How to Upgrade / Replace Hard Drive on Playstation 3 (PS3)

A tutorial on how to upgrade / replace the hard drive (2.5" notebook drive) on a Sony Playstation 3. This tutorial walks you through the quick steps in order to do a successful replacement of the hard drive in just a couple of quick steps. It is an upgrade that practically anyone can do in less than 15 minutes!

For more information:
http://www.somelifeblog.com/2009/11/ps3-replace-upgrade-hard-drive.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Sony
• Playstation
• PS3
• Hard
• Drive
• Upgrade
• Replace
• Replacement
• 160
• 120
• 100
• 80
• 60
• 20
• GB
• PlayStation 3
• Hard Disk Drive
• Gameplay
• Mod
• Guide
• tutorial
• Installation
• Instructions

[somelifeblog]

Flip Video Mino HD was used and yes, the 160GB drive can be changed.

[ven0m3231]

@somelifeblog the ps3 slim has the 2.5" hdd or different size?

[SuperJonesy93]

soon as i heard 2.5" i just thought ....shit. im trying to do a data transfer from an old drive on to my new system and the so called "knowhow"guy in pc world sold me a bloody 3.5" caddy -.-

[ILoves4x]

Anyone wants to gameshare?

Got Black ops map pack 1,2 and 4. Got mw2 Map pack 2 and i also got fifa 12.

If anyone wants to gameshare with me and tell me what you got, add my psn:

Ertunc-Ownzz

[tegofido]

my old 160 gig ps3 broke down on me since i chipped off a part in the hdmi entrance and i just bought the new 160 gig slim, i wanted to know if i can swap the old memory hd into the (new slim) one and get my old data? thanks

[iNick4G]

@xtian013 look on ebay , all you need is any HDD , any brand but make sure its 2.5 SATA 5400 RPM

[dave5001]

great video, very informative. Just replaced my hard drive from an 80gb to a 500gb, using your video as a guide, many thanks

[xtian013]

where can a buy a new hard drive?

[bellroad123]

Hi , One question, can you tell which Camcoder or which device is used to record the video.

[mastershake4000]

Can you change the 160gb ps3 hard drive?