Data and HD Transfer

[Downing11]

It appears as if my PS3 is on its way out. No YLOD but it sounds like a jet ready to take off after about 20 minutes of play. If I back up my system to an external hard drive and buy a new PS3, is it possible to restore all of the data from my old one to my new one? Will I also have to physically swap out the HDD to the new PS3? Basically I want to keep all the files / saves / songs from old to new. Any help would be much appreciated.

[dakshdar]

Yes.

http://manuals.playstation.net/document ... ility.html

It is pretty simple. If that page isn't too clear just do a quick google search. I backed up all my stuff to an external USB HD and then transferred it all to the new slim when mine was going down for the first time.

[Downing11]

Yes.

http://manuals.playstation.net/document ... ility.html

It is pretty simple. If that page isn't too clear just do a quick google search. I backed up all my stuff to an external USB HD and then transferred it all to the new slim when mine was going down for the first time.

Thanks. I just want to make sure I get everything moved prior to this thing dying and losing everything.

[jsence2]

Just do what I did:

1) put on on ebay (especially if it's back compatable), put a few old games w it, HDMI cable, etc....get a good price for it
2) use that money, go buy a slim
3) get a USB to USB cable, xfer all the data using the PSN utility
4) wipe old PS3, ship out

No external HDD needed.

[Downing11]

Just do what I did:

1) put on on ebay (especially if it's back compatable), put a few old games w it, HDMI cable, etc....get a good price for it
2) use that money, go buy a slim
3) get a USB to USB cable, xfer all the data using the PSN utility
4) wipe old PS3, ship out

No external HDD needed.

I like it. It is backwards compatible with a 250HDD, I upgraded from the 60 it came with. What do you think I could get on ebay ?

[Downing11]

Since I already have an external HDD, I figure I'd give that a shot. I just started it now and it is saying it will take "approximately 1 hour and 32 minutes". Is that normal?

[The_Niddler]

Bring on more downloadable games.
I just upgraded my PS3's hard drive today.

It was simple to do and I had a laptop that died, so I had an extra hard drive sitting around.

[BIGmike]

Since I already have an external HDD, I figure I'd give that a shot. I just started it now and it is saying it will take "approximately 1 hour and 32 minutes". Is that normal?

When I transferred my old data to my new PS3 it said it would take about 2 hours....in actuality it took about 8 hours.

[dakshdar]

Bring on more downloadable games.
I just upgraded my PS3's hard drive today.

It was simple to do and I had a laptop that died, so I had an extra hard drive sitting around.

I threw a 500 GB in mine when I did it. Easy, and with so much PS Plus and Gameshare, there's plenty of space.

[cougnix]

Bring on more downloadable games.
I just upgraded my PS3's hard drive today.

It was simple to do and I had a laptop that died, so I had an extra hard drive sitting around.

I threw a 500 GB in mine when I did it. Easy, and with so much PS Plus and Gameshare, there's plenty of space.

Were you able to recover gameshares? Without having to redownload?

[dakshdar]

Bring on more downloadable games.
I just upgraded my PS3's hard drive today.

It was simple to do and I had a laptop that died, so I had an extra hard drive sitting around.

I threw a 500 GB in mine when I did it. Easy, and with so much PS Plus and Gameshare, there's plenty of space.

Were you able to recover gameshares? Without having to redownload?

I did it before all the gameshare started (last year).

[The_Niddler]

Bring on more downloadable games.
I just upgraded my PS3's hard drive today.

It was simple to do and I had a laptop that died, so I had an extra hard drive sitting around.

I threw a 500 GB in mine when I did it. Easy, and with so much PS Plus and Gameshare, there's plenty of space.

Were you able to recover gameshares? Without having to redownload?

Everything came back. It literally made a copy of my previous hard drive.

[I_S33M_THAB33T_U]

Yea HDD are super cheap now a days.


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Seagate+-+M ... Id=5542941


GOt one like this like 6 months ago on sale for $60.