How to Setup a PS5 Extended Storage Device (Connect, Format, and Manage) 

If you need to buy a drive don’t forget I have a video full of compatible drives linked in the description! Have a great day everyone!

I usually make joke comments, but this is genuinely going to help so many people. Especially since I had NO idea how to do it and my storage is on the way. Good stuff my dude.

I was having a problem which is I cannot format my external hard drive and I was looking for a solution and I saw your video, heard you saying “You gonna plug the USB in the PS5 first, and then take the other end and plug it into the hard drive” I said what’s the difference!! and then I went to see another video. However, I was going to return the hard drive to the store and replace it with a new one. I tried your method by plugging the USB first before I go and "IT WORKED"😂😂. Thank you so much. Sometimes small details have a great effect.

You have saved my life with this! I've been so confused to know how to use the extended storage, I didn't realise I had to delete the game off my console, to then re download it again off my hard drive!! However, it does take me 20 mins to redownload Spiderman 2 back onto the console itself, but it's still extremely helpful! Thank you so much!! 😊

I had no idea there was a different usb port on the back and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't let me use the external drive. Thanks for the help, it's now working.

Hey Jake, thanks for all your help. I was able to find a PS5 earlier this month. Really appreciate all your efforts helping everyone.

Hey Jake, Heads up, the Samsung T7 when initially connected, The PS5 reports that it is incompatible, You will need to connect the T7 to a PC and format it to (exFAT) and remove the Samsung bloatware, Then follow the steps on this video. (This advice should work for many other compatible drives that are having issues connecting to the PS5)

This dude made me relaxed while watching his tutorials videos I was kinda nervous about formatting my ps5 and it was forced to format the storage but this dude showed with all his explanations tutorials. May Allah make your life happier forever 💓

Thanx bro this saved me a headache cause I have no more space on my ps5 🤦🤦🤦

Thanks for doing this very helpful

I learned a lot from this video. It seems like the usb input being blue and the usb output being blue would be enough to trigger my brain that’s to indicate they are super speed, but it didn’t click to me until you explained it. Seriously, good advice and examples, thanks for making this video. Most people fly through explanations, but you took the time to explain why I would want to do what you are explaining. I liked and subscribed.

Always helping us out! So happy to have these videos! Thank you so much!! 😊

i just want to take the time to say your mods in discord are incredible bandit , ocana , matt are truly hopeful and what your doing for the world is amazing keep up the hard work

an absolute legend 👍 Jake your awesome dude

Always reliable - thank-you and worked!

Forgot I subscribed back when I was getting a ps5 you helped me get 2 ps5

Though I already bought an external SSD way before you made the first video for external storage device for PS5, your video is always enjoyable to watch.

Great job, Jake. This is the best video I have found on this topic. 👍🏻

You’re the GOAT man!

The goat is back 🙌🏾

Exactly what I was looking for! thanks!!

I got this same storage wd black as a 4tb I have tons of space now I can now install my assasin creed Valhalla and cod cold war

You’re the best, Jake!

Bro..... you're so effin awesome man. I'm totally gonna do this.

Absolutely love this man. No homo

How do I move clips from PS4 which are on the hard drive now to the PS5 console storage?

Good videos just as always.

Wonderful. Really good flow of information on how to go through the process properly. I had question about anyone running into an issue that after is is set up and left alone for a lone time in rest mode that the ps5 is no longer recognizing the external hard drive. I did everything in the video EXCEPT for installing it when it was off. I am going to turn mine off and plug it it and hope for the best. Just asking to see if I might missing another important thing. Stay safe everyone.

I was going round the bend trying to figure out why my PS5 would not format my WD D10 8TB HDD, it just kept saying USB file unsupported' and in the end it turned out to be something so simple it left me feeling stupid.!! I simply unplugged it from the rear USB port of the PS5 and plugged it into the other rear port (there are only two) and it reognised it immediately!! Hope this might help some other poor soul tearing their hair out like I was :) I tried just about everything else (formatting on PC, rebuilding database on PS5, and the list goe's on) but this one simple thing was all it took.

can you transfer the external drive to a different ps5 without losing the games?

why are there other videos stating you have to remove the plate of the ps5 and then install SSD, I'm confused lol, this seem much easier? Thanks for the setup

so if i move the game into the storage it won’t be deleted thanks bro💯💯

This Seagate Expansion Desktop Hard Drive 4TB works on ps5

I'm gonna need a ps5 first lol help me out! 🙏

thanks bro!!! as usually your tips are very good!!!

i dont even have a PS5 but i got you with the watch time 😂 keep it up homie 🙌

Thanks😊

thanks so much!!!!

Mine still don’t work I plug it in and it says to format then I click it and it says can’t format the usb drive

How did you make your ps5 controller like that? I lovee it! I was looking at similar covers, but wasn’t sure if I wanted to trust it as it didn’t have much reviews

I have 2 usb now, BUT I’m scared to put my new one in my ps5 because in my old usb I have a lot of data on there. If I format my new one will it fully delete my entire data on my old one

How are ya bud!!?? Hope all is going good for you 👍

I wanna put all my ps5 games on the external like I did with my ps4 cause I have more ps5 games than 4

Is there a way to keep the data from getting deleted?

