Many people prefer the PlayStation 5 Disc Edition to the Digital Edition and for a good reason.
Physical copies allow you to play offline, rent or lend your PS5 games without worrying about DRMs.
Unfortunately, like any other mass-produced product, some users have been facing issues with PS5s disc drive.
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Why is PS5 Not Reading Disc?
Wondering how to apply these methods?
I got you covered.
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Read the following section to find step-by-step instructions to follow the solutions given.
Here are the steps to fix your ps5 not reading disc:
1.
Clean The Disc
Discs are physical devices that are very sensitive to dirt and smudges.
We often time dont remember and take into account cleaning them.
And that leads to PS5 DVD drive issues like reading, copying, or recognizing the game disc.
Turn off your console by holding the power button down for several seconds.
Keep it off for at least 1 minute.
Turn it on again by pressing the power button and see if your issue is resolved.
If the issue is persistent, then try booting it from the Safe Mode.
If not, move on to the next method.
Related article:PS5 not booting into Safe Mode.
If that works without any hassle, chances are the first one is physically damaged.
Sometimes these issues occur because of system glitches; hence resetting/updating the System should fix it.
This fix is most effective in case your PS5 not reading PS4 discs.
But if you dont always play online or have disabled auto-updates, you have to update the firmware manually.
Remember, resetting will wipe off all the game files from your internal storage.
So, its highly recommended to back them up on an external drive or PS cloud.
Or contact PlayStation support and let them know about the issue.
The exact reason behind this error code or message is unknown.
So, first, trycleaning the discandinserting it correctly.
If it doesnt help, follow these workarounds:
Upon restarting, it will start copying immediately.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do PS4 discs work on PS5?
PS4 disc drives will work just fine on PS5 via backwards compatibility.
Simply insert the physical disc of the PS4 game into your PS5 and play it as any other game.
you’re free to even download additional content files for that said game.
Is there any difference between PS4 disc and PS5 disc?
Do PS3 discs work on PS5?
PS5 doesnt have native backwards compatibility for PS3 discs.
Youll need to play your PS3 games digitally via PlayStation Now.
Let me know in the comment section which one did.
