Retrieve files from bricked PS4
My old PS4 will not power on so I got a new one. Is there a way to retrieve my saved files from the old hard drive.
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Unfortunately, no, it isn't possible at all. There are only a few ways to approach the data, and none of those options is viable:
- connecting the old drive to a computer won't work, it's in a format unreadable by anything else than a ps4
- putting the drive in your new ps4 won't work either. The ps4 will see it as a foreign disk, and format it
- attaching the drive via sub to the new ps4: no luck there either, it will only read official made backups that way.
So unless you made a backup of your saves to an external drive or to the ps cloud, I'm afraid you're out of luck.
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No, that is incorrect. You can decrypt the data by desoldering the NOR flash chip and reading it with a Raspberry Pi, teensy, or such. This contains the encryption key you can use to decrypt the user partition.
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As I'm just sure you're still trying to get your files 9 years later... You can desolder the SPI NOR flash chip and read it with a Raspberry Pi, teensy, or similar device. This contains the encryption key used for your saved game files on the user partition, but not for the system partition.
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If i have my HDD and my PS4 is no more able to boot on that HDD, is there a way to extract encrypted data from that HDD and than decrypt it in any way? Im looking here and there for thread that can help in this case. It was updated to the latest system update, and then shut down, never to be able to rebuild it. So, if i understand, i need decryption keys from that PS4. Is there a way to obtain them? Are those tied to the system updates? Is there a way other than desoldering atm?
Sorry, I just saw your post. The very first step is to remove that HDD and extract as much of the data as possible. I only know how to do this on Linux, but I presume there are Windows tools as well. How this is done IS VERY IMPORTANT!
Don't try to do ANYTHING else with the failing hard drive! Every future attempt to boot off of it, read it in any normal fashion WILL further degrade a failing HDD resulting in more unrecoverable data. If your very lucky, the whole disk is readable and there's another cause it doesn't boot -- but don't count on that.
On Linux, you need to first have enough storage space to fit the entire contents of your HDD -- and then some just to be safe. The tool you use is called ddrescue. I will advise you to seek tutorials on using that elsewhere, because there's no sense in me repeating it. It's designed to recover the maximum possible data w/o actually removing the platters, and doing crazy stuff only a lab can do. Also, custom HDD controller firmware can do better than ddrescue
HAH! I hit the character limit. Anyway, you need to read that SPI NOR chip to get the decryption key. I haven't done this process yet, so I can't advise. But the first step is to recover as much of that disk's data as possible.
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If the bricking isn't caused by a hard drive fault or corruption, You can try removing the hard drive, and plugging it directly into your computer using a SATA to USB cable. Depending on its formatting, you should be able to then see the files and move them just like you would the files on the computer.
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When I plug it into the cpu I can't find the drive. It just makes the sound it makes when something is plugged into the USB port
I looked it up, and its in a format not readable by pc. There might be an application that will let you read it, but at this point you may want to consider going with the new hard drive.
Thank you for your help
