So I got a 400gb hard drive and I was planning on transferring my PS3 files to this new one (I currently have the 40gb in it) and I was wondering, how do I do this? I know it has a transfer option, but that's to another PS3...I want it to a hard drive for the current PS3.
Use the backup function on the PS3. You will need an external FAT32 HDD to do this. This transfers everything, including trophies, games, games bought on PSN, game installs and updates, and save files, including the restricted ones. I've already tried plugging in my PS3 HDD to the PC and it doesn't even recognize a partition there.
The problem is that not even sector by sector copying programs can detect the PS3 partition, at least I haven't found one that has.
I tried the PS3 transfer thing, and I just borrowed my friend's PS3 to transfer it, then put his HDD back in, and everything works perfectly!
Probably not. I do have 30 games though that I can finally keep all installed at the same time, and now I can install the GT5 data
GT5 still takes awhile to load, even with the data install. Just so you know. I have mine with CFW and to read it off of the internal 7200 rpm drive (up from 5400 rpm) still takes awhile. I'd say about 10-12 seconds to load a track. I've never played it off of the disc so I don't know how horrendous of a load time it is. I know FFXIII on a 7200 rpm drive loads just 2-3 seconds in, as opposed to waiting 15 seconds from the disc. If only GT5 were this fast, I'd say it would be worth it. 400 GB will last you a long time. I've got entire games ranging from 20-40 GB (Final Fantasy XIII and Killzone 3 are 40 GB apiece) on my 500 GB drive and I have yet to fill it completely, and that's with mandatory data installs (which do nothing but waste space on a CFW PS3). There aren't enough good games for the PS3 to fill 400 GB full of data installs. Not yet anyway. And dude, if you bought all 30 games new right when they were released, that's about $1500-$1800. Damn.
