Playstation 3 Hard Drive Upgrade

BACK UP your old PlayStation 3 first if you're transferring a hard drive.

NOTES:

- Upon the first start up after upgrading, you may get a message stating "the system software cannot be run properly".
What to do: Get a USB stick or flash card, create a folder and name it PS3. Within that folder, create another and name it UPDATE. Then, go to the Playstation website, download the most recent update, copy it to the memory device, pop it in your PS3 and then press and hold the START and SELECT buttons on the controller. From there on it's pretty straight forward.

- This is a recent 80GB model. Older models have smaller screws on the hard drive case. You will be required to use a very tiny cross-head screw driver and BE CAREFUL. Those screws are EASY to strip.

My quick demonstration of how to upgrade your PS3. There already is a very similar video on my page on how to do this but this is very simple, quick and helpful "remake". I recently got a 500GB HDD for my other PS3 and decided to make another video.

Song: "Big Business" by Tom Trago.

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[Krystian1712]

nice vid! whats the song?

[Dutchley]

Tom Trago - Big Business.

[Rambo1production]

i have a 500GB sata hard drive for sale

for €105

mail me

[Dutchley]

That's $166.08 dollars. 500GB hard drives here cost around 90 - 100 dollars.

[casterlord]

Why do you not respond to anybody's comments.

[MaartenTheBoss]

you should not work on hard drives with that magnetic tip screwdriver...

[TheSuperd316]

Also. Does it have to be brand specific?? Sata?Samsung spinpoint?Scorpio blue?? as long as it's 2.5 and 5400rpm, does brand matter?

[TheSuperd316]

I have the 80 gig hard drive, this will work with it?? Does it improve speed or just more stored memory? Great work my friend,keep it up

[5372john]

can i save all my trophys back on to the new hard drive i would apreshate it if you reply

[JLOGGA]

Cool

[Zachhecrote14]

@Jerest504 yes. I have the cheapest one and so does my friend. He just did this, it's not worth it to pay more for less. 500 GB hard drives can be like $50 so that's a better deal.

[Jerest504]

I have questing. I am going to buy playstation 3 so I should I buy cheapest one and add 500gb harddrive to it when its empty?

[casterlord]

Now that playstation store has the playstation plus you can save your data online then change the hard drive then reinstate your online information and reload all your data

[drichards1089]

instead of a memory stick could i use a external hard drive to save the update on and then install it? cause i just spent all the extra money i had on new internal hard drive and an external hard drive to do the back up. thanks