Possible to switch harddrives without loss?

[Kaydoe]

Hey guys! I have a 1TB PS4 and I recently purchased an 8TB harddrive + Nykos data bank but I was wondering since most of my games were purchased from accounts here if there is a way to backup / restore the games on my new harddrive or will it all be deleted / loss of primary and unplayable? Thanks for help

[Justin]

Hey guys! I have a 1TB PS4 and I recently purchased an 8TB harddrive + Nykos data bank but I was wondering since most of my games were purchased from accounts here if there is a way to backup / restore the games on my new harddrive or will it all be deleted / loss of primary and unplayable? Thanks for help

Cannot be done, when you install a new hard drive and install the PlayStationOS, it assigns it (essentially) as a brand new PlayStation and therefor must be activated on your account. Even though the accounts the same, I think the ID OR KEY you're given is different so cloning a drive completely doesn't work.

in short, you'll need to download all your games again.

[Kaydoe]

Thank you so much for your reply Now I dont have to feel bad when I lose all the accounts since it's inevitable!