Question about PS3 Drive swapping

[KretzJ]

Originally Posted by Xerious

back up your data before you do it. the HDD have to be formated before it's installed to a PS3 that it wasn't OEM'ed with.

Hmmm.. the original question was interesting however. Essentially take an OEM PS harddrive out of one model and swap it into another PS3. The hard drive was formatted as a PS3, just a different model PS3. I know there are tons of threads about swapping in NEW HDs for our PS3s but I don't remember seeing one asking this question.

Is there something specific to the formatting process that tells the HD what PS3 model it is being formatted with/for?

-John K.