What To Do When Ps 4 Says Cannot Start. This happened to me today and the fix of turning the controller off/on works. Press and hold the power button until your console beeps.
It should fix the issue, and if the problem still. Hold the power button to turn off, press once to turn back on. Click "Update System Software" here, then click "Update Using the Internet" by hovering your cursor.
This happened to me today and the fix of turning the controller off/on works.
Secondly, connect your hard drive with a USB cable to your computer and try locating it while using the repair disc and deleting all sectors until you're left with one sector.
Then, let it sit for at least two minutes before reattaching all the cables and powering on your system. After the lights stop flashing, or about. Plug the cable back in and press the power button on the front of your device to try restarting it.