Archive.dat

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The archive.dat file format is used to store PS3, PS4 and PS5 Backup And Restore (BAR) data.

See also PS3 archive.dat and PS5 archive.dat.

Files[edit | edit source]

PS4 BAR files are similar in all ways to PS3 ones except that there is no index file. Indeed, archive.dat in PS3 was the index file. PS4 archive.dat might represent PS3 archive00.dat.

  • /dev_usb0/PS4/Export/YYYYMMDDTTTT_00/archive.dat << This is the starting index which might be an encrypted index after the files have been added >>
  • /dev_usb0/PS4/Export/YYYYMMDDTTTT_00/archiveXXXX.dat << the rest of your backup will go here til archive9999.dat >>

Remark: << The "_00" suffix in the "YYYYMMDDTTTT_00" directory name pattern might imply that if a certain amount of data is reached on the backup leading to overflow of 9999 in the filename archive9999.dat then another directory named "YYYYMMMDDTTT_01" would be created.

archive.dat[edit | edit source]

  • It may be encrypted with the PS4 Console ID similarly to the PS3.

Location =[edit | edit source]

  • [USBDRIVE]/PS4/EXPORT/BACKUP/201503180030_00/archive.dat

archiveXXXX.dat[edit | edit source]

Location[edit | edit source]

  • [USBDRIVE]/PS4/EXPORT/BACKUP/YYYYMMDDTTTT_00/archiveXXXX.dat

Example[edit | edit source]

  Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
  00000000  53 43 45 43 41 46 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  SCECAF..........
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  00000020  D0 D5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CA 69 BF 00 00 00 00  ÐÕ.......Êi¿....
  00000030  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 D5 00 00 00 00 00 00  ........ÐÕ......
  00000040  00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  00000050  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 82 0D 81 06 36 6E F4 F2  ........‚...6nôò
  00000060  EF D4 F7 18 35 DA 03 19 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00  ïÔ÷.5Ú..........
  00000070  02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 D9 00 00 00 00 00 00  ........ÐÙ......
  00000080  00 18 03 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  00000090  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 78 B1 43 97 CF 11 F0 F9  ........x±C—Ï.ðù
  000000A0  16 91 35 CD 69 4C 77 29 90 16 03 00 00 00 00 00  .‘5ÍiLw)........
  000000B0  03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 F1 03 00 00 00 00 00  ........Ðñ......
  000000C0  00 38 08 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .8..............
  000000D0  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F7 2B 91 C1 95 30 1A CC  ........÷+‘Á•0.Ì
  000000E0  82 35 E4 8F 98 61 D0 85 60 36 08 00 00 00 00 00  ‚5ä.˜aÐ…`6......
  000000F0  04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 29 0C 00 00 00 00 00  ........Ð)......
  00000100  00 26 03 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .&..............
  00000110  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D5 A0 8A 0C 45 4B 4E DF  ........Õ Š.EKNß
  00000120  71 84 AB D4 9F 05 8B 7D 00 26 03 00 00 00 00 00  q„«ÔŸ.‹}.&......
  00000130  10 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 4F 0F 00 00 00 00 00  .'......ÐO......
  00000140  00 CA 03 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .Ê..............
  00000150  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 44 1C C4 3C 85 39 2B 7F  ........D.Ä<…9+.
  00000160  BA BB 24 25 CF F8 36 94 1E C8 03 00 00 00 00 00  º»$%Ïø6”.È......
  00000170  11 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 19 13 00 00 00 00 00  .'......Ð.......
  00000180  00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  00000190  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 7B 05 A8 AF 60 08 53  ........${.¨¯`.S
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  000001F0  13 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 1D 13 00 00 00 00 00  .'......Ð.......
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  00000280  00 42 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .B..............
  00000290  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1D 4C EA EA 7C 6D 25 2E  .........Lêê|m%.
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  000002F0  17 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 71 17 00 00 00 00 00  .'......Ðq......
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  000003F0  1B 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 A9 1B 00 00 00 00 00  .'......Щ......
  00000400  00 0A 01 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  00000410  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 61 AC 7F 2E F8 B2 EF 27  ........a¬..ø²ï'
  00000420  A7 12 9D 6E 71 E2 9C 7B 90 08 01 00 00 00 00 00  §..nqâœ{........
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  00000440  00 42 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .B..............
  00000450  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D6 58 5F 7B D7 4C CE C8  ........ÖX_{×LÎÈ
  00000460  DA 23 1A 28 33 CC 24 0D 80 40 00 00 00 00 00 00  Ú#.(3Ì$.€@......
  00000470  1D 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 F5 1C 00 00 00 00 00  .'......Ðõ......
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  00000490  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E3 52 AF 96 BE 61 9D E5  ........ãR¯–¾a.å
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  000004D0  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 91 A9 D8 FE C4 DD 72 2E  ........‘©ØþÄÝr.
  000004E0  65 C4 22 55 42 81 9D B4 B4 9F 02 00 00 00 00 00  eÄ"UB..´´Ÿ......
  000004F0  1F 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 A7 1F 00 00 00 00 00  .'......Ч......
  00000500  00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  00000510  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4D C7 A0 45 DC 14 37 7C  ........MÇ EÜ.7|
  00000520  8D 7B 1D C4 A1 A6 44 7B 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .{.Ä¡¦D{........
  00000530  20 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 A9 1F 00 00 00 00 00   '......Щ......
  00000540  00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  00000550  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 58 84 E1 32 B9 48 5E 31  ........X„á2¹H^1
  00000560  07 A0 79 F6 2E E9 7B A2 52 01 00 00 00 00 00 00  . yö.é{¢R.......
  00000570  21 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 AB 1F 00 00 00 00 00  !'......Ы......
  00000580  00 F6 02 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .ö..............
  00000590  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F6 9D 7A E3 3A D3 13 EC  ........ö.zã:Ó.ì
  000005A0  BE D0 C1 A2 F6 B5 38 4F C0 F4 02 00 00 00 00 00  ¾ÐÁ¢öµ8OÀô......
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