Post: How to use ANY ps3 hdd in your ps3 without formatting
02-07-2011, 06:11 PM #1
santino
Are you high?
(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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05-25-2011, 01:59 PM #119
s0ph0r
it isnt m3
One question.

Is it possible with this trick to copy the updated rosters from Fifa11 to my 3.55 hdd?

If anyone answers this, please quote so I notice that you did.
05-26-2011, 02:57 PM #120
w8t4it
Are you high?
Originally posted by santino View Post
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. ok so first THIS WILL ONLY WORK ON CFW I HAVE TESTED IT ON 3.55 KMEAW.


You should update this thread with your new method. Users don't even need CFW to do it by the video method! If you don't I will and I'll link your video..... LOL Very nice THANKS!
05-26-2011, 05:32 PM #121
Axiom
PC Gamer
Aw man, this is brilliant. Too bad I chucked out my old hard drive when my old PS3 YLODed... :(
05-26-2011, 08:21 PM #122
Ok my 60GB orginal PHAT Ps3 YLD after 3.61. Kept my 320GB, got refurb from Sony updated that to 3.61 (im sure this firmware killed my original)

Followed the last video step by step, but ps3 starts looks like its gonna work then asks to format the drive?

Any ideas what I may be doing wrong?? desperate to get back a video of my daughter when she was just two....:shh:

ANyone had any success with 3.61
05-26-2011, 09:03 PM #123
ClutchLikeObama
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Why are people still posting & bumping this thread? This shit doesn't work. Look through every single page and you'll see that not one person has confirmed this working.
05-26-2011, 09:35 PM #124
CyberNomadic
Web Developer
Originally posted by santino View Post
Great i made this so people can save their stuff im happy i helped all of you


So does this mean that I can take my 3.61 console's HDD and put in my 3.55 and then change the patches and then put it back in my 3.61?? If this is true then this is way faster than data transfer utility
05-26-2011, 11:01 PM #125
-O-Z-Z-A-8-8-
At least I can fight
Originally posted by ClutchLikeObama View Post
Why are people still posting & bumping this thread? This shit doesn't work. Look through every single page and you'll see that not one person has confirmed this working.


i was hoping that this works so that i can switch my 60gig to my 80gig which was in my cfw ps3

i updated it to 3.61 then deactivated my psn account from that ps3 before throwing it in the bin

i just dont want to **** up my system now trying to put the 80gig in
05-28-2011, 06:57 AM #126
so no one actually have this working?
05-28-2011, 07:13 AM #127
Mr.Major
Need something? Just ask!
Anyone want to buy my hdd with a mw2 xp lobby patch on it?

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