PS3 HDD Backup on a friends PS3!!!

My PS3 has recently died and thanks to the kindness of the playstation careline they are sending me out a replacement system, but before they collect my broken system I would like to do a backup of all the data on the hard drive.

Does anybody know if it is possible to take the hard drive out of my broken PS3 and put it into my friends PS3 to perform the backup of all the data and then format it?

And if it is possible will his PS3 be totally unaffected once I replace his hard drive and boot it back up?

Thanks!

Nope, it wont work. You will have to reformat your HDD when you put it in your friends PS3, meaning the data will be lost. As far as i know, there is no way in which to extract the data i'm afraid.Dan_Lero

When my friend's PS3 got smashed they took in his PS3, transferred all of his data to the new PS3 and sent it back to him. So possibly, if you ask them to do it, they probably will.

[QUOTE="Dan_Lero"]Nope, it wont work. You will have to reformat your HDD when you put it in your friends PS3, meaning the data will be lost. As far as i know, there is no way in which to extract the data i'm afraid.dizzykim

When my friend's PS3 got smashed they took in his PS3, transferred all of his data to the new PS3 and sent it back to him. So possibly, if you ask them to do it, they probably will.

my ps3 broke today, so when i send it in do i send the hard drive with it ? ...my ps3 won't even turn on, it shuts off by itselfdarkghost75

will i lose all my saved game data?darkghost75

[QUOTE="darkghost75"]will i lose all my saved game data?Dan_Lero

i will still have my psn id and all the trophies i got, right?darkghost75

this is what i learned from the 2.4 firmware update. always backup your save data. all you need is a memory stick or sd card. back it up every once in a while, especially before a firmware update. sometimes you have a file that corrupts the firmware and you have to reformat your hd for your ps3 to work.

unfortunately you cant access your hd files now that your ps3 is broken. the way sony formats the hds only lets the files be accessed by the same ps3. i hope that this doesnt happen to you again. i know what it's like. luckily 2.41 fixed eveything and i had all of my files left, but a broken ps3 is unfortunate.

You can take your HDD out of the PS3 and create an image backup on your PC by connecting it via a SATA cable...havokmaster

Heres one. If that isn't the right kind then keep looking around Monoprice.comDuckman5

um i dont think you can do that. like i said, the ps3 has a different file system. it would work if the ps3 hd file structure was ntfs, but sadly it isnt. i havent heard of anyone creating an image of the whole hd onto the comp before though. does that even work because the computer cannot access the ps3's hd file structure?LiLaZnPimP2691