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Re: The Unofficial PS3 Hard Drive Upgrade Thread

I have just had my Playstation swapped they were not willing to fix it. I put my old drive back in and it asks to format the drive? Theres 300gb of games and music on it let alone all my save games. Can I retrieve this data?

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Re: The Unofficial PS3 Hard Drive Upgrade Thread

No.

Who did you take it to for swap / fix?

If you sent it in to Sony, you would have been advised that any data on the drive would be lost, and there's the possibility that the console ID may be changed, in which case when you insert any HDD, it will want to format to be able to re-sync.

Any games / content downloaded from PS Store can be redownloaded using the same account.
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I sent it to Sony.

They did mention that any data would be lost so to ensure the original 60gb drive is in the console when returned there was no mention of an ID changing? Sure redownloading, it took me three months to download Infamous from the Welcome back pack I have twenty full games on the drive. We have a thing called a data cap exceed it and you go down to dial up speeds. I am getting really annoyed right now....

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It's not necessarily the case, but it is possible. In any case, if your console is wanting to format the drive, there is no way around it, if using that console with that drive.
Sorry.
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Re: The Unofficial PS3 Hard Drive Upgrade Thread

This is the new HDD I bought, cost me $100. I have been using it the last few months and I would highly recommend it if you download alot of stuff off PS+.

 

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WesternDigital-WD-2-5-WD7500BPVT-750GB-8M-5400RPM-SATA-/270631587816?pt=A...

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I've got a samsung 640gb, quick, quiet and have 76 games and 300gb + left $89 bucks on ebay.

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Re: The Unofficial PS3 Hard Drive Upgrade Thread

By the sounds of it a 600gb HDD works never been game to go bigger than 500  thanks for the info 

   How big can you go in an 80gb anyone know ????? 1TB would be good

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In any console, I think up to 500GB is supported.
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Without getting tooooo techy why is this so ????
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Why is only up to 500GB supported?
That's all that's been officially tested.
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