Playstation 3 questions and inquiries?

May be...

how do i do the following on my ps3?:

- change the hard drive... from a 60gb to a 250 or 500 gb hard drive? and where can i buy these types of hard drives?

- back up the data already on my hard drive using an external hard drive? and where can i buy an external hard drive (at least 250 gb) for cheap?

- how to i transfer ps3 data between hard drives? (after i have the new hard drive put in.. how do i get my old data on the new hard drive?)



ps- i live in canada.. so all questions regarding where to buy the items.. please refer me to a canadian retailer/website!





pps- does backing up your data also save all of you psn purchases/accomplishments?



thanks to all who answer!!

HOW TO UPGRADE A PS3 HARD DRIVE

This video has step by step tutorial on how to do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNSytaL9h...





WHAT HARD DRIVES TO USE

Your new hard drive must be:

* No bigger than 500GB, anything under is fine

* A 2.5" Laptop SATA Hard drive (only one which fits in PS3)

* Must run at 5400RPM (anything else will cause instability)



Using the information above just find the best deal you can online, newegg.com or amazon.com are good places for a start. But retailers like Best Buy could also offer a good deal.







HOW TO BACK UP THE DATA ON YOUR ORIGINAL DRIVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNSytaL9h...

The video above also shows you how to save all your existing settings and data onto an external hard drive for the time being.





HOW TO RESTORE YOUR DATA ONTO NEW DISK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNSytaL9h...

Again the same video will show you how to restore all your old data to your new hard drive.

It is a simple process. you need to buy a laptop hard drive or 2.5" Sata drive. you pop off the cover on the side of your unit and the old one will slip out. you'll then put the new one in.



Good luck transferring your current items though. the playstation format won't work if you hook it in to a computer. there are ways of backing up your game saves and player information on a thumb drive but if you have lots of demos or media i doubt you'll be able to take those to the new drive.



There won't be any way to swap information on the fly with the drives, buy a new one from Newegg.com and just throw out the old drive or sell it on ebay

dude, you live in canada and you haven't seen a bestbuy or futureshop flyers?

The fact that you don't even know where to get the hard drive makes it impossible for me to think that you can even do it yourself. For one, if you are talented enough to do it, you would have checked google and youtube for it... not here...

Man, you're better to just stick with the 60. Money is valuable now a days. But then again, im a morman, and i dont believe in value.

Peace brotha.



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