I've had this drive installed in my PS4 for nearly two months and have had no issues at all.



This 2TB Firecuda drive replaced the 500GB hard drive in my Playstation 4. It is faster and much larger than the original drive and is a perfect fit.

It is actually slightly thinner than the original 500GB drive, but once the screws are aligned the drive fits perfectly in the bracket.

The drive came very well protected and with a small warranty booklet (in about 24 different languages)

Below are the steps I took to replace the drive in my PS4...



To replace your PS4 drive, the first thing that you will need is an external USB drive for temporary storage of your games (if you don't want to have to re-download all of them). This drive Might have to be erased (reformatted) by the Playstation4 before it can be used for backup so make sure you don't have anything on it that you want to keep. A 500GB drive or larger should be fine. You will also need a USB stick to save the PS4's firmware file that has to be downloaded from the Sony website (although you could use your external USB drive after your backup is done).

If you decide that you want to use an extra USB stick make sure it is at least 2GB or larger. (8GB is probably good)



If you have PS+ make sure you synchronize your saved game data, etc before you do anything else. If you don't have PS+ you will have to backup your saved game data to your USB stick or external hard drive (after you backup your games).



Note that it can take a long time to backup your games if you are upgrading the original PS4 as it only has USB2 ports (several hours).



Once your games are backed up and your saved game data is backed up (or synchronized to your PS+ account) you have to go to the Sony website, on a PC, to download the PS4's firmware file (the full {fresh} install, not the upgrade) and put it in the folder \PS4\UPDATE (note: the PS4 will not find the file if it is not in that exact folder). You also have to rename the file to PS4UPDATE.PUP (if it is not already named this)



Make sure the PS4 is off (unplug to be safe). Remove the old PS4s hard drive and install your new Seagate Firecuda 2TB drive.



Connect your external USB drive (or USB memory stick) plug the PS4 back in to the power and press the power button for 7 seconds.

This starts the PS4 in 'safe mode' which lets you install the firmware file to your new 2TB Firecuda drive.

Select [Initialize PS4 (Reinstall System Software)] and just follow the onscreen prompts. When you are done you can restore the back up you made of your games and saved game data (or re-sync saved game data from PS+). You'll also have to log back into your Playstation account (assuming you have one).



Hope that these instructions help anyone out there looking to use this great (& recommended) hard drive to upgrade your PS4!