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Playstation 3 HDD Replacement Mini-Guide


Labeled With  sony playstation 3
Written by DM on Tuesday, November 21 2006






As soon as you boot up the console, the PS3 will detect that the HDD is not formatted, and it will ask you if you would like to format. You must select yes twice, because they want you to be sure that you realize you will be destroying all the data. Of course, you pick yes.




Once the HDD is formatted, which takes less than 2 minutes, the unit will ask you to reboot. Once you have done so, you can do into the settings menu option in the PS3 OS. Then choose system settings, and then finally system information. There you will see a display of the HDD space on your console. If you have done everything correctly, you will see that the HDD space now reflects the amount of space on the replacement drive. Keep in mind, about 15 to 20 GB of space will be taken up by the PS3 for system use, so do not be alarmed when the HDD space measurement comes up short.




To answer your question before you ask, the only thing that gets erased is game saves. Your network ID info, your console settings, and even the 1.10 update all remain in place when you do this HDD swap. Neat eh?

There you have it folks, easy as pie. Of course, if you choose to perform this modification, GamersReports accepts no responsibility if you break or otherwise harm your console. As always, if you are not sure you can perform the mod without damaging your hardware, do not do it at all.

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