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hi i car't play any new games as i don't have space to play it whats the best way to get more space as i don't want to delete my saved games is there something i can buy thank u
You could buy a bigger hard drive?
deathtrap3000
27-12-2009, 04:14
You dont have to delete the save games, just the files that the game installs when you first load it up. Delete the files from the games you dont play and you make space for more.
You could buy a bigger hard drive?
How do u mean and where can i get 1
What size drive does your PS3 currently have?
what you'd do is back up your HDD to an external HDD, remove the PS3 drive install the new one and then restore the back up.
For a compatible HDD see the following
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3516598/Western-Digital-Scorpio-WD3200BEVT-320GB-2-5-Internal-SATA-Hard-Drive/Product.html
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/7523847/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Blue-WD5000BEVT-500GB-2-5-Internal-SATA-Hard-Drive/Product.html
Just to add to Stephens post; the PS3 is designed so that the internal hard drive can be easily replaced and when a new one is installed it will automatically configure it ready for use. As Stephen said, all you need to do is backup your data (Game saves etc) and restore them onto your bigger drive.
Here is a good guide on what needs to be done - http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6176090/index.html
Here is a video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuyQPW3bDS0
zing_deleted
27-12-2009, 22:09
I thought any sata 2.5 inch drive was compatible?
I think it is but those drive are known to be compatible.
zing_deleted
27-12-2009, 22:21
I think according to the pics in the guide they ship with seagates
Just about any 2.5 inch Sata (II) drive is compatable but there is no point getting a 7200rpm drive as it will be noisy. Seagate and Western Digital seem to be the preferred choice and I think Stephen was just giving links to reasonably priced decent drives.
is there any you world reckomend at the moment i got the 60 one and where i can get them from
Tezcatlipoca
28-12-2009, 15:16
Stephen's earlier post (http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/34934052-post5.html) has links to two recommended HDDs, both Western Digital HDDs available at Play.com.
Just wondering though, how have you managed to run out of space? How many games have you got which have actually installed stuff on the PS3? (they don't all install). Is there nothing you can delete to make room?
If you do get a new HDD, they are very easy to fit, & doing so does not invalidate your warranty (if it is still valid). As mentioned, you would need to back up your saves first.
Well those ones I linked to on Play.com are highly recommended for a start.
I plan on getting one soon as my 60GB HDD only has about 18GB free at the moment.
is there any you world reckomend at the moment i got the 60 one and where i can get them from
The ones that Stephen recommended are good.
Or try this http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ps3+hard+drive
What size drive does your PS3 currently have?
what you'd do is back up your HDD to an external HDD, remove the PS3 drive install the new one and then restore the back up.
For a compatible HDD see the following
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3516598/Western-Digital-Scorpio-WD3200BEVT-320GB-2-5-Internal-SATA-Hard-Drive/Product.html
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/7523847/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Blue-WD5000BEVT-500GB-2-5-Internal-SATA-Hard-Drive/Product.html
im thinking of getting the 320 one you said don't really need the 500 one
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you know when you back it up where does it back up to all i read is that you have to back it up but where to
Back it up to an external hard drive if you have one?
im thinking of getting the 320 one you said don't really need the 500 one
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you know when you back it up where does it back up to all i read is that you have to back it up but where to
Seriously! are you really 21?
Back it up to an external USB hard drive. Its fairly simple really. :dunce:
Seriously! are you really 21?
Back it up to an external USB hard drive. Its fairly simple really. :dunce:
yes but i just want to make sure i do it right how much room would you reckomend i need to back it up on a usb stick
yes but i just want to make sure i do it right how much room would you reckomend i need to back it up on a usb stick
How long is a piece of string!
The size depends on the size of your game saves and any other data you might want to back up and only you will know that.
By the way its 'Recommend'
yes but i just want to make sure i do it right how much room would you reckomend i need to back it up on a usb stick
Well if your 60GB HDD is full I would make sure your external back up device is at least that size.
zing_deleted
30-12-2009, 10:51
can you not buy a 10 quid 2.5 inch enclosure bung the old drive in that and then just copy it back to the new drive? least then you will end up with a usefull 60 gig external hdd
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-5-inch-SATA-to-USB-eSATA-External-Enclosure-HDD-Case_W0QQitemZ200361526284QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Co llectables_HardDriveEnclosures_RL?hash=item2ea67a4 40c
Tezcatlipoca
30-12-2009, 14:46
I don't think that would work - I'm pretty sure the contents of the drive would not be readable by anything other than a PS3. [EDIT ...and that the drive would need to be *in* the PS3 for the PS3 to read it. If the drive was in an enclosure & used as an external USB HDD, the PS3 would only read it if formatted in FAT32].
wwe - what have you actually filled your PS3's HDD with? What do you have on there that definitely needs to be backed up? DLC does not need to be backed up, as it can be re-downloaded. Game installs do not need to be backed up, as you just re-install them. Game saves obviously need backing up. What do you have? What has taken up so much space that you "can't play any new games"?
i filled it with ps3 games i got 3 videos on from psn it saids i got 1962mb space free what do orther people use to backup there data couse once i found out what to get them im going to buy 1 of the hard drive that was said on page 1 in this fourm from play
Tezcatlipoca
02-01-2010, 19:10
Any game data which has been installed from a disc-based game can simply be re-installed once the new HDD is in.
