AFAIK any OS will not recognise and mount it because PS3 internal HDD uses proprietary filesystem. However the partitions can be seen by diskmgmt.msc tool under start->run in windows machine or gparted in linux.

This post has been edited by vorchiel: Jul 3 2008, 07:13 PM

Y would ur friend's (Sora) data be gone if he just unplug his HDD and put it back? No formatting rite?

because the hard disk will require a format even if you transfer it across machines, AFAIK. can anyone clarify this?

i think some of us still have the MD5 96e9def601672c5abcbb4604bb2346f1 2.40 on our thumbdrives

yup, the 40Gb model is different, u need the FW ready when you boot with fresh HDD. 60/80GB models can just boot directly.

just read that somewhere, and I managed to format the system using admin tools. thanks anyway

yea Sora should have it, I think. but if the file is the same throughout, why should it differ then? hmm weird seriously.

Huh? What do u mean by this? FW on HDD? Boot directly from where? Pls explain further...

need to download the latest FW on your thumbdrive cos when you boot a 40GB with a "new" HDD, the system will ask for the FW

on the 60/80GB, even with a new HDD, i rmb the system will just boot.

This post has been edited by acougan: Jul 3 2008, 07:24 PM

I just reconnected my HDD back to my PC and found out something very interesting. the HDD was untouched! means the PS3 didn't write anything to it.

I think I need to try another update file.

Meaning ur savegames can be recovered?

damn just experience XMB hanged when I browse my friends trophy

hmm me to some time got prob.. game freeze and got weird error.. hope sony fix it ASAP

cannot, as I already formatted it to NTFS beforehand as per the guide

I think I can come up with a theory on why the crashes occur - the flash memory was update to 2.40 kernel, but the hard disk remained untouched. hence, the discrepancy caused the PS3 to crash upon start up. this theory is further supported by the fact that even after 'updating' a few times using a freshly-reformatted hard disk, no files were written to it. plus, the PS3 refused to accept any update below 2.40.

as for why it crashes PS3s indiscriminately, I'm guessing it's the hard disk brand. Sony has a few suppliers from what I heard. but then again, it could be anything.

I'm waiting for a fix that's 100% working to test out. if that doesn't work, something is wrong with the PS3 itself and I'll send it for RMA.

This post has been edited by nerd: Jul 3 2008, 08:01 PM

wow then can it run back normally now? Or just like the other?

Eh, in that case I think ur problem a bit different from most 2.4 problems... US ppl say after formatting and inserting back the HDD the PS3 can boot-up normally into the XMB... that means the FW hasn't been flashed onto the chip, but something in the HDD cache was affected/corrupted, causing the PS3 to hang at startup...

Hmm... wonder how will Sony help those who kena this problem...

depends on what model is in question.

the 40GB model will require a reformat with every hard disk swap, whereas the 60GB and 80GB models can swap hard disks without any reformatting. if the 40GB requires part of the OS to be written to the hard disk, that's the bit that's causing the problem.

of course, I'm just hypothesizing, and I may be wrong

I'm optimistic about the whole thing. hopefully the fix will er, fix it. if it doesn't, there's always RMA.

either way, I'm doing a low-level format on the hard disk now.

This post has been edited by nerd: Jul 3 2008, 08:47 PM

yes nerd, just curious, is your hdd Sony's stock hdd?

yea stock, haven't changed it yet, it's a Hitachi Travelstar something something.

had to happen to me huh

Erm.., u mean there's a possibility of a fix without taking out the HDD, formatting, etc etc? I mean, how is a Sony issued fix (if it's via another FW) going to solve a problem on a PS3 that can't even boot into the XMB and perform a system update? And most importantly, maintain all the saved data on the PS3 HDD?

This post has been edited by Pepperboy: Jul 3 2008, 08:59 PM

Sony has announced they will release a fix. how they gonna do it, I don't know.