The HDD in my PS3 just died...

I am sorry for your loss.My thy HHD rest in Peace. :(

damn that sucks, did you put any data from a flash card, usb onto you ps3 hdd?

you have two options, tell sony and get it replaced (thought they might no, as they might say you did it and are responsible)

or you can rebuy a laptop hdd at about $150 aus

is there anyway of backing up game saves to a memory stick or ext hard drive?d_ano

yees there is u either need another HDD or a mem stick or CF or the other thing

No I didn't put anything on it at all. Everything was working fine then today I went to play the Everybody's Golf 5 demo and nothing. Just a "Now loading screen...". I rebooted the machine and it powered up so I tried the demo again. Same thing. Then I rebooted and that was it HDD dead.

I've got a replacement drive for it I can pick up from work _BUT_ I might use this as an excuse to get a 250 GB SATA drive I've been drooling over.

Oh well as they say shiet happens...guyhunter

the now loading screen for Everybody's Golf takes longer than you would expect. When you say you rebooted it from that screen, did you turn the switch in the back or did you shut it down from the front or controller??

Just got a fantastic message on my PS3 "The hard disk's file system is corrupt and will be restored". I press X to restore it. I wait. The machine reboots and I get a message that reads "The hard disk's file system is corrupt and will be restored". I press X to restore it. I wait. The machine reboots and I get a message that...

Well you get the picture!

All I can say is CRAP there goes my Oblivion game!guyhunter

Just purchasedanother Hard Drive. The instructions in how to install it are in your manual and it does not void your warranty.

yea the loading screen at the beginning of everybodys golf does take a little while. Theres no telling but if you turned off the system during that part that could have been what messed up your hdd....But in the end who cares right? If you get that new hdd youve been "drooling over" itll be worth it! haha...freham2001

Switching off the power from the from the loading screen (while it's accessing the demo save file directly from the HDD) can corrupt your hard drive. It's like pulling the plug while a computer is writing to a hard drive, data corruption is going to occur.

Did you download something from PS Store right before it happened? Becuz my screen went black, but probably a different story...... Call Sony first, cuz it might just be something that you downloaded and it may not be anything wrong, it seems...... Hope you get it fixed.

My 20gig failed recently. It started off with movie downloads that skipped and paused a lot. Then some random things where it suddenly took forever to load a game or a demo that took 10 times longer to install than it did to download. Eventually it lost all data and reformated it, then I used it a bit more but eventually the new files started corrupting until total failure.

It finally gave me an excuse to get a new HDD. Here's a 120gb for $69.99 ($80 when I got it) and was a breeze to install:

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822149057

Luckily I had micro screw drivers from radio shack that I got years ago to do the afterburner light mod to my gameboy advance and it was still possible to strip the screws if you didn't pick the perfect one and applied enough pressure the first try.

All I can say is CRAP there goes my Oblivion game!guyhunter

what a sickening feeling that is. after working up over 45 hours i now make a copy a couple of times a week onto the memory stick on my psp

[QUOTE="guyhunter"]All I can say is CRAP there goes my Oblivion game!VampiraJen

what a sickening feeling that is. after working up over 45 hours i now make a copy a couple of times a week onto the memory stick on my psp

That also happened to me. Lost a 30 hour Oblivion game. What's worse was that I lost my will to play as I had already played 60 hours on the 360 and I bought it again for the PS3 when I was ready to start again, so to lose it all I just can't get myself to start over for a 3rd time.

Sorry to hear that. It really does sound like there's nothing you could have done then. Makes me wonder what could have caused it to lock up like that.

As far as the disconnecting, a lot of people have been mentioning that issue since 1.80 so I think we can rule that out as the first symptom of something bigger.

Either buy a 500 GB HDD for your needs or call Sony and I seriously think that they will compensate for your loss.wallpaper42

[QUOTE="wallpaper42"]Either buy a 100 GB HDD for your needs or call Sony and I seriously think that they will compensate for your loss.guyhunter

You learn something new everyday. I just learned about notebook harddrives. Get a 100 GB HDD.