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Originally Posted by Serpentor You use an external HDD, connect it via USB and go the menu to backup data... It takes a while to backup if you have a lot of stuff. I upgraded to 1T a while back. Backing up and restoring data took a while, other than that, it's very easy.

What gets backed up exactly? I know that games saves and game data is backed up, but what about digital game downloads? I'd hate to have to download all my games again, although to be honest, I probably have less than 80GB of games on my stock PS3 HDD.

Originally Posted by Josh1billion Definitely go with the 1TB, especially if you have PS+. The difference in cost is negligible, so why wouldn't you? I installed a 1TB drive in July and have already used around 400-500 GB of it. I'd be kicking myself right now if I would have settled for a 500GB drive.

I completely agree. I bought a 1TB during Black Friday on Newegg and after installing everything and all the PS+ content we get I think I've already used 200-250 GB and not everything is back on there yet. I have to re-download some items and haven't put in any of my Blu-Rays to see if they need to be installed.

Originally Posted by Cleaner7 I completely agree. I bought a 1TB during Black Friday on Newegg and after installing everything and all the PS+ content we get I think I've already used 200-250 GB and not everything is back on there yet. I have to re-download some items and haven't put in any of my Blu-Rays to see if they need to be installed.

I guess we'll see. I just got my PS+ sub last month, so I haven't accumulated a lot of digital downloads yet. However, since I'm not going to be ready to get a new HDD for another month or two, I guess I'll see what comes down the pipe with regards to the free PS+ games.

the last bundle of Ps+games was the best

Can you backup directly to the new drive, then put that drive in, or do you need a 3rd drive to do that? That adds to the expense unless you've got a drive with enough space available already.

Originally Posted by RCS0926 What gets backed up exactly? I know that games saves and game data is backed up, but what about digital game downloads? I'd hate to have to download all my games again, although to be honest, I probably have less than 80GB of games on my stock PS3 HDD.

Digital games and DLC are also backed-up and restored.

Originally Posted by crunchewy Can you backup directly to the new drive, then put that drive in, or do you need a 3rd drive to do that? That adds to the expense unless you've got a drive with enough space available already.

You can do the back-up if you get an external enclosure for the new drive, but also have to have a PC with adequate storage space in the interim for this.

To do it this way you have to:
Put new drive in external case and format to fat 32
Back-up existing HD to new (external) HD
Copy the back-up data over to a PC
Remove new drive from external case and install/format in PS3
Put old PS3 drive in external case and format to FAT 32
Copy back-up data from PC to external drive
Restore from external drive to PS3

I haven't tried it, but supposedly it works.

Just going to concur with others and say if you have PS+, definitely get a 1 TB HDD.

Originally Posted by waldo21212 Digital games and DLC are also backed-up and restored.

That's good to know.

Originally Posted by Vader582 Just going to concur with others and say if you have PS+, definitely get a 1 TB HDD.

Dangit. I guess I'd better wait for the right deal then.

These are 3.5" drives, right? Is there any way to back up all the stuff currently on the original drive? There are quite a few games that won't be able to be re-downloaded, as my friend let me grab them from his account a while back and I haven't talked to him in a while.

EDIT: Just saw the posts above, thanks!

Originally Posted by Mr. Anderson These are 3.5" drives, right? Is there any way to back up all the stuff currently on the original drive? There are quite a few games that won't be able to be re-downloaded, as my friend let me grab them from his account a while back and I haven't talked to him in a while.

I believe the PS3 uses 2.5" drives.

Originally Posted by RCS0926 I believe the PS3 uses 2.5" drives.

Yes, 2.5". And I think 9.5 mm.

Well shiat, that reduces the number of options available by quite a margin. There does seem to be a 750GB Toshiba on Newegg for 80 bucks, which is the best deal by far. Any good sites to watch for a better bargain?

Originally Posted by elessar123 Yes, 2.5". And I think 9.5 mm.

Yep, 9.5 or 7 mm only. The old 12 mm 2.5" drives won't fit.

Originally Posted by Mr. Anderson Well shiat, that reduces the number of options available by quite a margin. There does seem to be a 750GB Toshiba on Newegg for 80 bucks, which is the best deal by far. Any good sites to watch for a better bargain?

Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVT 750GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive for ~$65

+ $20 off w/ promo code EMCNJNG36, ends 1/9:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136546

The $20-off promo code expires tonight (probably 12am Pacific). It's also Shoprunner eligible.

And just a general heads up: Sony's PS3 backup and restore utilities aren't great. I ran into countless errors when I did my most recent hard drive upgrade, probably due to just one or two corrupted files but of course there was no way determine the culprits. I would end up deleting some game data, retrying, and it would fail again.

At that point I just said "screw it" and redownloaded everything from the PS Store as well as all game data from the original discs.

Originally Posted by Mr. Anderson Well shiat, that reduces the number of options available by quite a margin. There does seem to be a 750GB Toshiba on Newegg for 80 bucks, which is the best deal by far. Any good sites to watch for a better bargain?

Not true. Amazon has the WD Scorpio Blue 750GB HDD on sale for $65. They did a price match of Newegg's offer for the same drive. On Newegg, the price comes up at $85, but there is a $20 rebate coupon that brings it down to $65.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

If you want to save $10, you can go with the 500GB version.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...A3NZU4CU5W041E

If you want to spend an additional $17, you can get the 1TB version.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ADN0E6PSCVEW6

At any rate, you've got options...

I really should do this. I have an external 1TB drive that I use for all my mp3s.

My HDD is always full and I end up having to pick and choose what games I want to keep or delete each week wit the new PS + offerings.

Originally Posted by eldergamer I really should do this. I have an external 1TB drive that I use for all my mp3s. My HDD is always full and I end up having to pick and choose what games I want to keep or delete each week wit the new PS + offerings.

Do you really have that many MP3s?

It's not full.

But these are my lockers full of CD's, so. Yeah, I have a lot