How to upgrade your PS3 hard drive

[CheeCheezBread]

@suli542, your stuff doesnt go on the ps3 its all on the hard drive, so all the saved stuff and all the updates on your old ps3 hard drive will b the same on your new ps3

[suli542]

im goin to buy a new ps3, so if i keep my hardrive from broken ps3, can it install it to my new ps3 and it will have all my saved data?

[AzMusikNightz55]

1tb hard drive...nuff said...

[xBubba916x]

I have a new hard drive I have the plug to make it an external can I just back it up on that and put that one in the ps3 so I don't need and external?

[MineTimeLaps]

Ok now when I want to back my info dose this still have the same settings as the new updated firmware on 2011 updated ps3 cuz this was when it barly came out lol + when your taking out you info would there be a chance of curoupted data?

[69trollman69]

i put a new 160GB Toshiba 5200 RPM and apparently it only has 57GB?

[ImmaAkira]

@69trollman69 If you had a hardrive in before and restored, all the data from the restore will be on that drive too.

[MrEDDFire]

Hey i have a question, what will happen to your trophies when you upgrade the hardrive?

Thanks in advance :)

[dro205]

@MrEDDFire It won't affect your trophies.  That information isn't stored on your HDD.

[Rey1290]

I have a question, let's say I don't back up my HDD because I don't have an external HDD. If I upgrade to my new HDD, use it, and go back to my old HDD, will I be asked to format it?

[XSevenSonata]

@Rey1290 No.

[Fireaspider]

I can't find a god screwer im afraid to damage the screw T_T

[titfucker1990]

Can somebody please tell me. But I have a 250gb hdd on my Xbox 360, and the 60gb hdd on my ps3. Am I able to take the 250gb hdd from my Xbox and put it into my ps3, and vice versa?? Please if anyone knows let me know k thanks bye.

[midnightdeath2]

@titfucker1990 lol no. 360 uses the bigger desktop hard drive. PS3 uses laptop hard drive.

[randallracer]

y not just use the external hard drive for everything? like. tape it to the ps3 somewhere? lol

[vfmc77]

"Cannot Start.

The correct hard disk was not found."

What can I do Now?

[4c00h]

@vfmc77

I haven't done this before but maybe you should try pre-formatting your hard drive as a FAT32 file system

[mustowe]

and how do you get the back up of the external hard drive back on to the ps3 after reformatting the new hard drive ?

[mustowe]

hello guys I'm thinking about upgrading my ps3 60 GB to a 640gb I'm worried about losing my trophy's and saved games if i back it up does it save everything to the hard drive because otherwise i will just put up with the 60gb because i have over 900 trophy's now and really don't want to lose them thank you for all your help

[lotoex]

@mustowe Trophies are saved to your onlline account, not to the hard drive. Although the new hard drive might read the trophies as no gotten. However you will still have them on your psn card. If you do get the same trophy again it does NOT give you credit for it twice. I hope that helped.

[WhiteLionness]

Once I replaced my 60gb hard drive with a 500gb (the one that this video recommended), I noticed my system will lock up occasionally for 5 seconds or so. At the same time it locks up, I noticed the yellow HDD access light stays lit constantly. It always unfreezes, but it's annoying, and distracting.

I tried re-reformatting, and I even took back the 500gb HD to Best Buy to get it swapped for another, no luck. Can someone PLEASE help me? Thanks!

[PlaystationNation2k9]

Ok, so I have a problem. I have a 40Gb PS3 (fat), and I have a new 500Gb Samsung hard drive, and it;s the appropriate 2.5inch SATA drive etc. I did everything to the letter in the video, except for letting the PS3 cool down first. After replacing the hard drive and everything, I start the PS, but comes up with a message straight away saying:

"Cannot start

A compatible hard drive cannot be found." (or something along those lines).

All I can do is turn off the PS. That's it.can someone help?

[Wabisuke05]

@PlaystationNation2k9 did you check the rpm? it needs to be 5400 RPMs

[PlaystationNation2k9]

@Wabisuke05 Uh yes it was. But I found a solution. I've used an old 320Gb hard drive from my old laptop. It works fine. The only difference between my current 320Gb drive, original 40Gb drive and the 500Gb drive I bought, was that the 500Gb one has an extra port connector. It was four little pins beside the normal connector... The other two drives don't have that, and looking inside the drive slot in my PS I can see that there aren't ports for those four pins. So that must have been the problem.

