PlayStation®3 General Discussion

[Wallace1297]

My PS3 has just broken down. It's finished. So I've bought another. Thing is, I don't want to lose what's on the hard-drive of the broken console. So would I be correct in assuming that I could remove the hard-drive from the old PS3 and transfer it to the new one ?

[McNeilio]

nope

[Redh3lix]

No, although isn't it possible (I'm not technically minded enough) to hook up the drive to a PC and drag the files over?

[dnlgee]

^ Nope. The data is completely lost unless you can get the PS3 to boot up for long enough that you can do a full backup to an external hard drive, or do a data transfer via LAN cable.

[McNeilio]

correct

[thewolfydragon]

Of course you can! why are people saying you cannot?

option 1: Take out the hard drive of both ps3's and swap them (if the hard drive space is same/not worried about space etc0

option 2: (if the new hard drive is bigger this is recommened):
Do you have a External drive? Swap the hard drives in the ps3's.. backup the console in "system backup" in your system settings.. once done (can take hours) unplug and place the new drive back in the new ps3.. then restore the system.. DONE!

Option 3: If you do not have an external drive. you could try putting it in a computer, copy the files, put in the new drive, copy files and place in the ps3

Hope this makes sense

[McNeilio]

u cannot just swap drives beteween different machines they r coded to each machine if u take the old 1 and put it into a new 1 it will format it clean

u also cannot connect it to a pc and move stuff from it because its coded for ps3 only not pc

[Fritches]

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thewolfydragon wrote:

Of course you can! why are people saying you cannot?

option 1: Take out the hard drive of both ps3's and swap them (if the hard drive space is same/not worried about space etc0

option 2: (if the new hard drive is bigger this is recommened):
Do you have a External drive? Swap the hard drives in the ps3's.. backup the console in "system backup" in your system settings.. once done (can take hours) unplug and place the new drive back in the new ps3.. then restore the system.. DONE!

Option 3: If you do not have an external drive. you could try putting it in a computer, copy the files, put in the new drive, copy files and place in the ps3

Hope this makes sense

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No, that's incorrect.

Every PS3 encrypts the HDD so it cant be swapped from PS3 to PS3.

You can't hook it upto the PC either, Windows does not recognise it and even if you did get Windows to recognise it you can't get into it.

So unless you can't get that PS3 running again ( even for a short while)  then you've lost everything on it.

[Chattwood]

im pretty sure you can. you will need a data cable for the hard drive to the pc via usb.

from there transfer/save all the files onto the pc then transfer it all onto the new hard drive.

[berties123]

"So unless you can't get that PS3 running again ( even for a short while) then you've lost everything on it."

hmm pretty stupid eh? No way I'd pay for DLC content, if you can't back it up. Basically PS3 should be disposable item, if you lose everything no big deal just restore it.

Doesn't seem that way, got to be the same system! How retarded, at least should be able to back it up on berties123 acccount, get another console and restore onto that and be a duplicate of the first. Who cares you're duping trophies? You can't copy games, well you can but you need the disc.

If my PC was like this no way I'd buy Steam games, luckily can just login into a new computer and just redownload and play (say if my other PC goes bang and HD dies with it)