PS3 Hardrive Question?

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My ps3 harddrive only has about 500 mb left,, and im wondering is there anyway to buy a new one and put all your data onto the new one.. Can it be done at gamestop, and how much will a bigger hard drive cost

Yes there is ! I recommend buying the Samsung Spinpoint 2.5" M6 500GB 5400 rpm ! They go for around $90.00 although I bought mine back in Jan 2009 for $87.00 before shipping and handling ! I recommend buying from newegg as they have excellent shipping and customer service !



Now you will have to manually back up your data from your current drive to export it to your new HDD ! To do that you will need to use the PS3's built-in backup utility !



The PLAYSTATION 3 system's Backup Utility feature can be used to create a back-up of all data from the PLAYSTATION 3 system's Hard Disk Drive (HDD) on a removable storage media (such as, USB storage device, MemoryStick, SD Memory Card, or CompactFlash. This feature can also be used to restore data that has already been backed up.



For more information regarding the Samsung HDD and the PS3's backup utility, click the links below !



NOTE: Keep in mind that your new HDD must be a SATA 2.5" 5400rpm notebook HDD ! Anything else will not work !



Also gamepro.com has an excellent how to article regarding HDD upgrade ! I included the link below as well !

You can do many things before actually needing to replace your hard drive. To answer your question: Gamestop will not do it (not that I know of). Also, it's possible to put your data on to a new hard drive, but you'll need to copy it to an external hard drive, or some sort of portable memory device (something like a memory stick).

I suggest you try to delete some of the game installs for games you are not playing anymore. You can also try to delete some of the messages you've received/sent to your friends. Things like that will free up some space.

Why the heck would you have a Gamestop or Best Buy do it for you? A 5 year old can replace the PS3 hard drive; its seriously that easy.



Use any 2.5 SATA hard drive that spins at 5400 RPMs. You will also need an external hard drive with enough space to back up all the data on your PS3 through the Backup Utility.



A 500 GB, the biggest available replacement, should cost about $90 or so.

You can't use an external hard drive. The ps3 doesn't recognize them. I know because I've tried. Replacing the HDD in the ps3 is easy. It tells you in the instruction manual for the system how to do it. The HDD will cost around 150-200 dollars. Putting your save data on a flash drive is your best bet since the data is such a small size.

You should be able to hook up any external drive to you ps3. If you want a internal one, I'm not sure many places can do that. Except sony or best buy. I've been wondering this myself, but I'm just going to opt for a external. Seems to be a better and cheaper option.

Best Buy will install a larger hard drive and transfer your old data



http://www.bestbuy.com/site//olspage.jsp...

PS3's HDD can be replaced with any 2.5" SATA 5400 rpm HDD.