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banjo! · 04-16-2008, 10:36 PM

When i turned on the ps3 it told me to formatt the hard drive. I clicked OK and it said that it will delete everything on the hard drive, so i decided to call the sony help bunch and they said to go ahead and do it. I clicked formatt and once again it said this may delete everything so, i clicked OK. Now it is say formatting...
DO NOT TURN OFF SYSTEM
and it has been saying that for 1 hour and 30 minutes and the formatt bar is still at 0%.
Has anybody else had this problem? Please tell me what to do.

akadkins · 04-16-2008, 10:38 PM

Was this a new PS3, or did you already have stuff on it and were in process of installing new firmware upgrade?

PS3-Playb3yond · 04-16-2008, 10:40 PM

Hmm, call Sony again. Is it 1% yet? If so, then it may take a while.

banjo! · 04-16-2008, 10:42 PM

ive had it for about 4 months.
and it's still at 0%.

PS3-Playb3yond · 04-16-2008, 10:43 PM

Well, give it time or call ony again. I've never formatted my HDD so I don't know how long it takes. Sorry, can't help.

owa · 04-16-2008, 10:50 PM

I can't remember how long it took exactly and I could be wrong about this (since I can't remember for sure) but when I recently installed a 250gig drive in mine, I think it only took a few seconds for the format to complete (kind of like the quick-format on a PC).

If you can safely get out of that process, I'd take the drive out and put it back in. Maybe just reseating it would help since it looks like it's having trouble communicating with the drive.

brett_day · 04-16-2008, 10:55 PM

it takes seconds to format the hd for the ps3. when i swapped out my 40gb and put in a 120gb it was done in 5 seconds. I would call sony sounds like it is bricked. of course if you are the daring type you could power off the unit and reboot....proceed at your own risk though...personally i would stick with option 1 and call sony!

04-16-2008, 10:36 PM	#1
banjo! Power Member Member since:Mar 2008 4K collection:368 Blu-ray collection:1034 Trading Score:159	PS3 Question When i turned on the ps3 it told me to formatt the hard drive. I clicked OK and it said that it will delete everything on the hard drive, so i decided to call the sony help bunch and they said to go ahead and do it. I clicked formatt and once again it said this may delete everything so, i clicked OK. Now it is say formatting... DO NOT TURN OFF SYSTEM and it has been saying that for 1 hour and 30 minutes and the formatt bar is still at 0%. Has anybody else had this problem? Please tell me what to do.

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04-16-2008, 10:38 PM	#2
akadkins Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:San Diego, CA Blu-ray collection:2 Trading Score:2	Was this a new PS3, or did you already have stuff on it and were in process of installing new firmware upgrade?

04-16-2008, 10:40 PM	#3
PS3-Playb3yond Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Cincinnati, OH Blu-ray collection:19 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:13	Hmm, call Sony again. Is it 1% yet? If so, then it may take a while.

04-16-2008, 10:42 PM	#4
banjo! Power Member Member since:Mar 2008 4K collection:368 Blu-ray collection:1034 Trading Score:159	ive had it for about 4 months. and it's still at 0%.

04-16-2008, 10:43 PM	#5
PS3-Playb3yond Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Cincinnati, OH Blu-ray collection:19 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:13	Well, give it time or call ony again. I've never formatted my HDD so I don't know how long it takes. Sorry, can't help.

04-16-2008, 10:50 PM	#6
owa Blu-ray Knight Member since:Apr 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 96	I can't remember how long it took exactly and I could be wrong about this (since I can't remember for sure) but when I recently installed a 250gig drive in mine, I think it only took a few seconds for the format to complete (kind of like the quick-format on a PC). If you can safely get out of that process, I'd take the drive out and put it back in. Maybe just reseating it would help since it looks like it's having trouble communicating with the drive.

04-16-2008, 10:55 PM	#7
brett_day Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Moore, Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:45 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	it takes seconds to format the hd for the ps3. when i swapped out my 40gb and put in a 120gb it was done in 5 seconds. I would call sony sounds like it is bricked. of course if you are the daring type you could power off the unit and reboot....proceed at your own risk though...personally i would stick with option 1 and call sony!

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