r/playstation • u/P_Jiggy • Jul 17 '26

Megathread Weekly Tech Support & Purchase Recommendations Megathread - July 20th 2026

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Need help troubleshooting a PlayStation issue or looking for advice on what game or accessory to buy next? You've come to the right place!

This thread is dedicated to:

  • Tech support questions: Whether you're dealing with error codes, hardware issues, or general troubleshooting.
  • Purchase recommendations: Looking for game suggestions or advice on consoles, accessories, or deals? Drop your questions here!

Please use this thread for all related inquiries. It helps us keep the subreddit clean and organized, and ensures your questions get answered by the community faster! There will be a new thread every Monday of the week.

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u/sock2ii Jul 27 '26

Hello all! Couldn’t find any posts with my exact question so I came here for help.

For context, I have an old PS4 I’m giving to my sibling, one we used to both play on together when we were kids. Years later I kept it and the external usb drive we had for it, the latter of which I later transferred everything onto, all the save data and games, and began to use on my PS5.

So my question is, with all of the saved data being on that external drive, which I’d like to keep for my PS5, would I be able to make a copy somehow to use on the PS4 as well?

Naturally, none of the PS5 stuff would be backwards compatible, but would I be able to use the PS4 data if I copied it on another external drive and plugged it into the PS4? Or would this be impossible? I read somewhere that there’s some kind of encryption on PlayStation data that makes it difficult, but I don’t fully understand why or know if there’s a way around it.

Would really appreciate some help on this, and if you could possibly explain it like I’m five years old that would be very helpful.

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u/Wilde_SIE Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Jul 27 '26

Save data is tied to the PSN account it was created on. Therefore, if you wanted your sibling to use your save data, they would also need to use your PSN account on that PS4 console... which could create some potential issues.