Okay I've stretched my 40 gb ps3 as far as it's going to go and I'm tired of shuffling game files around to make room for others. Im going to go with a new Hard Drive but I want to make sure I dont lose anything. I've only got a few things I could lose in the first place. A couple downloaded games and my save files. No music, images, etc. I figure if I delete all of my Game Date Utilies before I do all this I'd be down to about 10 gb, if that. Now, can I use a USB Flash Drive to transport my files from my current hard drive to my new one? Or do I need a big external hard drive? I dont want to spend too much money on something I'm only going to use once. For the new hard drive, a 2.5 inch, 4500 rpm SATA hard drive will do the trick, right? Is there any risk of losing trophies during this process? Thanks a lot.
You wont lose trophies if you have already sync'd them to the server. If you don't want to spend too much money I suggest you buy the 3 month PS+ package that is only $18 because then you get to take advantage of the online save data storage so that right there elimates the need to put your save data onto a USB flashdrive or external harddrive. I just upgraded to a 500 GB harddrive the other day and that's what I did :P
It's possible to transfer 10 gigs worth of stuff via flash drive if you have one that size. If you're only transferring that much i wouldn't bother getting an external hard drive. Even if you don't have a large enough flash drive, that will still be cheaper than an external. Yes you need a 2.5 inch Sata, but I would try to look for a 5400rpm. 4500 is slower than the one that comes with the PS3. You can use a 7200 rpm too, it doesn't make much difference over 5400. And no trophies are pretty impossible to lose...trust me there's tons of people that would be happy to be able to get rid of some trophies they got unwillingly. :P You can get a 16gb flash drive from best buy for $20 right now. I'd link it but stupid GS won't let me for some reason.
You wont lose trophies if you have already sync'd them to the server. If you don't want to spend too much money I suggest you buy the 3 month PS+ package that is only $18 because then you get to take advantage of the online save data storage so that right there elimates the need to put your save data onto a USB flashdrive or external harddrive. I just upgraded to a 500 GB harddrive the other day and that's what I did :P
NamelessJay
This really is a darned good idea and will be my plan of action when I upgrade. I too am stuck with the tiny 40g drive.:(
Whoah. Will the online storage work with my music & vids also, or is it strictly for game saves??
Jettero-Heller
No it's save data only. @Monkeypoo: There is no way to transfer downloaded games to another drive, although minis/psp games might work, i'm not sure. You can always redownload them though..
There's no need to transfer downloaded games because you can just go to the PSN store, go to the top, select "view downloads" and re-download everything you bought.
Okay so I got my hard drive and flash drive to back up my files. The Hard Drive is a Western Digital Scorpio Blue, 250 GB, 5400 RPM, 2.5" Sata HD. When I turn on my system now it says Cannot Start, Wrong Hard Drive. or something. Now I turned on my system by holding down the button a few times and Im at that "secret" menu. I've read that I should go to Restore File System but when I do and click "yes" it says "A serious error has occured. Contact technical support for assistance. (8001002B). Any ideas?? My original hard drive still works in the system I just tried it. Is my hard drive not the right one?
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