When GTA V came out, I tested how long the mandatory 8GB installation took. 15 minutes on an Xbox 360. All next-gen games need to be installed (and are far more than 8GB), so what can you do with 15 minutes on a PS4? Quite a bit, it turns out.

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I had a brand-new PS4 and 7 games. Naturally, a brand-new PS4 still needs a system update (copied off the game disc), but with that out of the way, the installation times were surprisingly fast. I also found out that once you put a disc in the drive, it automatically starts installing so not a second is wasted waiting for you to click a button.

I should note that this is part of the PS4's ability to stream games as they download or install, so the installation time isn't how long it takes to install all 36 gigs of Knack, but how long it takes to transfer enough to get the game going. The rest of the data gets copied in the background as long as the disc is in the drive.

Here are the install times I got for the update and each game:

1.06 System update: 6:15

• 57 seconds to copy the update from the disc
• 10 seconds to scroll through the EULA
• 4:10 to prepare, reboot and install
• Remaining time is other menus and loading

Knack: 32 seconds
Killzone: Shadow Fall: 0:38
Battlefield 4: 0:42
Injustice: Gods Among Us: 0:28
Just Dance 2014: 0:24
Madden 25: 0:23
Assassin's Creed 4: 0:13

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In total, from turning on the system, it took 14 minutes and 30 seconds to do a system update and install 7 games. Not too shabby.

How to restore lost PS4 game saves?

'Does anyone know how to recover or restore deleted PS4 game files from the PS4 hard drive? It was a mistake when I first received a message which said that the server was down. I must remove all files and re-log on so to reuse and re-play games on PS4. I followed and deleted all the game files without any backups. Now all my games are all gone. Nothing was left. I must spend hours of efforts to download those lost games again. Can I recover those game files? I don't remember all games and don't want to waste so much time for doing so.'

It can be very easy for PS4 game lovers to lose vulnerable game files on their hard drives by redownloading lost games. But it's quite complex for users to recover lost PS4 game files without backups. Still, it will take quite a long period of time for users to re-download and reinstall lost game files. So will you just let the deleted or lost game files disappear from your PS4 hard drive? Of course not! You still have a solution! But how?

Note: 1. Stop using PS4 hard drive when you lose game files on it;
2. Save or backup PS4 game files regularly;

Method 1. Restore deleted or lost PS4 hard drive games from Cloud Saves

If you've saved or uploaded beloved PS4 games into an online cloud storage, you'll be able to find and restore deleted or lost PS4 hard drive games from Cloud Saves. Follow the below tutorial steps to restore your lost PS4 hard drive games right now:

• Go to Settings > Click Application Saved Data Management；
• Tab Download to System Storage;
• Select and check relative games that you saved in Online Storage > Click Download;
• Wait for the downloading process to be finished, and you need to repeat the process several times till you get all lost games restored from Cloud saves.

After this, you'll be able to save games to PS4 hard drive and enjoy playing those games again.

Method 2. Recover lost PS4 games by re-downloading them from PlayStation store

PlayStation Store has a feature that once you've bought games from it, you can redownload it again after login into your PS4 game account with your user name and password. So you can follow below steps to re-download lost PS4 games from PlayStation store and save them on your PS4 hard drive again:

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• Sign in PS4 account with username and password > Go to PlayStation Store;
• Find lost games which you lost on PS4 hard drive;
• Re-download lost games one by one to PS4 local storage - PS4 hard drive again;
• If you have PS4 game CDs, you can also restore lost games from the game CDs.

Method 3. Recover lost PS4 game files from PS4 hard drive

Another alternative method for you is to try file recovery software for help. You can find a powerful file recovery software and apply it to help you find the lost PS4 game installation packs or game captures, game videos. EaseUS file recovery software can help you do the job within 3 simple steps. You can free download, install and follow the below steps to try now.

Note: You don't need to pay for it until it finds what you want.

Step 1: Selecting the location

• Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and select the drive where you lose your data.
• Select the very hard drive when you open the file recovery software.

Step 2:Scanning the drive

• Click the 'Scan' button. The length of the scanning time highly depends on drive capacity.
• Wait patiently during this process.

Step 3: Recovering wanted files

• After the scan, just choose what you need and click 'Recover' button to recover lost data.
• The 'Filter', 'Search' and 'Extra Files' options are helpful for you to find the desired data from a hard drive.

After this, you can run the restored PS4 game install files, reinstall lost games on the PS4 hard drive and play games again.

Extra Tip: Format PS4 hard drive before installing games on it again

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If your PS4 game hard drive got corrupted or when you need to upgrade PS4 hard drives, do remember to reformat the drive again before loading it into the PS4 game console. Here we'd like to recommend you to try a free hard drive format software which will help you to simply format the whole game drive with ease.

1. Free download EaseUS Partition Master Free and connect PS4 hard drive with PC.

2. Launch EaseUS hard drive format tool - EaseUS Partition Master Free and right-click on PS4 hard drive - select 'Format'.

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3. Click the 'Execute Operation' button and select 'Apply'to keep all changes. Wait until the process finishes.

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After this, you may reinstall PS4 in the hard drive and store all games back to the drive and replay them again.