Marine Mike:HELP! - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

Matthew21 · 02-10-2009, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by toefer

I've heard of this happening before, but never heard of it causing any problems later on. Could just be a faulty drive, or some problem with the way it was shut down, or a problem with the way a game was installed, or something.

You're not losing any data, are you? In the other cases I've heard, nothing is lost (game save data, videos, music, etc) but you do lose the tags/folders that you may have used to sort things (assuming you have nicely organized media on your HDD).

So I say don't worry about it.

nope i didntlose athing and my stuffis all organised and its all the same

Matthew21 · 02-10-2009, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Marine Mike

I'm glad it worked for you while it failed for me!

If it didn't fail then I'd continue to act like nothing happened. Keep in mind that the hard drive in your PS3 is made by Seagate and they make excellent hard drives.

Though its never a bad idea to upgrade your hard drive. If you want some suggestions, just ask as everyone will be willing to help.

thanks for your help. when u say upgrade do u mean like get a new one? is it easy to switch them out?

Marine Mike · 02-10-2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew21

thanks for your help. when u say upgrade do u mean like get a new one? is it easy to switch them out?

Are they easy to switch out?! Oh boy, you are in luck!

You basically remove 1 screw, pull out the hard drive and slide the new one in!

EDIT: Heres a link to a whole thread dedicated to replacing your hard drive.
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=37467

Matthew21 · 02-10-2009, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Marine Mike

Are they easy to switch out?! Oh boy, you are in luck!

You basically remove 1 screw, pull out the hard drive and slide the new one in!

EDIT: Heres a link to a whole thread dedicated to replacing your hard drive.
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=37467

sweet. ny reccomendations? so can i put different sized gb ones in. like more than 60gb. or does it have to be a 60gig

Marine Mike · 02-10-2009, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew21

sweet. ny reccomendations? so can i put different sized gb ones in. like more than 60gb. or does it have to be a 60gig

I actually do have a recommendation for you.

Seagate Momentus 500GB 5400 RPM SATA $99

Marine Mike · 02-10-2009, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by dereksworl

A thread named after him. Mike's a regular celeb now!

Well I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

groovyone · 02-10-2009, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew21

I have an almost 2 year old 60gb PS3. the other morning i turned it on and a message popped up saying "the hard drive will be rebuilt" i pressed OK and it started up lik it usually does. it did this once before acouple months ago except he first time it took like 10 minute to start back up. my friend told me that tha means the PS3 is going to fail. is that true. what should i do. i heard u have a good rep onhere.

You are fine. It is like defragging your hard drive. My 60GB has done it as well. The only annoying thing is it reset the download dates on all my videos! Now my sort by date is useless.

As for a new HDD I opted for the WD Scorpio Black 320GB 7200RPM SATA3.0 with 16MB cache. $89.99

Matthew21 · 02-10-2009, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Marine Mike

I actually do have a recommendation for you.

Seagate Momentus 500GB 5400 RPM SATA $99

wow will that reallywork in he ps3? thats awesome. now onelast question and ill leave u alone. ive got about 35GB worth of stuff saved on my PS3. what kindof flash drive wouldi need to backup all that. wouldit get all my music and pictures andgames? and what about games i bought on the PSN? uve been agreat help by the way.

dereksworl · 02-10-2009, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Marine Mike

Well I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

***Immediately after posting, Holiday Inn revenue increases by 70% and stock soars***

Rike255 · 02-10-2009, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Marine Mike

I actually do have a recommendation for you.

Seagate Momentus 500GB 5400 RPM SATA $99

Lol one of the reviewers complained that it was too expensive.....

doctorD · 02-10-2009, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Marine Mike

Well I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

Funny!!!

dpomp · 02-10-2009, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dereksworl

***Immediately after posting, Holiday Inn revenue increases by 70% and stock soars***

marine mike said holiday inn!! buy buy buy!!!

Marine Mike · 02-10-2009, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew21

wow will that reallywork in he ps3? thats awesome. now onelast question and ill leave u alone. ive got about 35GB worth of stuff saved on my PS3. what kindof flash drive wouldi need to backup all that. wouldit get all my music and pictures andgames? and what about games i bought on the PSN? uve been agreat help by the way.

Well my answer would depend on what you currently have. If you already have a 16GB USB flash drive, then I would recommend deleting your PSN Games and the PS3 Game Data, which should free up the majority of your space. Keep in mind you can always reinstall your PS3 Disc games as well as redownload your PSN games. I didn't say delete the Saved Games, but the files in the Game Data folder.

Now would you get all of your music and pictures? Not with the backup option, but if you manually copy over them to the flash drive yes.

