Ps4 prevent copying after download

 · So this is still happening and Sony Interactive hasnt said anything about it. Takes 1 hr to download RDR2 but it takes 3 to copy. A 30 second mb update for Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins.  · As long as it's already powered on, inserting a PS4 disc doesn't start a download/copy. They just need to tweak the firmware a bit to change the order of things. My guess is when you power on it spins the disc up and starts to copy before checking if the PS5 version is already installed.  · The download is fairly fast, it's the copy process (on a PS4 Pro) that is quite laughable. I feel like Sony do need to address this if possible and hopefully pre-empt similar issues for PS5. 6.

Answer (1 of 3): It bugged me out too at first but upon some serious monitoring and looking at my screen I figured it doesn't actually "restart" the whole download. What happens is that the system actually "installs" the downloaded files when the download gets paused/resumed which causes the dow. After the update, I had to reinstall the packs I needed. Whenever I loaded the game after at least one pack finished installing, it would copy files (almost 29 GB). So I let it finish downloading the rest of the packs. Once it's done, it copied one last time then I could play the game. Didn't need to delete and reinstall the game. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.

About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. Answer (1 of 9): long story short: sony doesn’t want to spend extra cash on servers for traditional downloads, and forces you to copy the enitre game for a download, since the update only downloads the changes. stage, which takes much longer. The PS4's copying update data process seems to have been added sometime in (possibly in system update , which added support for USB storage devices) in an effort to avoid data corruption. Essentially, what Sony calls "copying" appears to be an extra safe way of installing smaller-than-normal update files.