To see a list of available and purchased add-ons, select the game on PlayStation App and select Add-ons. When you purchase a game, you can choose to start the download remotely via a web browser or PlayStation App. To start a remote download, you need to set up automatic downloads for your console. If you do not have a linked console, a padlock will appear next to the game. If you haven't set up automatic downloads, the game will begin downloading when you next turn on your console.

If you own both versions of the game, you can switch between them by pressing the options button. Visit the guide below for more information. Find purchases Download games and add-ons Download games remotely Switch game versions. How to find PlayStation Store purchases.

When you get corrupted data in a game, you will see an obvious sign, as shown in the image below. To fix your corrupted data, we have these ideas below. You don't have to try them all, find the one that works best for you. The commonest reason why you receive the error message is that some file related to your game gets corrupted. Removing them is the most direct way to fix the issue. Enter into the Media player folder. There should be a 'corrupt data' saved file that shows up. The downloaded file was not installed in the system properly.

It is likely that the data has been corrupted during the download process. Delete the downloaded file. As mentioned in Part 1, rebuilding a database will do a defrag of the PS4, which can solve a whole host of issues on the PS4 and fix corrupted data. Press and hold the power button on your PS4 console until you hear the second beep.

Step 3. Then release the button. Your PS4 will be in safe mode, and the screen will look like this:. Wait for the process to complete. Then turn on your PS4 to see if rebuilding the database is helpful for fixing your corrupted PS4. It the error persists, you may consider initializing your PS4 to get it off. Sometimes, there is data loss on your PS4 after fixing the errors, which should remind you of the importance of data protection. We recommend you two ways to avoid data loss on PS4.

I lifted the console when I had it on and it made that buzzing sound and turned off. So I decided to keep my ps4 vertical and see if perhaps it could help with the heat or wires connected to it. Turned it off and it began to properly turn on again. I have no clue why keeping it vertical helped? Perhaps the heat? As for the case you described, no, it is still the hard drive. I cannot really be totally sure without diagnosing the hard drive myself.

May someone benefit from it. They were almost instant. Then my Ps4 started to freeze on the menu and continued, but then, it froze up and i had to disconnect my cable. Oh, and last month my PS4 after checking storage told me to reinstall via usb, i selected cancel and it booted up normally. If you suffer from power surges, you better go for an SSD. You can perform a FULL format first and check its health again. Otherwise, in many cases this will fix bad sectors and other issues.

My PS4 has been displaying weird colors and tears in the screen. This only happens on some games. Any idea what is causing this? Will a faulty VGA also cause a game to crash? Is this the VGA causing this also. Thanks for your articles. But within an hour tonight I had two errors again. Hi Tom. Any experienced technician can fix this issue.

Hey there PS4 Storage, stumbled upon your article by chance, and maybe you can help me out. My PS4 gets stuck in a boot up loop, it starts up normally with the white light, I get to the white PS4 logo with black background as the light goes to blue, then I hear two clicks and the cycle starts again. A very good friend of mine is really in to PC, so he looked at it and thought it might be the hard drive.

Seen or heard of anything like this before? Yes, I have seen this problem before and the culprit was the hard drive. There were bad sectors that caused that situation.

You will need to install the PS4 system software from scratch. It can be a defect in the motherboard. Please provide us with your feedback on our suggested solution. This will definitely help other users and ease their lives. Most probably bad sectors have occurred in your hard drive.

Just FULL-format it then check. Please provide us with your feedback on this solution, this will help other readers and save their times. I havent tried a full format before but willing to give it a go, are you able to provide any tips or a link to a video haha, thanks again.

Thanks for the link, appreciate the help! Do you know what the cable is called that i need to connect the HDD? You can get an external hard drive enclosure for this operation. Hey mate, finally got my cable haha, trying to do a full format but all the options are greyed out?

Why do you think that might be? Thanks for the quick help and reply, which volume do i have to delete? I tried uploading a SS of my disk management but couldnt work out how to,. Delete it then format. You can upload your screenshot on any image hosting and send us the URL in your comment.

Ah I see now. You have to delete all volumes first until it becomes one unallocated volume that occupies all the storage space of the hard drive. Then, right click this unallocated volume and use the FULL size of it. Afterwards, format it as I illustrated previously.

Hope I am clear enough on that. My PS4 is giving me errors and saying the database is corrupt. Last code is CE I play 2K19 a lot and it keeps giving me corrupted errors. Do I need to replace the hard drive? Please check this post for a fix for this error. Sometimes the game is able to run for 2hours without crashing, sometimes it crashes under five minutes.

I have tried all the basic recommended steps, initialization, installing the game again and rebuilding the database. Nothing has helped. I dont remember really getting this problem with any other games. My ps4 is the first version that came to the market. Could this be a hdd problem?

Or is it something else? Im kinda running out of options and starting to think about getting a new ps4. To get over it, you need to perform a FULL format not quick on the hard drive then install PS4 system software from scratch. This will restore the degraded performance and fix the bad sectors. It really sucks, mhw is my favourite game and I was hoping to do some grinding before the dlc gets released. Now Im not sure can I even play that on my Ps.

Could it really be just a incompatibility problem and my only option is to wait for a update? These past few days I have not been able to play even for 15minutes without the game crashing.. Hi, my PS4 runs slower than it used too! Games like Spider man give me corruption errors no matter where you are in the game.

