External HDD to use for File transfer on PS3

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Hey guys,

Well as with most people lately I've managed to fill up my PS3 HDD so it's time to upgrade.

I've sourced a 500GB to pop in the machine & I've looked at a few guides on here about doing it but I'm just wondering what kind of External HDD to use to back all the data to before I swap drives over.

I only have a mains powered external HDD to use & that already has stuff on it that I need to keep so am I ok to use this or do I need to use a USB powered drive?

Thanks in advance

Neil

[J0e Musashi]

You need to connect a USB HDD to the PS3, then back up the internal HDD to it. It can be mains or USB powered. It needs to be FAT32 though.

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Thanks Daryl

Will check how the External one is formatted & then go from there as it has all my pictures, Videos & music backed up on it so don't really want to have to do anything to it to use it for the transfer

Neil

[djtickle]

Hey Neil,

How big will the backup be? (I think the ps3 will tell you if you click backup even without a drive plugged in)

I have a 32gb pen drive I could lend you.

When I did it I removed my games and downloaded them again after the upgrade so that the backup would be small.

[Soundwave]

Hey Neil,

How big will the backup be? (I think the ps3 will tell you if you click backup even without a drive plugged in)

I have a 32gb pen drive I could lend you.

When I did it I removed my games and downloaded them again after the upgrade so that the backup would be small.

Thanks buddy

Hmmm I'll have a look tonight but I reckon if I uninstall the games I might be able to get away with almost nothing to transfer just game saves & profiles

Totally forgot about just being able to re-install later

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

Profiles don't transfer. They are the only thing that stays when you remove a HDD.

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Profiles don't transfer. They are the only thing that stays when you remove a HDD.

Ah right so just saves it is then

And then about a billion hours re-downloading all the stuff I've picked up from the PSN store

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

Yup. Probably best to just back up your saves to memory stick or to the cloud. If you don't have plus, I have a 30 day trial code you can have to back up protected saves.

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Yup. Probably best to just back up your saves to memory stick or to the cloud. If you don't have plus, I have a 30 day trial code you can have to back up protected saves.

Will look for a memory stick when I'm home.

Don't think I can use 30 day trial codes...I had a PS+ after they cocked up with the security all those years ago when you got the 2 free games as well.