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PS3 Internal Harddrive

  • 26-12-2008 2:16pm
    #1
    ussjtrunks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭


    I have a couple of questions

    1. is there any website with a guide on how to replace the internal hard drive.

    2. where can I get the hard drives that are compatable with the ps3 and can I get one with between 320 - 500 gbs.


Comments

  • #2
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    There are plenty of guides online - here's one:

    http://www.gamersreports.com/article/43/

    But there are videos, etc on YouTube if you prefer something like that.

    Any SATA 2.5" HDD should work fine, though you may want to stick to a 5400RPM as the faster 7200RPM ones may cause excess heat (but maybe not). Here's a 320GB:

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=343402

    and a 500GB:

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=378960


  • #3
    Vic Vinegar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,241 ✭✭✭Vic Vinegar


    How would you get your game saves back on the PS3 afterwards? can you just save them onto a usb stick?


  • #4
    Rev Hellfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭Rev Hellfire


    Assuming you have a spare external drive you can backup your current drive onto that, stick the new internal one in, and restore.


  • #5
    Daemos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭Daemos


    Does it keep all the updates, and programmes like Home, when you do it?


  • #6
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    Bombleswizzum wrote: »
    How would you get your game saves back on the PS3 afterwards? can you just save them onto a usb stick?

    Yep, you can just use a USB stick - game saves are one of the main things that would be lost during a hard drive swap, so you need a backup before swapping the drives out.
    DaPoolRulz wrote: »
    Does it keep all the updates, and programmes like Home, when you do it?

    It definitely keeps your system updates - not too sure about Home since I couldn't be bothered to install it but there's a good chance it would be preserved, since it is a system component. But other than the game saves, pretty much everything else can easily be re-downloaded anyway...


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