Upgrading Your Hard Drive - Page 27 - Blu-ray Forum

penatrASIAN · 01-07-2009, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by WriteSimply

Since no one has responded to your query, you'll have to be the first one then. Good luck and report back.

Backup by hooking ANOTHER HDD via USB. This HDD must have a FAT32 partition for backup to work. Once that is done, you switch the internal HDDs and do a restore.

fuad

hi faud, so can i just go out and buy another hdd for backup purposes then? i have a 80gb. does that mean that my back up hdd that i buy has to be at least that size as well?

PaulGo · 01-07-2009, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Marine Mike

I'll do that when I get off work, thanks for the recommendation. Do you have a reliable link that I could download it from?

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...32format.shtml

is one place, or you could do a Google search.

Marine Mike · 01-07-2009, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by PaulGo

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...32format.shtml

is one place, or you could do a Google search.

Oh I successfully formatted it last night, thanks!

It took a total of 6 hours to format my 500GB hard drive to FAT32, lol.

Also when I went to Backup my PS3 I had to restart my PS3 3 times before I'd no longer get error messages when trying to Backup, lol.

becomingwater · 01-08-2009, 04:06 PM

Anyone have some recommendations on a new HDD for my PS3? Thanks

Marine Mike · 01-08-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by becomingwater

Anyone have some recommendations on a new HDD for my PS3? Thanks

Here you go! Its only $99!

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Originally Posted by Marine Mike

I took the plunge and decided to order myself a new hard drive for my PS3!

Seagate Momentus 7200.3 ST9320421AS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148336

The reason why I went with it is because I trust Seagate and they have a 5 year manufactorer warranty.

Shigun · 01-08-2009, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by becomingwater

Anyone have some recommendations on a new HDD for my PS3? Thanks

I just put a Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT 500GB into my PS3 just a week ago. No problems at all with it. I've never had problems with Western Digital drives in the past. I agree with Marine Mike too about Seagate drives. I've had great experiences with them as well in my desktop.

Marine Mike · 01-09-2009, 08:27 PM

Well I am currently in the process of Restoring my new hard drive!

Replaced it in under 5 minutes, which included digging out my screwdriver and canned air from the closet, lol.

Its a shame that replacing my BD laser wasn't this easy.

victorvondoom88 · 01-11-2009, 08:10 PM

So I swapped out my stock 60gb for a wd 320 used a external drive to backup the data.
When I created the backup it prompted me to go to trophies and sync with the server which I did.
After I restored the backup my trophies aren't there. I tried to sync it again still not there. If I go to my friends list and click on myself my trophies are there and if I compare them to a friend they are there but in the game section it says there are no trophies.

What gives? Do I need to put the og drive back in and redo the back up and reformat the 320 and do the whole procedure again?

zedd_117 · 01-11-2009, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by victorvondoom88

So I swapped out my stock 60gb for a wd 320 used a external drive to backup the data.
When I created the backup it prompted me to go to trophies and sync with the server which I did.
After I restored the backup my trophies aren't there. I tried to sync it again still not there. If I go to my friends list and click on myself my trophies are there and if I compare them to a friend they are there but in the game section it says there are no trophies.

What gives? Do I need to put the og drive back in and redo the back up and reformat the 320 and do the whole procedure again?

Nah, man. I had the same problem when I put my 500gb in. Just shut the system off. Turn it back on. Log back in to PSN, then do the trophy Sync.
Pretty sure those were the steps I followed to get mine back.
Hope this helps.

Boss Hogg · 01-11-2009, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by victorvondoom88

So I swapped out my stock 60gb for a wd 320 used a external drive to backup the data.
When I created the backup it prompted me to go to trophies and sync with the server which I did.
After I restored the backup my trophies aren't there. I tried to sync it again still not there. If I go to my friends list and click on myself my trophies are there and if I compare them to a friend they are there but in the game section it says there are no trophies.

What gives? Do I need to put the og drive back in and redo the back up and reformat the 320 and do the whole procedure again?

