thanks. but when i upgrade to a new hdd, will i still hv my trophies and psn account ?

yes

now i have a big problem, i tried to use my external hdd to back up my files and its not working......damn

hi all, i want upgrade/change my ps3 hdd. can i know what kind of hdd i should buy to upgrade/change? mobile/laptop/notebook hdd or other kind/type of hdd ?

notebook hdd (2.5 inch), any brand will do. If have enough molah can buy SSD

ok.ide or sata ?
what is ssd ?

This post has been edited by wah chai: Dec 19 2010, 11:57 AM

sata

ssd = solid state drive... its very expensive

ic.tq

To be honest, without any data shove in it, it's still not 500GB being allocated. There's seems to be less than that...Anyway, 500GB works fine and is definitely enough for me. Period.

What problem are you encountering? Care to elaborate? Maybe there's someone that can help you with it.

The PS3 is compatible with just about any 2.5-inch SATA notebook hard disk. Both 5400-RPM and 7200-RPM drives should work fine. I went for 5,400-RPM because I couldn't find any with 7,200-RPM. Works fine for me till today.

Answer will be SATA.

A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. SSDs are distinguished from traditional hard disk drives (HDDs), which are electromechanical devices containing spinning disks and movable read/write heads. SSDs, in contrast, use microchips which retain data in non-volatile memory chips and contain no moving parts.

Excerpt quoted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive

Think of it as a BIG ARSE FLASH DRIVE!

i just upgraded my hdd to 500gb. some of noob prob. i did backup from my old hdd to external drive which ate 56gb. i assume that including 'everything' such as videos, musics & most importantly a game utility data. however after done a swap hdd process & did a restore on a new hdd. i saw no game utility data on my main acc even i did sign-in & everything, but the i checked the hdd space, it seems already ate 50++gb after restored. videos, musics & game saved data is there but where's my game utility data?? do i need to reinstall every games again? (like GT5 which took 5gb or something).

about the game update, DLC & PSN, seems i get to redownload them again i supposed? need some1 to clarify this, or did i just made something wrong on recovering my backup files?

hey where to buy the hdd 320 gb?
can ask the sony worker help to upgrade the hdd kah?

does this work on slim as well?

it works for all ps3 models...

bro the slimline video cant play leh

hey i just bought a 500gb samsung laptop size harddisk, when i want to back up my ps3, do i need a new, clean external hdd? btw, is the 500gb laptop size harddisk drive okay?

It is not necessarily a "clean" external hard disk drive (HDD). You can use the one that you have stored some data in the said HDD. The system will create a file for backup from the PS3 to your HDD.

Please make sure it's 2.5" HDD that you are getting.

There's no need for re-installation if you already installed previously. If I'm not mistaken, once you press install for any game that you had installed, there will be a prompt window stating that you have already installed and a new installation is not needed.

This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Jan 22 2011, 02:31 PM

of course it works

anyone have 750gb installed? still can't decide 500gb or 750gb Scorpio blue

750GB - http://www.wdc.com/global/products/specs/?...=815&language=1

is there any max limit of the storage capacity? last time i heard 500mb is the max recommended...

If 500mb was the max recommended, Sony would have been in hell by now....

To the question:
As big as you want it to be, as long as it fits.

Infact, I've used a 1TB HDD (3.5") connected to my older PS3 before just by attaching the sata cable to the sata connector inside.
Doesn't look nice, but whatever... I needed space more than looking "cool".