quick ps3 questions

the other day my launch 60gb ps3 got the YLOD

does that meanall my music and game data and psn money islost?

or is there anyway ican get it back when i buy a slim model in about a week?

also, is the slim worth it? or should i try to find another launch 60 gig like my last one?

Your PSN money is fine, that's tied to your PSN account not the hard drive. But anything like save data, music, etc is lost unfortunately. Floppy_Jim

Just buy a 2.5" external enclosure (they're cheap) and pop your old hard drive in. You should be able to copy your data over to the new one. Bam.

Just buy a 2.5" external enclosure (they're cheap) and pop your old hard drive in. You should be able to copy your data over to the new one. Bam.

amsfm6

wait so this will work?

i just gotta put my old hard drive into my new ps3?

hmm do you know how cheap?

[QUOTE="amsfm6"]

Just buy a 2.5" external enclosure (they're cheap) and pop your old hard drive in. You should be able to copy your data over to the new one. Bam.

johnnyboy5000

wait so this will work?

i just gotta put my old hard drive into my new ps3?

hmm do you know how cheap?

No, putting the old hard drive into an enclosure basically turns it into an external hard drive. You can then hook it up to your new ps3 like you would any other external hard drive and access the data that's on it (and I assume copy it over if you wish). You should be able to get a cheap enclosure for $15 or so, maybe less.

But like the person said above, I don't think you can just put the hard drive into the new ps3, apparently you have to reformat it when you do.

[QUOTE="amsfm6"]

Just buy a 2.5" external enclosure (they're cheap) and pop your old hard drive in. You should be able to copy your data over to the new one. Bam.

johnnyboy5000

wait so this will work?

i just gotta put my old hard drive into my new ps3?

hmm do you know how cheap?

yeah it'll work; your old PS3 HDD will become an external HDD that you could connect to your new PS3 or PC via USB.

Putting the old HDD in a new PS3 would be pointless as you'd have to reformat any HDD that you want to place inside a PS3 for the first time (your old drive is no exception).

you should be able to find these enclousures selling around the $20-25 mark online (shipping included)... maybe cheaper...