I also had the same problem. Mine eventually magically came back....I think for me what worked was actually starting up and playing each game that I had trophies for.....that seemed to make them come back game by game. I don't know....but rest assured that your trophies are there and will probably similarly re-appear.

Boss Hogg · 01-11-2009, 08:36 PM

Anybody know how to reformat the OEM drive after you replace it? I want to use the OEM 80GB drive for my computer but when I put it in an external enclosure and connect it to my computer it recognizes something is there but it doesn't show up as a hard drive.....and there's no way to format it.

victorvondoom88 · 01-11-2009, 08:42 PM

I tried tuning it off and back on logged out of the psn and back in did the sync and still says no trophies. ?????

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Anybody know how to reformat the OEM drive after you replace it? I want to use the OEM 80GB drive for my computer but when I put it in an external enclosure and connect it to my computer it recognizes something is there but it doesn't show up as a hard drive.....and there's no way to format it.

Download swissknife and use it to format the drive. I run NTFS and couldn't see my bro's drive(it's what I used to back mine up) since it was a FAT 32. Used swissknife to format it before backing up my ps3.

victorvondoom88 · 01-11-2009, 09:07 PM

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Mine eventually magically came back....I think for me what worked was actually starting up and playing each game that I had trophies for.....that seemed to make them come back game by game.

Yup that did it. I had to put each game in one by one and then sync with the servers.

Thanks!

Boss Hogg · 01-12-2009, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by victorvondoom88

Download swissknife and use it to format the drive. I run NTFS and couldn't see my bro's drive(it's what I used to back mine up) since it was a FAT 32. Used swissknife to format it before backing up my ps3.

Yeah I have swissknife and used it for my external drive.....but I can't seem to figure out how to get it to work when Windows won't even recognize that OEM PS3 drive at all. It doesn't even show up in device manager...all it knows is that there is some sort of USB component connected.

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Originally Posted by victorvondoom88

Yup that did it. I had to put each game in one by one and then sync with the servers.

Thanks!

Sweet - glad it worked! I have no idea why you have to do it that way but as long as it works LOL.

penatrASIAN · 01-13-2009, 11:19 PM

i have a quick question as i am in the process of switching out my HDD and backing up my current game data and downloaded games. does anyone know if i need to back it up on a external drive that has nothing else on it? or if it has something on it already. it will be okay still?

groovyone · 01-14-2009, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by penatrASIAN

i have a quick question as i am in the process of switching out my HDD and backing up my current game data and downloaded games. does anyone know if i need to back it up on a external drive that has nothing else on it? or if it has something on it already. it will be okay still?

I used one that had a lot of stuff on it. You'll be fine.

penatrASIAN · 01-14-2009, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by groovyone

I used one that had a lot of stuff on it. You'll be fine.

thanks!

ras752000 · 01-14-2009, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ras752000

Has anyone here cracked open one of Western Digital's newer 500 GB external passport drives to install into the PS3? I know people have used the 320 GB . . . I'm just afraid to get stuck . . . anybody here tried this yet?

Going to answer my own question . . . I'm placing an order for the 500 gb Passport. Will advise . . .

cjzielie · 01-16-2009, 11:58 PM

i dont understand the benefits of upgrading to different hd and so much of it why do u do it ? Please tell me so if i need to i can

xtop · 01-17-2009, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by cjzielie

i dont understand the benefits of upgrading to different hd and so much of it why do u do it ? Please tell me so if i need to i can

more hard drive space, naturally!

01-11-2009, 08:10 PM	#528
victorvondoom88 Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Location:middle of nowere, IL. Home Theater Gallery:26 4K collection:39 Blu-ray collection:656	Need some help Trophy problem??? So I swapped out my stock 60gb for a wd 320 used a external drive to backup the data. When I created the backup it prompted me to go to trophies and sync with the server which I did. After I restored the backup my trophies aren't there. I tried to sync it again still not there. If I go to my friends list and click on myself my trophies are there and if I compare them to a friend they are there but in the game section it says there are no trophies. What gives? Do I need to put the og drive back in and redo the back up and reformat the 320 and do the whole procedure again?

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