PlayStation 3 Hard Drive Upgrade (HOWTO)

fronkco Says:

Oct 27, 2009 - what i did was buy an enclosure($5 on ebay), then backed up to newly bought hardrive in enclosure,then copied back up data to computer then swap drives in ps3, then put old drive in enclosure,transfer data from computer to enclosure, then hook up and back up to ps3

fronkco Says:

Oct 27, 2009 - I used SwissKnife V3 to convert external to fat32

Eddy0598 Says:

Oct 29, 2009 - Cool! I got a free 320gb ps3 harddrive yesterday from a site called p2s (Checkout my unboxing vid), This really helps XD

weed42066 Says:

Oct 30, 2009 - This was a real pain in the ass for me, but when it was all said and done I got it. They had the screws so fucking tight that I ended up stripping the threads on one of my screws. Used a pair of plyers and got it half hour later.

timkelleher12 Says:

Nov 1, 2009 - will all the saved data on the old one be transferred automatically to the new hard disc

grimgrimdeath666 Says:

Nov 3, 2009 - Im going to do this but i was just wourdering will all my data and trophies and my friends list and my stuff which i bought off the playstation store will it not be there or will it all be there as before except with more memory

SonicFreak4 Says:

Nov 3, 2009 - Just get a large Flash drive or External HDD to save it all then just restore the data after installing the PS3 HDD.

gustav471 Says:

Nov 4, 2009 - does the ps3 use intern 2.5?

flubbergut13 Says:

Nov 5, 2009 - yes it has to be a SADA 2.5 inch 5200rpm or better in order to work. :) hope i helped

gustav471 Says:

Nov 6, 2009 - thanks ;)

cmithril Says:

Nov 8, 2009 - If I replace my 60gb hard drive with 500gb can I backup my whole 60gb hard drive to 500gb?

cmithril Says:

Nov 8, 2009 - Everything that is in your PS3 is on ur harddrive so no, but ur friends and trophies are saved to ur account so all u gotta do is to remember email and pass

grimgrimdeath666 Says:

Nov 8, 2009 - thax i got to find out wat my pass is then lol cause i sign in automaticly

legendfang Says:

Nov 9, 2009 - no you have to back up all the save files on a flash or external drive and transfer it to the new drive after you install to the PS3.

Skilly9000 Says:

Nov 9, 2009 - you trophies and your friends list are bound to your PSN account, so if you log in to your PS3 after the HDD upgrade, your trophies and friends list will still be there. as for the stuff you bought from the playstation store, you can just download it again when logged in to the PSN account you bought it with. but everything else will be gone, unless you have a USB storage device with enough capacity to make a backup of all the stuff you have on the PS3.

flibidyflob Says:

Nov 10, 2009 - No such thing as "SADA" when referring to a HD, you mean SATA. This is why so-called geeks confuse others when they speak acronyms like they are words instead of saying S A T A (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment). Why do I bring this up? Because inevitably there will be some poor soul looking to find an "SADA" drive when none such exists.

astra73033 Says:

Nov 10, 2009 - just tried to update the hard drive but the ps3 says it needs updating so do i have to back up all data before updating from 40gb to 250gb

Randomer76 Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - someone please help is the ps3 harddrive the same size (length and width) as the xbox

xmediaproduction Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - @Randomer76 Yes, they are both 2.5'' drive

Lontavius1986 Says:

Nov 13, 2009 - anyone know if a 1 TB SATA WD Scorpio Blue will work on the ps3 i'm think about getting one.

Jimysmix Says:

Nov 15, 2009 - Guys in my PS3 i have 40gb....i will bigger one....how my saves, games data and the version updates will be transfer i=on the bigger one????? please help me

pitchblack00n Says:

Nov 18, 2009 - upgradin the memory like this does that mean any games u have on that hard drive would be gone?

MofaHerculesMX1 Says:

Nov 19, 2009 - you must make a backup on a extern hdd or an usb-stick. But you need an big usb-stick or you do just the savegames on the stick not the music and so. When you have a extern hdd you must formate this to fat32. Any Question??

MofaHerculesMX1 Says:

Nov 19, 2009 - you must do a backup....than you make the new hdd in the ps3.....than you make the backup data on your new hdd

io62268 Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - what drives are these called