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Want to run eso off an external harddrive

GallantGuardian
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Does anyone have experience in this ..

I play on ps4

And this game takes up way too much memory along with gtav read dead and a few other games I’d like to keep separated from my hard drive space

Is this possible if so how? I don’t want to lose anything which I realize that parts not even stored on my ps4

Any advice would be helpful
  • daim
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    Sorry for not answering your question as I haven't tried using external drive in PS4. It should be quite straight forward though, just make sure you don't buy the slowest device on the market.

    However I think the long term solution would be better if you would upgrade the internal storage. The drive is really easy to change, they have designed PS4 so that you can do it without any expertise.

    Just buy something like 2TB HDD or better yet SSD drive and you're set. It might cost you even less than buying external drive with the same capasity. After that you don't have to worry much about what you want to install on your PS4
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  • OG_Kaveman
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    Edited by OG_Kaveman on October 26, 2019 5:20PM
  • GallantGuardian
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    Thanks for the responses everyone I’m getting an 8tb this week
  • GallantGuardian
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    daim wrote: »
    Sorry for not answering your question as I haven't tried using external drive in PS4. It should be quite straight forward though, just make sure you don't buy the slowest device on the market.

    However I think the long term solution would be better if you would upgrade the internal storage. The drive is really easy to change, they have designed PS4 so that you can do it without any expertise.

    Just buy something like 2TB HDD or better yet SSD drive and you're set. It might cost you even less than buying external drive with the same capasity. After that you don't have to worry much about what you want to install on your PS4

    Wait why an sdd over an hdd?
  • OldManJim
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    SSD's are way faster than traditional platter HDD's. However they hold less data and are more expensive per GB than a HDD.

    Plus they have a shorter lifespan (read / write cycles). But that could have improved with newer models...not really sure as I don't keep up with it.

    Edit: I run my games of a 500GB SSD, but I'm on PC. I also have a slower 3TB HDD to store normal documents / music etc.
    Edited by OldManJim on October 28, 2019 3:34AM
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