Thats why people always say, BACKUP.
Keep this etched in everyone's mind, always back-up your data. Even you as a human being write down notes incase you forgot something important. Apatah lagi mechanical-hard drive?

You won't lose your trophies, those are tied with your PSN account.

yes boss

newbies here, can ask sth??

if i wanna upg my hdd to 500gb

after backup the data, the new hdd i nid to fohmat myself to FAT32 manually or just put it into the PS3 and let PS3 fohmat??

if says PS3 fohmat, will i still be able to restore my previous data into the new PS3 hdd?

Slot the HDD into the PS3. It'll automatically format itself, you can't format the HDD yourself regardless as the PS3 uses its own proprietary format.

You can then just restore all the data that you have backup onto your new HDD.

quoting from experience

need help.. i try to to backup into my external hdd but failed.. y??

try again.
i failed on my first try too

tried 5 tiems ady.... then give up...

maybe try reformatting your external?

got enough space or not?

enough free space? high fregmentation ?

correct format?

make sure its fat32. not sure if fat will work, but fat32 is the one everyone talks about

i think its fat32 can open file (pic/movie/etc).. space got 133gb

ic, thanks.....then i'm going to get a new hdd and slot in le...

thanks yo~~~

Hi all,

I've been trying to change the hdd on my ps3 for some time now.The problem is i cant seem to find the right size screwdriver to change the screws with.Looked all over sunway pyramid,bought like 4 different screwdrivers (all relatively small enough for the screw) but it jsut wont work. Can anyone tell me what brand or size screwdriver is needed? Getting pretty impatient here.

I went to the sony centre in pyramid and asked them about it.I walked off after the guy working there said "HUH?! I didnt know you could change the HDD on a ps3?!". Idiots. ;

just don't go at pyramid bro...just go find at hardware shop along the road...take the pic on the camera & show then how big the screw is...

oh?i didnt know the hardwre stores in pyramid got a bad reputation . I'll try to go somewhere else then,as u suggest bro.Thanks but it'd be helpful if anyone else can reccomend me a specific screwdriver and size.Would really help

You trying to change HDD?

I used a huge screwdriver (the + shape head). Can use, because the tips is narrow, so can turn, but don't turn too hard only.

Or you could throw the HDD bay and use SATA cable to plug the HDD yourself. This way, the HDD will be out of the PS3, though, no more hot HDD

i use a screwdriver which enuf for me to open ps3 hdd screw..esp the blue screw which is very tight..but i dunt know this screwdriver size..just bought that in a supermarket in Miri(randomly..my luck)

but after i compare to another screwdriver..the size shud be around Ph3(philip3) or Ph4(philip4)..and i suggest u to buy a screwdriver with bigger handle (not small2 screwdriver)..it is easier for u to loosen the screw..

hmmm thx for the suggestion guys. Im gonna try to open it again with my screwdrivers.Maybe i'll post up th epict of all of them jsut to show how much money and time i wasted trying to use them.

be careful not to force too much the screw though, heard someone broke his hdd holder due to his manly man hands