[garrettmalo]

I upgraded mine to a terabyte

[JustAnime4Me]

i bought a 40gb ps3 and upgraded it to a 500gb, can it play ps2 games

[PlaystationNation2k9]

@JustAnime4Me lol no. It doesn't magically make your PS have backwards capability. You'll need the appropriate software updates and then download the games from PSN if you want to play PS2 or PSX games.

[chadscrap]

if you have gameshared or dlcs will those transfer over?

[Jaydendabestest]

ive got yellow light of death on a 2008 ps3. I am considering getting a new ps3 slim...can i put that hardrive from the old ps3 and onto the new ps3 somehow?



[SnipeMeNot]

@Jaydendabestest yea they're using the same hard drive

[newleaf1000]

Very helpful THANK YOU … subed and faved

[kyriakos98apoel]

if i do this i will have to install again all the map packs i had download?

[TheresNoMoreAmmo]

Could someone please reply to my question because i might do this.

If i save my game data into my Flash drive, will the DLC be saved or will i need to download and install all my DLC over again?

[MrSupernice10]

if i upgrade will i have to reset all my internet connections?

[pedi007]

@MrSupernice10 I don't think so. You'll back up all your files on a external HDD. Just upgrade your HDD I changed my 40 gb for a 320 without any problem

[ceeeke707]

HDD Scorpio/500GB 2.5" SATA 5400rpm 8MB does this also works for the ps3 of not ?

[ASIANphantom]

@ceeeke707 that hdd works perfectly with the playstation

[ceeeke707]

@ASIANphantom thanks =)

[MrJohn580]

sup APFAQ...i bought a 320gb drive for my ps3 40gb.. when i install my new hard drive it doesnt recognize the new drive... the message i get is it at i need a drive that has a ver. 3.11 or greater... so can anyone tell me wat i did wrong or need to do?

[Aaronx3Sally]

@MrJohn580 go to the playstation website and download the current firmware to a usb drive. when you boot up the ps3, (with the usb carrying the update plugged in), press START and SELECT at the same time, and it'll load the update, then you can continue on and load the back-up data. hope this helps anyone who reads this.

[borracho8A]

does the external hard drive have to be empty

[fuzzydude64]

Do I HAVE to install (these games specifically) Ultimate Ninja Shippuden: Ninja Storm 2, GTA IV, and RE5 game data to play them? Or can I play them without installing? Atm I don't have the money to do all this. So an answer would be appreciated.

[daleyisbest]

@fuzzydude64 Yeh you have to install all those games and unfortunately they also take up allot of memory each all of them from around 4-5GB

[Aaronx3Sally]

@fuzzydude64 i know that GTA IV needs installed data. not sure about the rest

[TheMotorstormer]

if i wanted to, could i put in a 1TB drive in a 40GB model?

thanks for tutorial too, really handy.

[AsteroidTV]

@TheMotorstormer Yes, You Can Put Anything Into It

[xXxTheDemonBossxXx]

I have a 40GB ps3 and when I was about to download the new black ops map pack is says there's no space...though there's 14GB\38GB space...so if I upgrade my ps3 hard drive will the data I left on the old hard drive go away? PLEASE HELP!

[ssgoku89]

@xXxTheDemonBossxXx Yes if you do not back up all of the things that you would like to keep then it will be gone. Unless the things that you want to save are just your games then if you have PS Plus you can save all of them online. I have done it and it can be a pain but it is worth it!

[xXxTheDemonBossxXx]

@ssgoku89 I havn't bought the new hard drive and it's sill a pain! do you know how much is it? 250GB and 320GB...

[MysterE96]

Can you use the old hard drive to copy the files to the new one?

[Adam2KAII91]

What do u get? A 2.5 inch or 3.5 inch?

[Juankinator]

@Adam2KAII91 you ned to get a SATA 2.5 inch 54000 RPM hard drive

[roccoownzu2]

Why wouldn't you just put the old HDD in an external drive casing?

[ukzassassin1]

Hi ..

I'm running out of memory on my ps3 so I was wondering if I were to restart my playstation would I get all my memory back ,, just like when I got it???

[dadon04]

Recommended External hdd? How do I know if its formatted for fat32?

[dragnfr39]

@dadon04 i lovew how they tottally disregard the most important part, which is formatting -.-

[badams2190]

@dragnfr39 because thats pretty common knowledge in pc community. If you can't format a drive what made you believe you could go out and upgrade you're own ps3 hard drive in the first place. Beside they didn't go into depth with that because that is on the pc end and that is only for backing up save data ect. Not what the video is actually about.

