Hard Drive Swap. FAQ Thread

[THEMAN]

you could use a small plier - can't remeber what they're called. something-nose (bullnose?), use that to grip and twist to losen the screw.
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[BurnZ]

[THEMAN]

^ apparently the same thing according to google image search
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[Maikii]

Crisis averted, game repair shop removed the screws, new HDD installed.

[nadslaing]

My 320GB Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 arrived today (a birthday present).

So I had to download my saves etc to my bro's i-pod (it wouldn't work with my i-phone, very lame) and then do the swap.

Currently D/L'ing Warhawk and expansion packs etc again. I was able to transfer videos across though without any problems.

After all was said and done, I had 261GBs left after the HDD formatting.

All in all, it was a fairly hassle free process. The worst part for me was transferring all the saved games from different accounts onto the new HDD.

Also, it would have been great if there was a 'copy all' feature for all the saved game files and PS/PS2 save files. This meant I had to individually copy everything onto the i-pod, and then everything back onto the new HDD one by one. (Note: I was able to copy all the video files from the i-pod in one hit though, so that was good)

One other thing I've noticed with the new HDD is that the video files play now when I'm in the video section of the XMB. I swear they didn't play with the old HDD. Anyone else notice this?!
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[Chopbusted]

[nadslaing]

Oh my...I am...an IDIOT.

And the video files playing in the XMB. Did that always happen? Or does it happen for you now after the HDD change?
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[BurnZ]

Yup, video files stored on the PS3 always had animated thumbnails. (Apart from the videos downloaded from the PS Store for some reason)
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R.I.P. DEJA VU - 21/08/2010
R.I.P. Tanya - 16/04/2011

[nadslaing]

Hmmm...where do you get your videos from then?

All of my videos are downloaded from the PS Store. But these videos were D/L'ed from the store and transferred across to the new HDD. Then they worked...so that's quite strange.
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[john_solids]

if you download off the store you can change the thumbnail then it will play a small clip of it. but the ones from outside automatically have them, so i would say transferring them to a new hdd made it like a video from an outside source.
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[nadslaing]

Oh, so is there a setting you can change to see the thumbnails play?
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[BurnZ]

[Buttmouth]

^ I did that for Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The bit with the gratuitous naked male genitalia. Hilarious icon.

I'm so happy we live in a world where you don't even have to load the whole movie to see the grossest 15 second scene.
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[nadslaing]

How did you copy it to the HDD though?
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[BurnZ]

Using an external HDD, USB stick etc.
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R.I.P. DEJA VU - 21/08/2010
R.I.P. Tanya - 16/04/2011

[nadslaing]

I'd love to put DVDs on my PS3. How do you do it? Or is that a new thread entirely?
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[BurnZ]

New thread, well someone posted something about that, I think it was in the Entertainment section.
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R.I.P. DEJA VU - 21/08/2010
R.I.P. Tanya - 16/04/2011

[Guv77]

Ok just to be sure, when backing up your ps3...

I have a couple of different users made up, so when i back it up do i have to do this for all users or it will do this for all of them

Any help would be appreciated...

The Guv
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[Chopbusted]

^ I'm pretty sure that if you use the Backup Utility in the System Menu, it will backup everything (including multiple users).

Just try it, you will still have all your data on the original drive if it doesn't work (but I'm 99.9% sure it will).
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[Felonioustub]

Yep, when you do a back up, it does everything for all the accounts. I've got a few different ones and didn't have any issues.
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[nadslaing]

I was stupid enough not to use the backup feature, and my accounts were still there with the new HDD installed. Just my messages were not copied over.
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[Felonioustub]

Basically, your account info isn't stored on the Hard Drive but in your PS3 so when you change the hard drive, your accounts will still be as you left them but anything you downloaded, stored or saved will not be unless you back up but you can always redownload any purchases and demos.
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[Guv77]

Thank you, i appreciate the info, just gotta wait for the new HDD to arrive :

Then comes the fun part, my geek senses are tingling

The Guv
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[nadslaing]

Which HDD did you go for?
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[mikezilla2]

lets say in need a 300GB HDD from a shop what kind of HDD will i need to ask for ?
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