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    I'm in the process of replacing my 120gb hard drive in my ps3 slim with a 500gb one

    I signed up to psplus and they have loads of free full games to download. many close to 20gb each!!

    I got a brand new 500gb seagate 2 1/2 5400rpm drive for under 70 bucks shipped from ebay

    thank goodness for youtube, I would be lost without info on there

    the backup drive you move everything must be formatted in a special fat format, i got a program on line called fat32format 1.03 to do that

    then you need to get the latest update from sony and load that on a thumbdrive in a file called PS3 and folder named update.

    between moving info and different formatting this is an all day project, the easiest part will be installing the actual drive in the ps3

    I'm in the first part of backing transfering now, I'll let you all know how it progresses in future posts
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    well the old drive is out and the new drive is in, that took less than 5 mins

    this guy's video really helped me out on this

    PS3 1TB Hard Drive Upgrade - COMPLETE Software and Hardware Walkthrough - YouTube

    I put in thumb drive, got system info transfered, then went thru sony signup and plugged in my external drive with backup on it.

    all data is transfering over, time started to finish restore is 5 hours
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    well now its says 1 hr 15 mins to full restore

    here's a few more pics while I wait

    its looking successfull so far
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    its alive

    everything is back to where it was before i started and I have almost 400gb free

    not bad for a 72 year old geezer
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    Default Re: PS3 installing bigger drive

    Wow, thank you for posting this. I have been wanting to upgrade mine but have been hesitant to try.
    "Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well."
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    well i paid 57.00 with shipping for the brand new 500gb seagate drive

    and just sold the old ps3 120gb drive for 21.75, after fees I upgraded for around $39.00

    each drive is setup for your ps3, so, when someone else installs it in their ps3, sony will automatically reformat it

    I bought a used 640gb drive for $46.00 shipped and put that in the usb drive enclosure i had bought for 7.99 shipped that i had wanted to use with the 120GB drive.
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    Default Re: PS3 installing bigger drive

    Quote Originally Posted by luckydog View Post
    ...not bad for a 72 year old geezer
    You Rock. My venerable Pop, at 75, can do wonders sometimes too. He just drive swapped his TiVo without even bugging me.

    Don't sell yourself short. Y'all did invent most of this stuff!
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