PS4 Hard drive replacement (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Tuesday, March 01, 2016, 16:30 (3195 days ago) @ Korny
edited by Cody Miller, Tuesday, March 01, 2016, 16:33

Anyway, the one small hangup I had was that if you are replacing your HD you need to install the PS software fresh. The instructions on Sony's website linked to an update that was around 300 megs. This won't work.

If you read the page rather than clicking on the update download button., it clearly tells you that if you're performing a fresh install (a new drive), you need to download the entire 800mb Software, and it links you to it (it's on the same page, just below the 300mb info, but the link is right below the Download button).

It's even underlined and highlighted, man...

Wrong. I ready exactly that, and it took me to the 300MB download. It is not clear. The link anchor DOES NOT WORK IN SAFARI, so clicking it took me to the page top, with the download button that had the 300MB version. It's supposed to direct you lower on the page but did not, and I was confused because I thought I was downloading the full install.

Do you want to perform a fresh install? Yes I do. I clicked that. It did not activate the anchor, and took me to a new page which had a download button at the top, for the 300MB version. Given that the file names are identical, it was confusing.