Backing up game saves PS3

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Hi all

I'm going to replace the hard drive on my PS3 for a larger one, but I want to back up my game saves.

If I delete all my Game Data Utility will that mess up my saves?
The PS3 is saying I need like 50GB to backup, but I think a lot of that comes from the game data and I just want to back up the save files put the new HDD in and then put the game data stuff as and when I play the games
 
Game Data Utility should just be patches and partial disc installs. But I'd just manually copy the game saves you want to a USB stick or upload them to PS+ online storage.

I take it you don't have a 50GB drive to backup to?
 
The game data utility folder normally holds, updates for physical games (those on disc), DLC and mandatory installs but some games do use that folder for save storage (LBP started doing that after a few dozen patches, but you can create a backup that is stored in the regular PS3 saves folder) so you should be careful and check if anything in that section does have any save data.

Also, some game saves have copy protection and most likely won't be copied back when you use the backup utility and can't be copied to a USB drive, but you can back those saves to the cloud storage system if you have a PS+ subscription.
 
demonix said:
Also, some game saves have copy protection and most likely won't be copied back when you use the backup utility and can't be copied to a USB drive, but you can back those saves to the cloud storage system if you have a PS+ subscription.
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Pretty sure that as long as you're restoring to the same ps3 you made the backup on then it will restore copy protected saves fine.
 
I managed to back up my data, and then put an old hard drive I had lying around and it seems not to work.

I formatted the drive into FAT32 before putting it into the PS3, and everytime it comes up with please update the software.

So I formatted the PS3 hard drive (great idea of mine) and downloaded the 4.7 update from PS website and put it on the new external hard drive I made from my old PS3 HDD.

The external drive is called Local Disk and in there is a folder called PS3, then another folder called UPDATE and within that is the update file.
However when I plug this in via USB it can't find the update data.


What am I doing wrong? Shall I try a USB key and see if that works?
 
Don't do anything with the HDD, the PS3 will format it.

You format the USB pen drive as FAT32 and create a folder called PS3
Inside that create another folder called UPDATE
And then put the downloaded firmware file in there (folder names are case sensitive)

Then when you switch the PS3 on, it will ask you to plug in a DualShock 3 and the USB stick. Press Start and Select together and off you go.
 
ic1male said:
Don't do anything with the HDD, the PS3 will format it.

You format the USB pen drive as FAT32 and create a folder called PS3
Inside that create another folder called UPDATE
And then put the downloaded firmware file in there (folder names are case sensitive)

Then when you switch the PS3 on, it will ask you to plug in a DualShock 3 and the USB stick. Press Start and Select together and off you go.
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I've done a full wipe on the hard drive and it should be blank when I get back.
It'll come up as 'Unallocated' in Windows Disk Management so shall I put it in the PS3 then?
 
Deep said:
I've done a full wipe on the hard drive and it should be blank when I get back.
It'll come up as 'Unallocated' in Windows Disk Management so shall I put it in the PS3 then?
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Yeah but you didn't really need to do that either. :p
 
Deep said:
It should just format the drive in whatever state it's in right?
Mine doesn't do that.
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It should do. Unless it's something to do with MBR/GPT? If you check the drive in Disk Management see if it is one or the other. Maybe it needs to be Master Boot Record for PS3?
 
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