled such a problem before, but according to my experience your hard drive is malfunctioning and gives serious errors that force PS4 to do that. You can do one last step before replacing the internal hard drive of PS4. Now give it a last chance and see if this has fixed the problem or not. I have the same issue. Works fine for a few days-week, then the blue light flashes and instructs me to download the newest software. Taking it into a local store for their expertise.
Might have to purchase a new HD. As for how to go through the replacement process, please visit our PS4 hard drive upgrade guide. Any ideas how to format the seagate firecuda to Fat32 on a windows10 PC? Just insert it inside PS4, and PS4 system will format it automatically with the relevant file system. I really liked this article. Thanks Yes I am in the middle of all the confusion too. Yes I am also trying to increase the space of my PS4 but I am confused whether I should put internal or external hard drive.
I have a PS VR and I really download a lot of digital free games coming up as you can see in you have lot of free games warface etc. If this is your case, I strongly advise you to upgrade your internal hard drive with Western Digital 4tb Performance Black with the help of the so-called Data Bank. But believe me, for your case it is the best option for the price.
In many cases that caused serious defects to the external hard drive or to the USB port itself. If you find it expensive, then go for the internal hard drive upgrade solution.
You better opt for desktop external hard drive. It depends on how you identify yourself. Or just a casual or regular user? If you consider yourself in the first class, then you MUST upgrade the internal hard drive.
I told you why. VR poses a heavy burden on the hard drive and keeps it running all the time. If the hard drive is external, this will make it more vulnerable to electrical shorts and might shorten its lifespan. I am confused internal 2tb or external 4 or 5tb. As both prices are same. For the sake of performance you cannot dispense with upgrading the internal hard drive of PS4. I doubt the stock hard drive of PS4 can last for too long under this situation. Firecuda SSHD is the most relevant for the overwhelming majority of users.
Maybe you need to think about an SSD, but that is too expensive and we only recommend it for exceptional uses. Thanks a lot. Ok I have seen these also. But 1 silly q. If i put databank with 3. I will still check the video on YouTube. Hey, my PS4 is basic one, 2 years old, and out of warranty. Can you please tell me whether this will work in my PS4? Yes, surely it will work flawlessly. Now, my situation is: I have an original PS4 not exactly from launch but about six months after , and only recently with games like Destiny 2 have I started to notice performance issues.
But I think I read here that even with external storage, it is subject to the speed of the internal HDD. And performance has not improved.
Thanks for your time and insight! I noticed a lot of negative reviews Amazon on your acclaimed Seagate Firecuda 2tb SSHD due to a high failure rate after a couple of months. Any experience or issues with this? Say what you will about the stock HDD, but the thing is a tank in reliability….
If reliability is what concerns you the most, I advise you to go for an SSD. But it also has its own bad reviews from customers! It means those who have got their drive failed, they came back and provided bad reviews.
And remember one important thing here. The motivation for writing a good review is weaker than that of writing a bad review. Just imagine it yourself. What impels you to writing a good review if you are happy with your purchase? What I am trying to tell you is that to avoid being driven by the rating thing. Seagate Firecuda is the most suitable drive for the wide variety of users who want a good compromise between capacity, speed and price.
Thank you so much for your quick and detailed response. I am one of those people, haha. In regards to just biting the bullet and going with an expensive SSD: I was originally drawn to your site because I was researching about upgrading my ps4 to an SSD. Why recommend the Samsung EVO? Hi again Scott. I just thought you were one of these guys.
That way if it happens that your drive fails, you are on the safe side with your backup copy. A backup solution is mandatory when dealing with digital data, as failure may happen at any time without any warning.
So you must be ready for that always. My ps4 keeps going into a safe mode loop the only option that works is the initialize ps4 and then maybe a day later it will do it again then I have to do it again it sucks so I just wanted to know could this be a hard drive issue?? So PS4 system behaves weird.
WD Black 1TB 2. Seagate Firecuda works best when it caches the game inside its SSD memory, which happens after you run that particular game 5 times. But before the game goes to the SSD cache, Firecuda works like any ordinary hard drive. As for Seagate Firecuda Pro, it is for desktop computers and it cannot be used with PS4 unless you do some tweaks to the body of your game console.
If you play online a lot, or play many VR games, WD black is what I advise you to go for, as Firecuda will let you down here. Just a last note. Now the price is quite cheap for 1tb SSD. I have an original ps4. I run r6 mainly and now division 2. Always in party chat and network play. I almost bought the sshd but came back one last time and read your recent posts about ssd is better for online and the sshd is better for offline.
My stuff is original parts so im seeing a lag and im obviously out of storage haha so its time… but if im going to spend the money i would rather get the right equipment. So if i understand you right you think the ssd even though it only runs sata II would be better for online gaming vs sshd for offiline?
Moreover, mechanical hard drives in general can halt occasionally for moments when processing data, according to the nature of mechanicality.
So, for a smoother and seamless overall experience on PS4, you better get an SSD if you can afford the price. Looking to buy the seagate firecuda drive but after reading this comment im not sure, is the difference between SSD and SSHD that noticeable for online gaming?
Im not looking to spend lots on a SSD as im just after a bigger more reliable hard drive to replace my stock PS4 drive to store more games to play with friends, standard model PS4, also saw that SSD will be no good in this model, is that right?
PS4 is pretty old now, think i got it within first year of release in UK. Some will still disagree, but this is what I recommend and see right. I would really love that. Id definitely recommend it, still need to use ps4 more and try more games on it like red dead and gta, but it loads up OS much quicker, and after playing a game for a while it loads up loading screens quicker, worthwhile upgrade to last me for a few years then get ps5!!
Thanks again for your nice feedback. My PS4 is original console bought in Would upgrading my old hard drive, which is most likely busted from the fall, fix this issue? If so, which one is reliable enough to work with the first gen ps4? Yes, it will fix this issue if the culprit is the hard drive, which is in most cases.
Ok, so you were right changing the HDD was the reason for the boot up error. I ended up purchasing and installing the Seagate Barracuda 1TB. Thanks again! And thanks for coming back with a feedback. After 8 months. Upgraded my 1tb internal Toshiba original drive which came with PS4 slim. To new baracuda 2. I have had no issues. I play VR and normal. And online overwatch and H1Z1 and so many more games.
The ps4 runs faster smoother. Load times actually depends on the servers of the PS4 playstation store. My internet is mbps so not an issue. Its all about the server loads. Not ps4 or hard disc. I have have faster load times with this hard drive and also have had couple of power failure but still the hard drive restored automatically all the data.
No issue as of now. No I did not buy firecuda price difference was not much but I think if there are power failure then the fire cuda mite not survive. I m same person king 20 up there.
Thanks for this nice addition. How did you assume that in the first place? It was 8 months back I must have read the article. That anyways the baracuda and firecuda both series keep failing after 1 odd year of usage. And thus assumed that if its gonna anyways fail and I had a baracuda unit from company as replacement packed one not open replacement so i did not want to sell and then buy firecuda. Anyways sshd will always load more data in ssd cache in the loop. So more chance that whatever I will be doing it will be on ssd while playing and not on hdd so if there is a power failure which happens since there is a Metro Line construction in my area and will be for 10 more years.
So it will not be able to restore the last new data. Ssd to hdd wont transfer as it will suddenly loose power. Like in my LG tv if the tv is shut or power failure then the hdd light still keeps blinking and it shuts.
Thanks for the information provided here. Yes, no problem. You can explain your issue on this post , and I shall help you as much as I can.
This is a symptom of having serious bad sectors on your external hard drive.
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