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    Posted: 08 Dec 2009 at 8:33pm
Well, heres the deal, i want to get a new HD and a SATA-USB2.0 cable.  Can i take the new harddrive and connect it witth the SATA-USB to my ps3 via USB, and copy all my info to the new HD and then swap out the old HD with the new HD and be good?  Thanks in advance.  -L.

[ps3]----SataCable----[newHD]


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im pretty sure you can but before anything take out ur old hard drive and put in the new cause the ps3 will need to format it  then take the new one out put on the SATA-USB and do exactly what u said this.... or depending on your harddrive size you can get a smallish one back everything up on that one (usin the ps3s backup option)  put the new hard drive in (wait till it formats) then recover the back up
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Post Options Post Options   Quote SP61gTSupra Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Dec 2009 at 9:11pm
well, i currently have 190G on my current HD, so i would need a HUGE flash drive. :)    But, thanks, ill do that then, sounds good.  Thanks ScareCrow
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well are you using all 190gb if so youporn doesnt take up too much space aha j.k but a external HDD would suffice for backups $100 for 500gb or close to it so not too bad
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Originally posted by ReverendCrow

well are you using all 190gb if so youporn doesnt take up too much space aha j.k but a external HDD would suffice for backups $100 for 500gb or close to it so not too bad
lol, no porn.  I just have all my games install files, saves. about 200 songs, 3 movies, about 20 downloaded games.
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you can do it i'm pretty sure !
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Post Options Post Options   Quote ReverendCrow Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Dec 2009 at 6:30pm
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Originally posted by ReverendCrow

well are you using all 190gb if so youporn doesnt take up too much space aha j.k but a external HDD would suffice for backups $100 for 500gb or close to it so not too bad
lol, no porn.  I just have all my games install files, saves. about 200 songs, 3 movies, about 20 downloaded games.
yeah i have about 100+ movies i use my comp to stream my music and about 10ish games
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Post Options Post Options   Quote GhostofalucarD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Dec 2009 at 7:36pm
So did you get it to work Lunch? I'm going to eventually need to get a new HD myself so im curious if it turned out good for you. My 60GB HD is not nearly enough to hold saved data and my psn purchased games, n im usually deleting things just to dwld and try demos. So let me know, thanks.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Dr4g0v Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Dec 2009 at 6:26pm
You can do it if they have a sata cable in your PS3 i never make a ps3 autopsy ...
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Post Options Post Options   Quote SickNviciouS Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Dec 2009 at 6:49pm
Originally posted by ReverendCrow

im pretty sure you can but before anything take out ur old hard drive and put in the new cause the ps3 will need to format it  then take the new one out put on the SATA-USB and do exactly what u said this.... or depending on your harddrive size you can get a smallish one back everything up on that one (usin the ps3s backup option)  put the new hard drive in (wait till it formats) then recover the back up
 
This is 100% correct.  I did it on my last PS3.
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can you run games off an external usb hard drive?
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Darkn3ss Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Jul 2011 at 7:11pm
Originally posted by BAIN

can you run games off an external usb hard drive?


Try this. It is indeed done before with PS2. This is for the PS3 version tho:


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