Any games downloaded from PSN should be linked to your account and can be re-downloaded once the new HDD is in.
Videos downloaded from PSN should also be linked to your account and can be re-downloaded once the new HDD is in.
When I swapped drives, all I backed up was my game saves. I just copied them over to a USB memory stick. Easier than using loads of space for a full backup to a USB external HDD
However... I believe that there are some games whose game saves cannot be copied & must be properly backed up via the backup function. Dunno which games, but a simple test is to just try & copy the saves.
If you want to play it safe, buy or borrow an external USB2 HDD with enough space to do a full backup of your PS3.
hi i got a 64gb usb stick and its not picking it up it will find my orther usb sticks but not this 1 how come?
hi i got a 64gb usb stick and its not picking it up it will find my orther usb sticks but not this 1 how come?
I am guessing it is not formatted as Fat32 as Fat32 can only format up to 32Gb drives. But the PS3 needs a Fat32 drive to backup to.
I just read your previous thread about what do people use to backup their data, I didn't think there were other options apart from the one built into the PS3 OS but even if there were I would use the PS3 one as thats what it is there for!
I upgraded my PS3 to a 320Gb drive last night and it was completed in about 1 and a half hours which includes the time it took to backup and restore my data.
Everything is back as it was but with all the extra capacity.
Graham M
14-01-2010, 13:21
Playstation 3 only understands FAT32, take it the stick is formatted NTFS?
Edit: teach me to walk away before replying lol
I am guessing it is not formatted as Fat32 as Fat32 can only format up to 32Gb drives. But the PS3 needs a Fat32 drive to backup to.
I just read your previous thread about what do people use to backup their data, I didn't think there were other options apart from the one built into the PS3 OS but even if there were I would use the PS3 one as thats what it is there for!
I upgraded my PS3 to a 320Gb drive last night and it was completed in about 1 and a half hours which includes the time it took to backup and restore my data.
Everything is back as it was but with all the extra capacity.
how did you back it all up
zing_deleted
14-01-2010, 13:31
I am guessing it is not formatted as Fat32 as Fat32 can only format up to 32Gb drives. But the PS3 needs a Fat32 drive to backup to.
I just read your previous thread about what do people use to backup their data, I didn't think there were other options apart from the one built into the PS3 OS but even if there were I would use the PS3 one as thats what it is there for!
I upgraded my PS3 to a 320Gb drive last night and it was completed in about 1 and a half hours which includes the time it took to backup and restore my data.
Everything is back as it was but with all the extra capacity.
That is not correct
XP and windows 2000 had that limitation built into it by design. FAt32 drives can be much much larger
Windows XP and Windows 2000 limit partition creation to no larger than 32GB on FAT32. This limitation is by design: Microsoft wants you to use NTFS for large drives. If you use Windows Me or Windows 98 to format a drive, XP and Win2K can use a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB; however, these OSs can't create the partition. Also, keep in mind that when you use ATA/IDE hard disks larger than 127GB, you might need to update your computer's or hard disk controller's BIOS to properly support those larger drives.
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/38803/understanding-file-size-limits-on-ntfs-and-fat.html
The maximum possible number of clusters on a volume using the FAT32 file system is 268,435,445. With a maximum of 32 KB per cluster with space for the file allocation table (FAT), this equates to a maximum disk size of approximately 8 terabytes (TB).
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;184006
Just cuz an OS does not allow it does not mean it can not be done ;)
how did you back it all up
I had a 16Gb USB pen formatted to Fat32. I had 13Gb of data so it wasn't a problem.
You will have to bite the bullet and delete some stuff before doing a backup. Like has been said previously if you have downloaded stuff from the PSN store you can delete it and then download it again after you have upgraded you don't have to pay again.
Also go into Game Data and remove old game data (Games you no longer have or no longer play) and maybe Game updates, some of these game updates can be pretty big, then when you run the game after the HDD update it will just download it again.
Tezcatlipoca
14-01-2010, 20:20
Just cuz an OS does not allow it does not mean it can not be done ;)
Yup.
I have used this previously to format drives in FAT32:
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm
Simple & free.
my usb i got saids its at exfat
can u use a Ethernet cable and back it all up to your labtop?
WWE
I don't mean to be rude but you seem to be trying to make things harder for yourself than you need to!
I am almost certain that you would not be able to transfer the data via ethernet to a laptop and if it was possible it would not be easy.
Why don't you listen to the advice you have been given and use a USB pen? OK yours is exfat so just reformat it to fat32 problem solved!
If it isn't big enough for your data then just back up your game saves which will not require much space at all. Games and game patches can then be downloaded to your new bigger drive as and when you need them.
Other data such as music or films, you put them on there originally so put them back on when your hard drive is replaced.
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