It had to happen eventually..

I'm restoring the default settings of my Ps3, which I've had since April '09. The start operation failed to read blue ray discs,which became permanent. Thankfully it isn't the YLOD (not yet), but it isn't without some frustration. Hopefully, a reformat is all it takes to fix the problem. I love my console! :)

On the plus side. at least 2GBs are backed up onto a flashdrive. Although, a lot of games on the HDD were already complete. Only a small amount need to be finished and are now safe which isn't bad. The ones that I couldn't salvage (beaten or not) aren't a huge loss, and don't mind restarting. My Tomb Raider homage in Little Big Planet 2 will need to be built from scratch though. I was halfway through building it, and I'm kinda p***ed that all the effort has gone down the drain. I was having fun with it. I'll have to restart Resident Evil 5, and Heavy Rain also. :(

I've been enjoying some old school gaming in the meantime. Tomb Raider games are getting a lot of love especially.

Anyway.. If this doesn't work, then I'll have to consider buying a slim.