How to use ANY ps3 hdd in your ps3 without formatting

02-07-2011, 06:11 PM #1

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); ok i am gonna show you how to make ANY ps3 harddrive work in your ps3 without formatting it so you dont loose info on it. this is great for someone who got a new ps3 and wants to use their old hdd in it.

Here is another way to do it. If YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS METHOD TELL ME ILL HELP THE BEST I CAN THIS SHOULD WORK. I HAVE TESTED ON MULTIPLE CONSOLES. put your real hdd in the system and go into the system restore menu (hold power until turns on and off, then hold again until two beeps) then have nothing else in your console usb wise and then go to system update and press start and select then change your hdd and let it go for a couple of seconds.. then shut the system off and turn it on again with the new hdd still in it and the hdd will work!!

hdd seagate - toshiba now
firmware 3.41 - 3.55 now
60gb - 500 gb now [/COLOR]

AND UR DONE Claps

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09-30-2011, 04:18 AM #209

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OMG lol thats cool

09-30-2011, 04:45 AM #210

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it doesn't work... /facepalm

09-30-2011, 01:22 PM #211

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does this method work with slim ps3s? i got a slim that is lower than 3.60 and my old ps3 ylod and was 3.30 or somethin like that and i wanna get the pics off of the hdd would it work?

09-30-2011, 06:15 PM #212

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will this have a risk in bricking my console on 3.55

10-02-2011, 04:10 PM #213

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so helpful man luv it

10-22-2011, 07:54 PM #214

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if i install cfw to a hdd and another hdd with 3.70 can i just switch them around or will the cfw still be on the ps3

10-23-2011, 12:25 AM #215

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this didn't work for me. i tried putting my 320 gb hdd that was in a 3.72 ofw ps3 into a 120 gb playstation that is on 3.55 cfw. can anyone help me or tell me if im doing something wrong?

10-23-2011, 01:17 AM #216

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needs to be same firmware like i showed on first page

10-23-2011, 02:44 AM #217

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it says no applicable data found before i have time to put my other one in