[dragnfr39]

@badams2190 i built my pc. i know how to format a hard drive. and ur right its "common knowledge in the pc community" but wer talking about playstation3. unless these people derived from pc gaming, i assume alot of them dont know how to format a drive.

half the people watching this video are people who have a full drive on there ps3 and cant play anymore games cuz it wont fit. so people like this need to know how to format. that is y i expected it in this video.

thank you -.-

[maxythecuber]

Can I just buy a a Normal Hard Drive open it up and install it ? or should it be a Laptp Hardrive ?

[rendezvous65]

@maxythecuber It has to be laptop as a regular drive is too big for it. A regular Laptop SATA drive will work. I have the Hitachi 750 GB drive and it works great. 0J11563 is the model number for that particular hitachi drive, but there are plenty of 2.5" SATA drives out there. You can use a 7200 RPM, but mine is 5400 RPM. The factory drive is 5400 RPM and that's what Sony recommends.

[JackVolnutt]

Yeah, this is gonna sound dumb but where can I buy the enclosure for the old HD I'm gonna end up having? I mean, I could use the extra external HD for my netbook...

[rendezvous65]

@JackVolnutt Amazon sells it, and I have a Vantec NextStar XT and it's pretty cheap, only $10. Newegg also has it.

[punkthrasher13]

where can you buy a new hard drive?

[EdgeRatedR007]

@punkthrasher13

all over the internet. newegg amazon ebay etc. just google it. if you want to buy it in stores, bestbuy should do it. just make sure it is ps3 compatible. people will usually point it out though

[mcz1945]

if i am using the backup utility, does the hd i am backuping to needs to be formated, or can there still be other stuff on it ?

[Kalikizz7o2]

Just 2-3 days ago i swapped my 40gb for a 500gb 2.5inch western digital SATA 5400 rpm hard drive....i opened the 500gb hard drive box and it turned out it was a 640gb hard drive w/ a letter saying i was rewarded an extra 140gb of free space....so basically im just bragging here but i hope it gives you an idea on what to buy ;) XD

[SickAlchemist]

@Kalikizz7o2 how much did you pay for that 500 gig hard drive and from where bro?

[Kalikizz7o2]

@SickAlchemist about a 100 dollars at best buy ::)

[UFMAkarateboy]

Is the hard drive the main heart of the system memory.? If it is can u remove it and put it on a new ps3 and your memory well be saved right.?

[seeall24123]

@UFMAkarateboy 

[ati832]

sonys shitty screws do not open fucking tramps

[seeall24123]

@ati832 i had this problem too. i just use a wider phillips



[AgentCell]

after you format your new ps3 hardrive, do you still keep the current firmware?

[seeall24123]

@AgentCell you might have to download it again. easy fix. go to the ps3 website. very bottom of the screen is the most updated firmware

[Waye7]

Also when you back up your hard drive do you have to re install all your games when you put the new hard drive in.

[Waye7]

Ok so I just bought a 500gb external hd and it won't format to FAT32 so does anyone have any recommendations on what brand of external to buy

[notherealslimshady]

@Waye7 if you have a basic knowledge of computers then google fat32format.exe download and click on the link to the ridgecorp website, and follow the directions

[Bishop2563]

@Waye7 connect the external to your computer. once its done loading any plug n play, right click MY COMPUTER. click MANAGE. once a window opens, double click DISK MANAGEMENT. you will find your external listed there as well as yoru C drive and D drive. Right clik your external (assuming you have nothing important stored in the external and only want to format it as fat 32) hard drive and click FORMAT. follow the wizard box and you will be asked for a format, change it from NTFS to FAT32. tada:)

[Bishop2563]

@Waye7 Either that or go to MY COMPUTER and right click on your external hard drive and click FORMAT, and a small windows will appear. check the "quick format" box and change the format from NTFS to FAT32. Hope this helps man.

[TripperTheDon]

I just slapped in a 500 GB (WD Blue Scorpio/SATA) with a tad bit f help thanks to you and your post.

just remind everyone to upgrade the PS3's OS before doing the HDD swap!

and FYI i got mine (500GB) for 59.99.....250gb for 49.99..... ummm Turtle Where they do that at? lol j/k

[kailowicz]

mam mały problem mam monit o oprogramowaniu 3.15 lublepszej o oc chdzi

[therynKindla]

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[TheTurtleMonkeys]

How much 250 gb cost?

[CowFreeMC]

@TheTurtleMonkeys I just bot a 250gb for 42.99 but it was on sale. the original price was 69.99.

[TheTurtleMonkeys]

How much 250gb cost and where can I buy it?

Sata 2.5"

[TheHephaestus16]

guys I need help I forgot my ps3 account password but that's not the real problem "I can't get it back" what I want to know is If I backed up data to other HDDs will I still keep my account and trophies ?

