PS3 HDD Swap help

Psymonkee · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:23

Hi,

Managed to get my ext HDD formatted in FAT32 (no thanks to Vista...) and backed up the PS3.

Power down, unplug, dust, change clothes (the dust!!), remove HDD.

Sadly since removing the blue screw holding the caddy in place I have progressed no further. The screws holding the drive in are so tight I cannot loosen them - any tips/hints?

Using glasses screwdrivers which seem to fit ok. Any good ideas?

Nismo · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:28

I just used a normal cross-headed screwdriver, you'll get much better leverage than a small one.

Just push it in tight and turn it slowly

orderoftheflame · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:29

Brute force with a dash of care.

You'll get there in the end.

What behomoth of a drive have you picked as a replacement?

Nismo · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:31

I actually put my original 40GB drive back into my PS3, and put the 250Gb I had bought to better use in a HTPC - that's how much I needed the extra PS3 space

orderoftheflame · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:34

Nismo said:
I actually put my original 40GB drive back into my PS3, and put the 250Gb I had bought to better use in a HTPC - that's how much I needed the extra PS3 space

Depends what you use it for.

I've got 100gb+ of PlayTV recordings, and several many more of Films and Music.

Make's me feel how long it's going to be until I have to replace it again.

ic1male · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:40

Aye but surely you'd be better off slapping the PlayTV recordings on an external drive and freeing up space on your PS3 for more?

orderoftheflame · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:44

ic1male said:
Aye but surely you'd be better off slapping the PlayTV recordings on an external drive and freeing up space on your PS3 for more?

Effort.

And I'm not keen on the fact that once I take them out of PlayTV, I can't put them back, as I prefer the Library in there over the XMB

Psymonkee · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:56

Hmm sorted now that I've a full size bit (plus decent handle). Now with 320GB

Backup failed to restore though

Windle · 2 Dec 2008 at 22:37

Pliers!

I destroyed the thread on one of those bloody screws. Had to plier them out.

Wyrdo · 2 Dec 2008 at 22:45

I turned the screw and it came out, quite easy really!

Psymonkee · 2 Dec 2008 at 23:11

Backup restored OK 2nd time. Wierd....

Wyrdo · 2 Dec 2008 at 23:14

Psymonkee said:
Backup restored OK 2nd time. Wierd....

Strange, did it give any error or aything the first time?

Psymonkee · 2 Dec 2008 at 23:35

Nope just said couldn't do it.

Oh well lets go move the music

Psymonkee · 2 Dec 2008 at 23:35

Errrr WTF

orderoftheflame · 3 Dec 2008 at 07:27

Psymonkee said:
Errrr WTF

wtf wtf?

rp2000 · 3 Dec 2008 at 12:12

I moved my PS3 yesterday to do some dusting. (i.e. lifted with 1 hand and then put down again). When I tuned it on it said something about the HDD and a progress bar appeared saying "rebuilding HDD database". Thankfully it finished in about 10 secs, rebooted and all looks normal. Scary.

rp2000

Psymonkee · 3 Dec 2008 at 12:15

I got an electric shock after removing the flap that hides the HDD!

TheVoice · 3 Dec 2008 at 12:25

rp2000 said:
I moved my PS3 yesterday to do some dusting. (i.e. lifted with 1 hand and then put down again). When I tuned it on it said something about the HDD and a progress bar appeared saying "rebuilding HDD database". Thankfully it finished in about 10 secs, rebooted and all looks normal. Scary.

rp2000

Had you just updated the system software? It tends to say that after installing the update.

orderoftheflame · 3 Dec 2008 at 12:30

Psymonkee said:
I got an electric shock after removing the flap that hides the HDD!

Shocking!

Does it work still?

Psymonkee · 3 Dec 2008 at 12:33

Seems to. The shock came from trying to remove the old HDD mind