My PS4 HDD was on its last legs so I am planning to purchase a SanDisk SSD as a replacement. But my friend asked me: Can you clone a PS4 hard drive to SSD? Can any of you guys help me?
Certainly yes, you can clone a PS4 hard drive to SSD.
With more and more games stored on your PS4 hard drive, a substantial portion of the hard drive's storage capacity would be inevitably consumed. This situation raises the need to upgrade PS4 HDD to a larger HDD/SSD for either expanding storage or enhancing performance.
When upgrading a PS4 hard drive, you can backup your current disk to an external one and transfer the backup file to a new disk. But cloning PS4 hard drive to SSD would be a better option.
However, to backup or clone your PS4 HDD, you need to remove the PS4 disk and connect it to a computer or external hard drive enclosure. Then you can either save the backup file or utilize a utility to copy the disk. It's important to note that the PS4 disk may not offer built-in utilities for this purpose. Additionally, it's essential to be aware that there is no way to expand the partition created by cloning.
To clone your PS4 hard drive, you must look for a reliable cloning utility. AOMEI Backupper is an exceptional cloning tool compatible with Windows 11/10/8/7. It can help you clone all kinds of HDDs and SSDs. Moreover, it offers the flexibility to copy sector by sector or copy only the used space to another disk. It is also available to make a 4K alignment for SSD to increase the read and write speed of your SSD.
Clone HDD to smaller/larger SSD, clone an entire disk or a specific partition without interrupting your work.
Besides, this fully-featured software can help you backup PS4 to external hard drive, NAS, network drive, etc., and restore to copy your PS4 HDD to another disk.