Modern video games are epic adventures that usually require hours of dedication and perseverance. Unfortunately, your saved data can be corrupted, resulting in the loss of all your progress. To prevent this from happening to you, be sure to back up your saved data. Fortunately, Sony allows you to easily backup game data saved on PS4.

Say you're playing a known issue with PS4 that hasn't been fixed yet. This particular problem causes failures that, according to some people, can damage the saved data.



You have read the horror stories on Reddit and Twitter and want to take steps to protect your saved data.

About PlayStation 4
The PlayStation 4 (officially abbreviated as PS4) is an eighth-generation home video game machine which was born for game enthusiasts, is released by Sony Interactive Entertainment in February 2013.

In the latest release of PS4, we can view what friends are playing, or we can view the latest shared screen screenshots, video clips and unlocked trophies. We can also view the latest hot live broadcast on the PlayStation broadcast of the top game.

PS4 can store a variety of videos and games. Because of the storage space limitation of PS4, we can't install all the favorite content, especially in an era where updates are so fast.



Therefore, it is necessary to create PS4 backup in time.

Back up PS4 Hard Drive
By Built-in Tool of PS4
The built-in backup tool of PS4 allows us to copy the data saved in the PS4 system storage to a removable storage device, such as USB flash drive. The name of the file backup is set automatically based on the date and the order saved.

We can add comments in the Description.

Before using this feature, we should be attention to the following notes:

The destination device must be a USB storage device whose file system is FAT32 or exFAT because PS4 only supports these two. (Click here to know the difference between www.minitool.com/lib/ntfs.html, FAT32 and exFAT) file systems.
The backup data does not include Trophies. To save the trophies we won on the PlayStation Network servers, we have to choose Trophies from the feature window, and then click the Options Finally, select Sync with PlayStation Network.
We can only restore the saved data to the original ps4 system that has been backed up if we have never logged on to PlayStation Network previously. If we need to restore the saved data to another PS4 system, we have to log in to the PlayStation Network before performing operations.
Follow these steps to back up PS4 to USB drive:

Step 1. Connect the destination device to the USB port of PS4.

Step 2. Go to three interfaces in turn: Settings > System > Back Up and Restore. And then choose Back up PS4.



Step 3. Confirm the data we want to back up. Then wait for PS4 backup.



Step 4. We can customize the name of the backup file on the next screen. When finished, highlight Back up and press X button.

After all operations have been completed, disconnect the destination device.

What if we want to back up the PS4 to the PC? Let's see what we can do.

By MiniTool ShadowMaker

MiniTool ShadowMaker is a piece of powerful Windows image backup software. It can not only create backups, but also perform Universal Restore.

It allows us to back up files, folders, partitions, disks and the operating system. Create a PS4 backup is no problem at all.

Step 1: Connect the PS4 with our computer. Download MiniTool ShadowMaker Trial for 30 days’ free use.

Then install and open it. Click Keep Trial in the open screen. We can choose to manage local or remote computer.

Step 2: Click Connect and choose Backup in the navigation bar. Then click Source and select Disk and Partitions to choose the PS4 hard drive which we want to back up.

Then click OK.

Step 3: Click Destination and choose an internal hard drive or external hard drive to store PS4 backup (the destination disk should have enough space to save the backup file). We recommend storing the system image backup to an external drive to avoid data loss.

Then click OK.

Step 4: Click Back up Now to create PS4 backup right now (We can choose Back up Later if we want to delay the backup time). Click Yes in the Confirmation.

Then wait for the PS4 system image to create.

Automatic Backup

Tip: the following settings need to be set before clicking Back up Now.

We can also set automatic back up in Schedule. This feature is disabled by default, so we need to turn on at first.

Daily back up:
Choose when to start to back up and how long the interval is.

Weekly back up:
Choose which days to back up in a week and when to start to back up in these days.

Monthly back up:

Choose which days to back up in a month and when to start to back up in these days. The exact date is based on the actual situation.

On Event back up:

Choose Log on to start Automatic Backup when logging on to the operating system.

Choose Log off to start automatic backup when logging off of the operating system.

If our disk is full and we want to delete some unavailable backups to free up some disk space, we can click Manage, and find the target backup. Then choose Delete in menu to remove the back up.

Bottom Line
Now that you have backed up the game data saved on the PS4, you can start playing again. If the game data is corrupted, you can try to fix it before restoring from the cloud.

If PS4 is not enough, you can consider a third-party backup program like MiniTool ShadowMaker for PS4 backups. Have you experienced data loss on your PS4? Do you regularly back up your saved game data? What is your favorite method of doing this? Let us know in the comments!

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