Can I simply swap out my HDD in my PS4 and put it in the Pro and go from there? I have a 2 TB in my PS4 null

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Mike · Accepted Answer

Yes, but it reformats, so you would have to backup your current saves to the cloud, and restore titles and content from the ps store and cloud.

Sami · Answer

yes. yes you can. the HD bay is now in back of the PS4 PRO.

Cmac3000 · Answer

No you have to do the same process you did when you put the 2tb HDD in you're current Ps4. So you have to wipe the memory in safe mode, recover you're account, then download all you're games and apps again. Took me about 36 hours to get it done since I had a 2tb HDD in my Ps4 as well with about 1.1tb of data to download. Yes it's a hassle but the Ps4 Pro is a great buy if you have a 4k HDR tv. The games that support the tech so far look amazing.

Answered by Cmac3000 9 years ago

Makeitbetter · Answer

yes but you have to reinstall everything

JohnConner · Answer

No you have to format the hard drive which will delete all data on the hard drive.

Wolf · Answer

Yep! The head of the Playstation hardware team confirmed the Pro has a user replaceable drive too. IMO that's one of the coolest features of the PS3/PS4. (If only they had backwards compatibility *sigh*)

I would assume though that you'll need to reformat the drive when you stick it in the new system, like that it won't work without being reformatted, but you can use the same physical drive.

“Can I simply swap out my HDD in my PS4 and put it in the Pro and go from there? I have a 2 TB in my PS4”

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