PlayStation®3 General Discussion

[Shadow-Troopa]

I have a 60gb launch ps3, my question is i have a 160gb ps3 slim hdd would it be compatible with my 60gb ps3?

Any help would be much appreciated

[fski]

Yes, but the 60GB will format it when you bung it in there.

[Martain2]

Should be mate, if a HDD works in one PS3 it's compatible with another because they all work to the same specification (except the size of course) although if you have any data stored on the HDD it will erase and need formatting when you place it in another PS3 as they are linked to each console.

[Shadow-Troopa]

i have changed them over but with the new hdd i get.

Cannot Start.

Thecorrect hard disc was not found

[Shadow-Troopa]

do i need to have a flash drive plugged in with the most recent firmware on when upgrading the hdd?

[LmS-Paradox]

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Shadow-Troopa wrote:

do i need to have a flash drive plugged in with the most recent firmware on when upgrading the hdd?

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No you should just have to swap the Hard Drives over and the PS3 should ask you to format the hard drive for use with the console other than that you shouldnt need to do anything to it

[Iyonix]

On some models it may require the firmware on a flash drive but it will ask if required.

[Shadow-Troopa]

I get no options other than the correct hard disc cannot be found. I have tried putting it in safe mode but still get get nothing

[si2504]

you sure the hard drive is in properly?

[Shadow-Troopa]

Yep it was all in securly. I'm using a HDD from a 160gb ps3 slim and fitting it into a launch 60gb ps2 compatible ps3. I thought it would of went in no problems