What you need to get started On the other hand, USB 3.2 or USB-C ports are faster than USB 2.0 ports. Do you have the power setting on the ps4 USB to be always on? Every time I turn on my PS4, it says the hard drive was disconnected and that I gotta repair it game data. You know what's crazy though? Press J to jump to the feed. Both of these things could cause your problem. The largest PlayStation 4 community on the internet. I just didn't know it was that cuz my hard drives light was always on. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. USB options are set to always be on, and I'm using the back port. Your hub for everything related to PS4 including games, news, reviews, discussion, questions, videos, and screenshots. You can download games and add-ons from PlayStation℠Store directly to the extended storage and move games from your PlayStation®4 system’s storage to your HDD. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. External hard drive NEEDS to be fixed Every time I turn on my PS4, it says the hard drive was disconnected and that I gotta repair it game data. Same exact problem as others. Please fix this Sony. The speed is dependent on the storage technology and the connections. I got the almost same problem, my ps4 always tell me the external USB drive is disconnected, I need to reconnect the USB again to fix this. Or check your hard drive specs you bought, it might have a sleep feature. Sometimes I gotta disconnect and reconnect the hard drive. Clearly this is on Sony's end. And it's there in the morning before I turn on my PS4. My hard drive has a white light indicating when it's on and active and the light was there at 3 am. If your PS4 doesn’t have enough HDD space to install a game, you can use an Extended Storage Device to add more storage. External SSDs have more storage capacity and fast data transfer speed. Sometimes I gotta disconnect and reconnect the hard drive. Massive oversight on Sony's part. I'll check the front ports today, but even if they work, why doesn't the most important port for this very feature (the back one) work? The external storage device must be connected directly into the PS4™. If not, you should and it could fix your problem. Yea it's probably the power setting thanks! Only one external device can be used at a time. The best external hard drive for PS4 should have a high transfer speed. I'm using a 3.0 HD and cable, but everytime I turn on my ps4 I get an error code stating it needs to be repaired. Minimum of 250 GB and a maximum of 8 TB capacity. You will get an error message, if the same application is installed on the system storage and the external storage device.