Games like FIFA lag during gameplay even offline! Games like The Division 2 take 5 hours to copy from the disc and the system system takes around one minute to speed up when you first login to the PS4.

All this happened after the 6. Is this a mechanical failure or just bad sectors in the drive? I cannot really tell. This will eliminate any bad sector on the drive and restore its performance. This should work for a while until the drive fails again.

But if you experience this, it means the hard drive needs replacement. Try and provide us with your feedback. Initializing Ps4, installing and deleting the app 12 times lol. Can you please help me find a solution? Thx once again. Ok, then you have a hardware problem. You should take it to a technician to fix it for you because simply you can do nothing in this concern.

Hope to get an answer fast. No, taking it to a technician would cost you much less money than getting another PS4. My ps4 keeps freezing on every single game I play. Just got this new ps4 yesterday and its still not letting me play my games. Nothing I have found has helped me. It has been doing this for 5 days. Only one game works and earlier today it kicked me off of YouTube with the same error code.

Thanks again for the reply, i deleted all the volumes so its one big unallocated volume, but it wont let me click anything other than; New simple volume, Help or Properties.. Hey mate, thanks again for the detailed instructions, formatting the HDD now Can you please explain how to format via DOS? Restart your computer while your PS4 hard drive is connected. Keep pressing F8 until you see this screen see image below. My ps4 freezes but not has much has I used to I tried everything initializing data, new HDMI,Cleaningg rebuilding dust,database,new power outlet deleting notifications my WiFi is 70 download speed and 4.

Then install PS4 software from scratch and see if this works or not. If not, the video card is the main culprit. Before accusing the hard drive you have first to initialize PS4 and see how things happen. This would fix any error on the hard drive. After doing these two things, if the problem persists, the source of problem is mostly in the video card, not the hard drive. If you find the hard drive is the problem, you can buy an SSD, which is the most reliable storage device.

Hey mate, having some trouble putting my laptop into safe mode, do I need a desktop computer to use safe mode? Laptops are just like Desktops in this regard. Maybe your Windows OS installation is corrupted. Go to start menu, type in the search box: CMD, and there you are!

Now, try to format it with the format command as illustrated earlier. Thanks again mate! Yes, download it separately on an external storage device, preferably USB flash drive. Follow the instructions illustrated here.

I also have rebuilt my ps4 database along with initializing my ps4 numerous times. My ps4 will work on occasion, but it is very rare and lucky for it to work without a game corrupting. If you could get back to me as soon as possible with the best solution to fix my issue along with the amount of time it would probably take to fix it, that would be amazing. Thank You! So, just pull out PS4 hard drive and connect it to a PC, either via an external hard drive enclosure, or internally via connecting it with the relevant cables.

Make sure to do this while your PC is turned off. Now, restart your PC and let it recognize the newly-connected hard drive. Just pick it and follow the steps. Ok, now it seems the issue is determined. Your hard drive is the source of problem. You need to perform a FULL format on it to eliminate its errors. Be noted that this is a temporary solution that might last up to a few months before the total collapse of the hard drive. Just take it to any computer repair shop and tell them to FULL format it for you.

If this is the case, then yes, your hard drive needs immediate replacement. Good luck with the new one. Still no comment for me? Ps4 is still broken. Like 4 of my games work out of The rest freeze and crash my system. PlayStation support was no help at all. I have tried initializing, rebuilding database, reinstalling system software, updating system software, resetting to default settings and deleting and redownloading everything.

Ps4 is like 2 weeks old, never been dropped. I have no idea what to do or who to ask anymore so I would really appreciate some help if you could. I am a hard core gamer and have been for over 10 years now.

Please help! Sorry for not coming back to you soon with a response. Surely I have not noticed it among the heaps of comments we received lately. Do you know how to carry out this operation? Thanks again, very much appreciated! Thanks to you as well for the nice feedback. Just note that when your hard drive starts causing problems again I guess this will happen after few months , that time only you must seriously consider replacing it, as the second delinquency is a bad omen for a serious failure.

No I do not know how to format the hard drive. You need first to connect the hard drive to your PC via the hard drive cables. If you have only a laptop, you need an external hard drive enclosure for this process.

Afterwards, follow the instructions illustrated on this page. I was playing a game online when the issues started.. Persisted a couple days before I got frustrated, bc at this point my home playstation menus began to show symptoms also. Hitting PS button would take awhile and the option boxes would be empty capture gallery, library, etc. The same problems I was having in game. Safe Mode on PS5 consoles. Restore your licenses. Visit the guide below to restore licenses on your console.

Restore licenses on PS5 consoles. Open ports on your router and check the firewall settings. For help with port opening and router settings, please contact your ISP Internet service provider.

Update PS4 system software. Manage PS4 console storage space. Safe Mode on PS4 consoles. They suggested re-starting my PS4 in safe mode to see if that would help with the install. So far so good. Have a look at this;. View in thread. My system seems to have downloaded the v1. To say I'm upset is an understatement. The error you are seeing is one that pops up on the PS4 from time to time, it can be due to a number of things.

If playing on a disc the first thing to do is check the disc for any scratches or smudges, I fixed the issue with one of my games a while back simply by giving the disc a wipe. If the issue remains and you are using a disc, first delete the game data and once done eject and reinsert the disc and it should start up. DarthMasonLydia Cool, let us know if you have any other issues.

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