PS3 NEW HARDRIVE QUESTION...

marko91 · 13-04-2009 11:15am #1

i have a new 160gb hardrive on delivery to my house and im wondering if their is any way to transfer the movies,game saves,map packs etc from the hardrive in mt ps3 to the new one?any help would be appreciated:o

noodler · 13-04-2009 12:30pm

What size is the one in your ps3? 40, 60, 80gb?

You will need an external HDD of about the same size (An Ipod/other HDD Mp3 player would work would work if you didn't have one-as long as it big enough). If you have space issues then maybe you could delete demos or transfer music/Videos to your PC cos I am sure what you really want to back up is game saves, installs and PSN games on your HDD.

Anyway, then you plug in the device and from System Settings just choose Backup Utility (It will take a while).

Once your new HDD is properly installed then just hook up your external device to the PS3 and choose the Restore option from Daily Backup.

(You might want to purchase an enclosure for your old HDD so you can use it as a External HDD-They cost about 20e or less).

marko91 · 13-04-2009 12:51pm

i have a 40GB PS3....i have 13 movies on it, 0 music, only game saved on the ps3 is crash bandicoot so its really small, yes i want to keep game saves and my cod4 and cod5 map packs(i got them from a friend so i cant redownload them from psn store....ur right the movies arnt too important...is it possible to back up to cd?cos ive no external hardrive tingy or could i use a memory stick?...i dont really wana spend more money on backing up my game saves and map packs....i dont actualy NEED this upgrade i just chose to want it:(...i wish i could just not have bought it lol

noodler · 13-04-2009 12:54pm

Transfer all the movies to a PC using your memory stick (I imagine it will take a while).

Then delete them from the PS3 HDD. Check see how much space you are still taking up at that stage (It will need to be less than whatever your memory stick holds to do the backup-probably unlikely unless you have a large stick).

marko91 · 13-04-2009 12:58pm

i have a 1GB mp3 player i think they can be used as memory sticks yes?to be honest the game saves arnt that important either its just the map packs lol is their a way to back them up?or will i have to ask my friend can i download them again?

noodler · 13-04-2009 1:25pm

You can't back up games or DLC individually. It is either via the Backup utility or nothing.

Downloading them again wouldn't be a huge deal, would it? Should only be a few hundred MBs.

marko91 · 13-04-2009 1:32pm

at the moment im putting all my movies onto my laptop....if i delete all my movies and the posn demos and the crash bandicoot about how much memory will the system tingy need?my friend said he would let me downlaod the map packs anways but im just wondering...cheers for the help btw:D

i have another question......the movies i copy to my laptop when i try play them on windows media player i can hear it but no video comes up but when i plug the mp3 player back into the ps3 it works fine...weird.

noodler · 13-04-2009 3:00pm

Ah come on man, how on earth would I know how much space a system backup on your ps3 would take. Once youve taken everything off it you can just chech system settings and then system information (I think) to check how much space is currently being taken up on the HDD.

Niall0 · 13-04-2009 4:06pm

marko91 wrote: »

i have another question......the movies i copy to my laptop when i try play them on windows media player i can hear it but no video comes up but when i plug the mp3 player back into the ps3 it works fine...weird.

You need to install the required codecs on your laptop
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PS3 NEW HARDRIVE QUESTION...

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