[kodkillen96]

i just got a 160gb harddrive and its not working when i go to the recovery menu i press to format but it just restarts PLEASE HELP ME THANKS

[MrYesmanII]

will the storage size of the Hard drive determine compatability with my 40gb PS3? i want to upgrade but i don't want to get a drive and find out it doesn't work. so as long as it's a SATA 2.5" drive it'll work?

[hairysaccs]

can i just use my desktop hard drive, do i have to wipe the memory from it?

[SLUSK94]

this video learned me how to install new harddisk THANL YOUU

[BlindZenDriver]

What a waste of bytes. A video which simply repeats what Sony printed in the small manual coming with the PS3. Oh, and they forgot to describe how to restore ones data (not that it's hard).

Also - I wish Microsoft would let you do this on the 360 but oh no one must buy their hugely overpriced drives :-(

[risingphoenix86]

@BlindZenDriver Not a waste of space. Clearly this video has helped many people. Some people are better learning things visually and its better to see this on video before trying out yourself.

[liamwitdre]

@BlindZenDriver Not a waste at all, im changing my hard drive now and this has helped greatly.. not to mention that my ps3 user manual is probably long gone now and i don't really have the time to find it.

[thebookiemonster]

this is great now i can go buy a new hard drive and install it myself thanx

[germanchap]

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!

[dready757]

A question can u save your ps3 account on exertnal hard drive ?

[raycdaddy]

"Type PRIZE before youtube and hit enter"

[xLeThaLtAcOx]

what if you dont wanna back up your files, can you just replace the hard drive without backing it up

[0126925849]

@xLeThaLtAcOx : Yeah u can , just get a HDD whch is bigger in size than ur existing one..so u would be on the safe side..!!

[rozzz3]

i really feel like i wanna punch the guy talking

[bizarreunderworld]

@rozzz3 anger issues, calm down

[PsnIDShMuK]

if i dont back up my files will i lose my downloaded games? or can i just re download them?

[lunatiksAlterEgo]

@PsnIDShMuK yea you can just re download em

[bizarreunderworld]

@PsnIDShMuK anything you paid for you wont lose, it will be tied to your PS3 network account.

[shifatkhan]

WHERE CAN I BUY A HARD DRIVE FOR PS3????? BEST BUY?

[FatherTime89]

@shifatkhan Yes I found some on best buy's website, so I imagine they also sell them in the stores.

[cortes1988]

@shifatkhan Amazon has good prices on 250 and 320 GB's

[sean78921]

@cortes1988 Can you give me like a shopping list on what to buy so i can replace my hard drive

[cortes1988]

@sean78921 Sure

1) Screwdriver. (anything that can fit the screw)

2) External hard drive (to back up your files I think a flash drive can work as well)

3) your new hard drive. (Amazon.com has good prices on 250 500 and 320GB's )

[sean78921]

@cortes1988 Yea but since my hard drive crashed can i still back up my files???

[cortes1988]

@sean78921 Ah it crashed then I don't think you can do it but it that case just try and find out.

[FatherTime89]

Can you back up the data onto a laptop, is there a way to make sure it's phat32 (sp)?

Also what cable do you need for that?

[icametorock1]

@FatherTime89 yes you can do that. all flashdrives are fat 32 format. and you dont need a cable you put the flashdrive into a usb port in front of the PS 3 follow the instructions to save data and then put the flashdrive into a port in your computer and follow those instructions also.

[rubensrosas]

Precisamos uma versão em Portugues!

Ou Legendada!!

Se o Orkut é uma Atividade civica!!

[jdsmak]

DOES IT MATTER IF ITS 'SATA II' OR IT MUST BE 'SATA'?

[hybridflare]

@jdsmak Sata ll

[darroni123]

Does Seagate Momentus 5400.6 500GB SATA 2.5" (8MB Cache / 5400RPM) ST9500325AS Work on Ps3?

[GilgameshFFpianobuff]

@darroni123 Yes. The important thing is that its 5400RPM and 2.5". Just installed the same hard drive in my ps3. 500GB too.

[Macri007]

@darroni123 after i or if i updrade after restore is 100% compete do i umplug the extrnal Hard Drive?

[darroni123]

@Macri007 Yes

[kabobee440]

I have 1TB in mine!!! 160 Is childs play.

[MamaLuigiBarrelRoll]

160? Hell, you can go as high as 320 these days...

