My PS4 data deleted itself.

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aLkaLiNE said:

it says on the standby splash screen -do not unplug your console while In rest mode-. Most of the time nothing happens but if in rest mode it's downloading an update or installing a patch and you happen to walk up and unplug it, you risk corrupting save files. Sounds like that's what happened to you, and it sucks, but they literally tell you not to do what you did.

I move my PS4 around at least a few times a week between tvs. I do a full power shut down every time anyway cuz our internet makes updating stupid quick, and I've never had corrupted or damaged data as a result. (Or had to do rebuild databases or any weird fuckery like that)

One other option if you plan on unplugging your console while its sleeping is to pick up a thumb drive, pretend it's a memory card from the old days and rip your saves onto it before you enter sleep mode. All saves can be uploaded at once to the thumb drive and then you will also be able to pull those saves onto other Ps4s as well (the whole process takes about a minute and you should do this anyway since you don't have +)

One last friendly reminder; please active 2-factor authentication. Everyone should have it enabled.

But where is the connection between downloading/installing an update and the save files for every single game on that console?
And why are the games still installed then?

I have my X1 set to instant-on and unplug it every night before going to bed to save some power (unless there's a huge patch for a game I want to play the next morning). I even unplug it during downloading game updates and it will just resume the next time I plug it in again.