when new Sony PlayStation 5 Pro While it’s the talk of the game console town right now, there are still plenty of people who have a standard PS5 and don’t feel the need to upgrade, despite all the Pro’s new tricks. However, it is still not uncommon to encounter problems on PS5.final stage of life cycle”

Software glitches and storage corruption can make working with it a pain or render it unusable to the point where you’ll need to delve into advanced settings or do a full reset to fix your problem. Fortunately, there are plenty of options at your disposal to get your PS5 back in working order. Below we will detail some ways to fix your PS5 and reset it if necessary.

Given that both the standard and Pro versions of the console share very similar DNA, the steps detailed below may work for the Pro as well, but we’ll need to delve a little deeper into the settings first.

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Resetting Your PS5 from the Settings Menu

The easiest and most common way to reset your PS5 is to do it from the console settings.

1. From the PlayStation home screen, navigate to: Settings menu top right.

2. Select System.

3. Select System Software.

4. Select Reset Options.

5. Then confirm by selecting Reset Your Console.

If you don’t have a controller to navigate your PS5’s system UI, you can reset your console this way by connecting peripherals like a mouse and keyboard. You can even connect your mobile device to your PS5 using the Remote Play app. iOS or Android To control your console via your phone and reset it this way.

If all else fails, enter PS5 Safe Mode

Safe Mode gives you many options to take advantage of even before you need to reset your PS5. For example, if you are experiencing storage issues, you can try to fix the problem by repairing the console’s storage. System UI errors or issues? Does performance decrease? In safe mode, you can try the Clear Cache and Rebuild Database option to rebuild a new database of the entire contents of the console without having to start from scratch. Or at least try. You can reset the console if necessary

If your PS5 doesn’t fully boot up, you won’t be able to reset it like you normally would because you won’t be able to get to the settings menu; hence you need to boot into Safe Mode and reset the PS5. console yourself in this way.

How to boot into and reset PS5 Safe Mode

Note that resetting your PS5 from Safe Mode will result in the loss of all data stored on the console; back up everything properly Before continuing.

1. With the PS5 turned off, press and hold the power button and release it after you hear two beeps (the first press should hear one beep and after 7 seconds a second beep).
2. Connect your controller with USB cable and press the PS button on it. (If this doesn’t boot you into Safe Mode, close the console and try the steps above again.)
3. Select Reset or Reset (Reinstall System Software) from the Safe Mode menu options

Resetting will delete all user data and return your PS5 to its original state. Reset (Reinstall System Software) deletes all user data and, as you guessed it, reinstalls the system software.

How to manually reinstall PS5 system software

If you need to reinstall your PS5’s system software and it failed, you can try to reinstall it manually using a USB drive.

To get started, you’ll need a USB drive with at least 1.2GB of free space on it, and it’ll need to be formatted as EXFAT or FAT32 using a PC or Mac.

1. Create a folder called on the USB drive. PS5 and inside it another folder called UPDATE.

2. Visit PS5 software download page and download the reinstallation file. (Make sure you select the reinstall file, not the update file, since there are two on the page.)

3. After downloading, save the file to: UPDATE Navigate to the folder on your USB drive and rename it like this: “PS5UPDATE.PUP“

4. Now that your USB Drive is ready, plug it into your PS5 and start the console in Safe Mode using the steps above.

5. Select Reset (Reinstall System Software) and the console should recognize the USB with the update file on it and install the software image from there.

If for some reason this fails, try the same process using another USB port on the console.

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