Hard Drive Restore

ID: 1155

Description: The Sony PlayStation 3 can serve as a pretty...

Steps:

  1. When you power up, the PS3 will have to format the new hard drive.
  2. You may see a message similar to the following, 'The system software cannot be run correctly...Insert storage media that contains update data of version 4.11 or later, and then press the START and SELECT buttons at the same time...'.
  3. If you are trying to restore a backup to your new hard drive, and, after following the steps from the previous message, you receive an error message similar to the following, 'The data is corrupted (8002F225)', then you may need to grab the latest PS3 System Software Update from http://us.playstation.com/support/system... before the system will be able to format the new drive.
  4. Hit 'X' and continue until the formatting is complete.
  5. Once the formatting is done, go to the 'Settings' XMB option and select 'System Settings' then go to 'System Information'
  6. You should now see the storage capacity of your new hard drive.
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  7. Now, if you want to restore all of your saved game info, connect your USB hard drive that you used to do the back up on.
  8. Go to the 'Settings' XMB menu, select 'System Settings' and then go to 'Backup Utility'
  9. Select 'Restore' and then select the USB device that should have your backed up data on it.
  10. You should only have one backup to choose from.
  11. The PS3 will reformat the hard drive and copy the backup, this can take up to 2 hours.
  12. Congrats, now you have a PS3 with a HUGE amount of space.
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