A more long term solution would be purchasing an external hard drive and formatting it to FAT32 and using it for backups. I currently have a Seagate FreeAgent Go 500 GB Portable External Hard Drive $123 that I use on a weekly basis to backup my system with.

doctorD · 02-10-2009, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew21

wow will that reallywork in he ps3? thats awesome. now onelast question and ill leave u alone. ive got about 35GB worth of stuff saved on my PS3. what kindof flash drive wouldi need to backup all that. wouldit get all my music and pictures andgames? and what about games i bought on the PSN? uve been agreat help by the way.

If the reading of the link Mike provided seems to be too much to follow, I would suggest watching the video link that was provided near the bottom of the first thread in that link. It will help everything make more sense. It is really easy to change it.

dereksworl · 02-10-2009, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dpompeo

marine mike said holiday inn!! buy buy buy!!!

Matthew21 · 02-10-2009, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Marine Mike

Well my answer would depend on what you currently have. If you already have a 16GB USB flash drive, then I would recommend deleting your PSN Games and the PS3 Game Data, which should free up the majority of your space. Keep in mind you can always reinstall your PS3 Disc games as well as redownload your PSN games. I didn't say delete the Saved Games, but the files in the Game Data folder.

Now would you get all of your music and pictures? Not with the backup option, but if you manually copy over them to the flash drive yes.

A more long term solution would be purchasing an external hard drive and formatting it to FAT32 and using it for backups. I currently have a Seagate FreeAgent Go 500 GB Portable External Hard Drive $123 that I use on a weekly basis to backup my system with.

i dont have a flash rive at all. thats why i asked.are they expensive? i undertand some but not all thingselectronic. thank u for your assistance. its been really useful. i never thought i could get 500GB on my PS3. thanks again. i will definetly be getting that hard drive.

Marine Mike · 02-10-2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew21

i dont have a flash rive at all. thats why i asked.are they expensive? i undertand some but not all thingselectronic. thank u for your assistance. its been really useful. i never thought i could get 500GB on my PS3. thanks again. i will definetly be getting that hard drive.

Actually they are quite inexpensive.

Kingston DataTraveler 16 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive $30

I don't mind helping when I can. I have to go though. My copy of My Name is Bruce just arrived and need to watch it.

Good luck and if you need more help just Private Message me.

Matthew21 · 02-10-2009, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Marine Mike

Actually they are quite inexpensive.

Kingston DataTraveler 16 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive $30

I don't mind helping when I can. I have to go though. My copy of My Name is Bruce just arrived and need to watch it.

Good luck and if you need more help just Private Message me.

kay thanks bye

TauRus · 02-10-2009, 09:47 PM

Well, now someone from Wall St needs to sell Mathew21 an insurance to cover Marine Mike's recommendations. After all he was staying in Holiday Inn, not Embassy Suites...

kccarl · 02-10-2009, 10:15 PM

Hi There,

I hope this is a good thread for this, but the strangest thing happened to me last night with my PS3 as a blu ray player. Out of no where, without changing any settings and having played many blu rays, when I went to insert a blu ray, it didn't recognize the disk. Going into the xmb, it didn't show that there was a disk inserted. I troubleshot using a standard DVD, which it saw with no issue. I reinserted the blu ray (actually two different ones), it did not see them. As a last resort, I flipped the main breaker in the back, and upon rebooting, I inserted the same blu ray, and voila, it saw it and loaded it.

Any idea on what might cause the new PS 3 to simply not recognize a blu ray, then upon power cycle, see it fine?

No hurry to answer this, or if you are busy don't, but I saw someone else asking you a question and thought this was a good one since it kind of freaked me out given that the PS 3 is only a few weeks old and has been performing perfectly.

Thanks,
KCcarl

02-10-2009, 10:15 PM	#40
kccarl Active Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:colorado	A question for Marine Mike Hi There, I hope this is a good thread for this, but the strangest thing happened to me last night with my PS3 as a blu ray player. Out of no where, without changing any settings and having played many blu rays, when I went to insert a blu ray, it didn't recognize the disk. Going into the xmb, it didn't show that there was a disk inserted. I troubleshot using a standard DVD, which it saw with no issue. I reinserted the blu ray (actually two different ones), it did not see them. As a last resort, I flipped the main breaker in the back, and upon rebooting, I inserted the same blu ray, and voila, it saw it and loaded it. Any idea on what might cause the new PS 3 to simply not recognize a blu ray, then upon power cycle, see it fine? No hurry to answer this, or if you are busy don't, but I saw someone else asking you a question and thought this was a good one since it kind of freaked me out given that the PS 3 is only a few weeks old and has been performing perfectly. Thanks, KCcarl

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TauRus Active Member Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Chicago NW burbs	Well, now someone from Wall St needs to sell Mathew21 an insurance to cover Marine Mike's recommendations. After all he was staying in Holiday Inn, not Embassy Suites...

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