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Need help transferring everything from ps3 HDD
- Thread starter Whappers
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Thanks. I was debating that with myself last night! I really don't know. Last week, if you had asked me, I would have said, yes, definitely 80GB here I come!!! but but but!!! 4 USB ports (which I do use!! - PlayTV, PS Eye, External HDD and Flash Drive), Backwards Compability (Fair enough, I hardly use it), and Card Reader (Which I have used a few time). Plus, I have just rebuilt it and love it as a result!!!
Oh my God!!!!!
It is giving me an ETA of 10 hours to completely backup my ps3!!!!I seriously hope it foesn't die during this!!!
THe ones i did took ages, i deleted all the movies/ game data PSN games from the HDD and did it that way far quicker and you spend less time worrying
Congrats on the repair BTW, hope she stays well till the PS3 slim comes out lol.
Oh my God!!!!!
It is giving me an ETA of 10 hours to completely backup my ps3!!!!
It's because the PS3 uses some crazy compression when it transfers it i think. I backed up a nearly full 40gig and it ended up taking more like 20gig of my external harddrive.
Well, got the console finally backed up this morning. Going to slip in a replacement 7,2000 rpm 320GB SATA II HDD later that I bought and then restore all the data to it. Hopefully it will improve the XMB access times slightly (over my other 320GB 5,400 rpm). I cannot tell you how over the moon I am that I managed to fix my own ps3!
Think he used the same one as i did http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13896783&postcount=1
^^^ Thats it there ^^^
Brilliant video guide. Literally takes you step by step, screw by screw.
Just for future reference, the backup facility also backs up game installs, which imo is completely pointless backing up. You may as well just install them again off the CD. The actual save game files and settings etc. are small and so the backup process is much much quicker enless you have loads of PSN games etc.
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Just noticed this, So you did the heatgun thing? Excellent, You should be fine now, As I said in another thread, The heatgun for whatever reason has had the PS3s I've done it on up and running for a good while now, 2 months 1 and 2 weeks the other
I am just restoring all my stuff back onto my new drive. Got another couple of hours to go... again!
I don't mind waiting though. I'm just glad to have my ps3 working at this stage. Yup.
Fingers crossed she holds out for good. I really did do a stellar job with regards to the whole process. Completely gutted it, cleaned everything from top to bottom. Applied Artic Silver 5 
. Console it definitely quieter than I remember it and definitely quieter than my friends 60GB which I have been using for the last few weeks.It was fairly easy if truth be told. Tell you what though, it has given me a sense of appreciation for the console and how well put-together it was. Solid bit of kit.
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Other than making sure the drive connections are secure, I dont believe there will be. It's done through the system settings menu on the PS3 if you weren't aware.
Well the HDD that he has put back into the ps3 cannot have been the one that was in there prior to failure and subsequent reflowing. It only asks you to format if the HDD doen't match up to that specific console. Sounds to me as though you have put the wrong HDD in to be honest.
Could well do. If he is 100% certain it is the same HDD then I would say it might well be a loose conection. Have you noticed any damage on the SATA connector on the SATA HDD?