[techmode1234]

@MamaLuigiBarrelRoll 500 gb now, I think even 1 tb:)

[Renma2010]

@lissameidinger ...fuck off

[Boffdog24]

So if i do this, - when i go back on my ps3 will it log back into my PSN account???

[shaahin260]

how do i format it to fat 32 please help me ?

[Fisherdude993]

I'm gonna upgrade to 320 GB

[ironmaz1]

will copy-protected saves be backed up?

[samsam24242]

ii upgrad my 40gb ps3 can i play ps2 games on it..?

[reddragoninuyasha]

All that to change a harddrive this is why xbox is better in this area

[LilB4LiFe64]

@reddragoninuyasha

yeah but it also costs more... this isnt to bad to be honest, but yes it is a pain.

[Bertee510]

@reddragoninuyasha lol it takes 5 minutes.. :L

[flame1113]

@reddragoninuyasha too bad xbox doesn't have a 500 gb hard drive, and my ps3 does since I upgraded.

[steamingpoopfart]

my xbox has a 1tb hard drive

[MeGaHaCkErZzZ]

are my savegames stored on my hdd and i would i lose them if i just took it out?

[shughes0589]

Can I use any 2.5 Sata hard drive to replace my current PS3 hard drive

[shughes0589]

Respond to this video...  Can u use any external hard drive do transfer all the data to the PS3 to the external hard drive

[PSGamerReview]

i need to upgrade my hard drive to 500gb because some of my games are 5gb and 40gb is not enough.

[rendezvous65]

@PSGamerReview If you really want extra space you can get a 640GB HDD. Samsung has one on newegg for only 69.99.

[sk8ta100]

I wanna host mw2 challenge lobbies is there a way i can do hacks

[dqn17]

I am getting a 800100f2 error when i try to do a full format of my hard drive. My ps3 also freezes up when trying to load games but it plays blu rays fine. Is it a hard drive problem? can i fix it by replacing hte hard drive?

[gamerelmo123]

My ps3 freezes and has weird lines coming our of every thing with these strange pixels can some one please tell me what it is and how I can fix it? Plz and thanks gamer tag is lopez061

[ez2ciwin]

Can someone help? my ps3 keeps freezing after about 1 1/2 hours of gameplay....it shows random pixels and weird lines.......i've heard replacing the hard drive will wix, is this true? thanks

[chad362wiley]

Eh I wanna host mw2 challenge lobbies is there a way I can hook my ps3 hdd up to my computer and replace the patch with the hacked one plz reply I'll get u in a lobby free If u give me a good answer and leave ur psn name

[btlgeuse]

Hmmm, why did I get a message saying that the PS3 could not boot properly without the proper version update? Why did I have to go to Sony and download the 3.5 version update to an external drive, in a special folder, to get the system to start?

Why was this a pain in the butt? Now, I'm willing to bet, based on your faulty video, that I'm gonig to be missing more than I think. Thanks for noth'n.

[Miniteeny]

You forgot to say that the 5 screws you have to take out, is the shittiest screws in this whole world..

[ICEage1996]

i had a 250 gb and when i was about to download a movie it said i only had 200 gb left and it was new i hadnt downloaded anything. help please

[fshfrghedht64]

yeah but how do u format the external hard drive ?

[PkKingX11]

I purchased my ps3 as 160gb and I was low on that, upgraded to 1TB :L

[nikdimas]

@PkKingX11 1TB works?

[PkKingX11]

nikdimas, Yes it does lol, but its says 958GB tho

[fruitygumball]

this video is incomplete. It doesn't show how to partition the system after swaping the hard drive.

[shadow41093]

can u use any drive

[pedi007]

@shadow41093 It has to be a 2.5 inch SATA Laptop Drive. Just upgraded mine last night :)

[CrewRite]

Xbox 1 uses IDE PATA 3.5inch

PS3 (fat and slim) uses SATA 2.5inch

Xbox 360 uses SATA 2.5inch (requires TorX tool as well)

[WilliamQuikScopedxUx]

Hey i have a problem can you replace the ps3 slims hard drive disk to a ps3 ( the fat ones) hard drive disk?

[FasdeL8tobathe]

What external hard drives will work on the ps3

like can i buy any1 and just format it or somehitng

please tell because id rather buy an external hard drive and have it plugged in on the usb port

[gambit7d]

I just successfully installed a 500 GB drive and it works great they are wrong about the size limit

[MrPrGustavo]

Will I still earn trophies if I hadn't complete a game yet and decide to play it after the operation.

[gambit7d]

@MrPrGustavo Yes you will still earn trophies

The trophies are on your profile and you’re copying your saved games

That is the point of backing up your system