Wait, you said if you transfer a ps5 game to the external storage then you can't play the game?? Whats the point of getting more storage if that's the case.

In the future will you be able to play games on a external high speed ssd with a future update or do we have to wait for the internal ssd update ?

Why does mine say "can't format the USB drive" When at first it formated and now it doesn't

Do you have to keep the storage device plugged in at all times?

So you can play PS5 games on the wd black pt10 on the storage with more space

Thank you. For a new piece of powerful tech i expected all USB ports to be 3.0 or type C. Any reason why it would use older ports? cost savings?

Is it normal to take 15 min to move 3 PS4 games totaling 85GB over to a 5 TB WD Black?

Helo Jake, can you please address the C Boom battery problem they said PS5 has the same issue with it. that means all of us will lose all the disk and digital games in 10 years on PS4 and PS5🥺

Jakey Boi what made you choose the wd_black instead of Samsung T5 or others?

I got a tracking number from Kohl’s let’s gooooo!!!

That’s mean we can’t use the cooling fan when this is plugged in

I use the Astro with the mix amp and I have it connected on both thoes connections will it worth in the front

So I have this problem. Where I have the same hard drive I plug it in and do everything you did. But it doesn’t give me the option to store anything on it.

Question: After formatting as external storage for the PS5, can you put other files like music, pics, or videos from your own personal PC into this said external storage even though it has PS4/PS5 games in it?

i have a 12 tb exteral drive its not working like u showed. someone said i should split the drive into 2 parts,how would i do this

Still confused can I play PS5 games on my PS5 hard drive or not it only plays ps4 games

@jake - Do you have a tips video for buying an Xbox Series X on the Microsoft Store? I've tried to find it but haven't had any luck. Need some serious help with understanding how their cart system works!

The usb c in the front is just as fast as the usb a in the back

Would I have to reformat my extended storage if I used it previously for my ps4?

My only problem is that when I select “Format as USB Extended Storage” it’s not able to format

So I have a gaming drive stockage de jeux for my ps4. Can I use it for my PS5 and so do I have to reinstall my games?

Can the 5tb version of that extended storage store ps5 games

I got the the 8tb sea gate and it isn’t working for me is it compatible with the PS5

So if I move a game to the ssd can I play it while it’s stored in the ssd????

Super Jake - thanks for this. So, I researched this a while back and saw a Sony article recommending to use the USB-C port in front (vs. the USB-As in front and back). So, I have mine in front using USB-C. I hate it because it's visible. Is there anyway to switch to using USB-A in the back?

How come at 3:54 it says "Available: 179.0" but for the PS5 tab it says "Available: 222.7GB" weird.

Added the wd black 5tb external drive and loaded my ps4 games. I thought I could play the fully loaded games straight from the drive but my ps5 is telling me to insert the game disks. Am I missing something or what?

Clicked on format as USB Extended Storage and then clicked yes and it says Can't format the usb drive and I have a Seagate

is a seagate hard-drive 8tb really good ?? :)

What happens if it recognizes this exact external but it doesn’t let you format it?

So i highly doubt this is going to get a reply. But I’m having trouble with my storage device. I safely removed it from my ps5 to move it and i plugged it back in just the way u said to do and it didnt work. Its saying i dont have an extended storage device connected but i do

Every time I format it is keep formatting for ps4 games. Why won’t it format to my ps5

Why does it say format as ExFAT instead of extended storage, and I connected my device?

Will it delete the ps5 game? Or delete it completely?

What does format as exfat mean???

So for example cod Cold War has about 190 gb I can move it to that external drive and still play it correct?

2:35 when its done reformatting, i get to that same screen but Im not able to select the games and apps option. However I tried to move a game into the hard drive anyway, but 15 mins in an error occurred. I would really appreciate a solution to this problem, if you got any.

Hello, is it possible to update the PS4 games on an External Hard Disk?

So if plug in my external storage which has the majority of my ps4 games on it, and i need to format it to use it on the ps5, all my games will be deleted?

What’s Good

i have a NVME M.2 that needs usb c to usb c so i have to use the front usb c input. also for the ps5 to find my M.2 i had to set upo the drive on the pc

I just purchased a Avolusion 4tb external hard drive for some reason after formatting it I'm unable to connect to the internet if I turn it off everything works normal has anyone had this problem or could tell me how to fix it

Wait so u have to move back the game in order to play it ? That’s dumb

Yoooooo. Got a 5TB and still cannot move my ps5 games over. And geek squad was no help

i bought the playstation seagate external hard drive and it takes so long to move games over to console storage and to external storage....my internet goes around 110+ mbps download so i dont understand the problem....i can reinstall games quicker than it transfers between the hard drives......lol

Is there a reason u chose external drive instead of internal ?

Even if u could at least store ps5 games on there that would’ve helped out

Do I need a heatsink with an internal ssd card?

Great video. Do playing PS4 games off the extended HDD load and play slower than if played off the internal? If so do you just use the external as storage and play everything internally?

Weren’t you going to shave your beard for 100k?

PS4? No I need to store my ps5 games without having to copy them to the ps5 system all over again can anybody help

I have no prompt to format…

hi jake

However you can store your ps5 games*

Works on Xbox???

Doesn't work for me