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[pauljeremiah]

I plan to pick up the PS5 Pro for my birthday next week. I have a 4TB M.2 SSD in my current PS5. Can I take it out of one and put it in the other without losing any data? Or will I have to reformat it when I install it in the PS5 Pro?

 

[Pedro Motta]

I plan to pick up the PS5 Pro for my birthday next week. I have a 4TB M.2 SSD in my current PS5. Can I take it out of one and put it in the other without losing any data? Or will I have to reformat it when I install it in the PS5 Pro?

You can swap it no problem, everything will be there.

 

[FalconPunch]

I plan to pick up the PS5 Pro for my birthday next week. I have a 4TB M.2 SSD in my current PS5. Can I take it out of one and put it in the other without losing any data? Or will I have to reformat it when I install it in the PS5 Pro?

Yup. Setup the system first, then once it's setup and you've signed into psn, shut it off and put in the SSD.

 

[rickybooby87]

I plan to pick up the PS5 Pro for my birthday next week. I have a 4TB M.2 SSD in my current PS5. Can I take it out of one and put it in the other without losing any data? Or will I have to reformat it when I install it in the PS5 Pro?

Looks like others have already answered your question, but I failed to see any congratulations, so hey, congrats on owning the most powerful console ever created.

 

[TintoConCasera]

I don't have a clue, but hey, happy birthday!

 

[hououinkyouma00]

I plan to pick up the PS5 Pro for my birthday next week. I have a 4TB M.2 SSD in my current PS5. Can I take it out of one and put it in the other without losing any data? Or will I have to reformat it when I install it in the PS5 Pro?

It works perfectly.

Yup. Setup the system first, then once it's setup and you've signed into psn, shut it off and put in the SSD.

You don't need to set up the console first at all. Just put it in before you ever turn it on.

 

[Kings Field]

Happy birthday

 

[Boo Who?]

It works perfectly.

You don't need to set up the console first at all. Just put it in before you ever turn it on.

What he said. That is what I did with mine. Worked perfectly.

 

[Skifi28]

Yes, no need to format. I do believe there was a person here that ran into issues, but for most people I talked to it was fine. Ideally tou want to setup the new console first, installing whatever firware is needed and logining in before installing the new drive.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

TO BE CLEAR - THIS IS NOT REQUIRED OR MANDITORY.
Simply the steps I followed to transfer a full PS5 slim (local storage) and full 4tb NVME to my new PS5 Pros.

Start up your new console.
Once you get past the log in screen choose "Transfer data from another PS5"
Go over to your old console and follow the instructions for the data transfer

When the data transfer is done:

Shut down both PS5's​

Take drive out of old PS5​

Put drive in PS5 Pro​

Start up PS5 Pro and let it rebuild the database.​

Done.

Transfer from my PS5 slim to Pro took around 2 hours over my network.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Start up your new console.
Once you get past the log in screen choose "Transfer data from another PS5"
Go over to your old console and follow the instructions for the data transfer

When the data transfer is done:

Shut down both PS5's​

Take drive out of old PS5​

Put drive in PS5 Pro​

Start up PS5 Pro and let it rebuild the database.​

Done.

Transfer from my PS5 slim to Pro took around 2 hours over my network.

If he has a M.2 installed this is a complete waste of time OP.

Just move anything you have on the internal over to the M.2 (or move what's important if somehow 4TB is too full) and put it in as soon as you open the box. It'll work fine.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

I put my 4TB plus my external 1TB SSD from the start.
It downloaded some updates and it was good.

 

[rofif]

yep.
You can only put your games on it though.
To transfer saves you gotta use psn+ or transfer function

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

If he has a M.2 installed this is a complete waste of time OP.

Just move anything you have on the internal over to the M.2 (or move what's important if somehow 4TB is too full) and put it in as soon as you open the box. It'll work fine.

You say tomato I say...well what I did on all my PS5 pros.

Either way they will get the outcome they are looking for. In my case my 4tb nvme and my internal storage was full so I used the network option.

 

[Talonz]

I put my 4TB plus my external 1TB SSD from the start.
It downloaded some updates and it was good.

I did the same. My Pro just rebuilt it's database. I'm sure it checks online if you have a valid license for the games.

 

[lh032]

I plan to pick up the PS5 Pro for my birthday next week. I have a 4TB M.2 SSD in my current PS5. Can I take it out of one and put it in the other without losing any data? Or will I have to reformat it when I install it in the PS5 Pro?

I have no issue removing my m2 ssd Gigabyte Aorus and put it on my ps5 pro, no reformat is required, only initial m2 ssd setup in system is required.

 

[lh032]

Start up your new console.
Once you get past the log in screen choose "Transfer data from another PS5"
Go over to your old console and follow the instructions for the data transfer

When the data transfer is done:

Shut down both PS5's​

Take drive out of old PS5​

Put drive in PS5 Pro​

Start up PS5 Pro and let it rebuild the database.​

Done.

Transfer from my PS5 slim to Pro took around 2 hours over my network.

cant you just install the disk drive and m2ssd before you start the PRO first time in one go?

I have done it and nothing has happen to my PS5 PRO so far.

 

[R6Rider]

cant you just install the disk drive and m2ssd before you start the PRO first time in one go?

I have done it and nothing has happen to my PS5 PRO so far.

Yes you can. That's exactly what I did.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Just put it in before you ever turn it on.