Where did my 11GB go?

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I've only had my PS3 for about two weeks and I already have 11GB "missing".

My system info shows 44/55GB.

All I have on my PS3:

-Resistance Save/Update (130MB+)
-The Darkness Save (2MB)
-Tekken 5: DR Saves + Download (700MB)

Also add in the firmware upgrades. What else could be taking up all that space?
 
[quote name='asianxcore']I've only had my PS3 for about two weeks and I already have 11GB "missing".

My system info shows 44/55GB.

All I have on my PS3:

-Resistance Save/Update (130MB+)
-The Darkness Save (2MB)
-Tekken 5: DR Saves + Download (700MB)

Also add in the firmware upgrades. What else could be taking up all that space?[/QUOTE]
Probably keeps it to help load times like the 360.
 
[quote name='zewone']Probably keeps it to help load times like the 360.[/QUOTE]

Ah, makes sense. I just didn't expect it to take up so much memory.
 
I don't know... that seems like a lot...

I recently put in a 120GB drive though.
But I don't remember my drive being down so much when I first had it fresh.
 
[quote name='dallow']I don't know... that seems like a lot...

I recently put in a 120GB drive though.
But I don't remember my drive being down so much when I first had it fresh.[/QUOTE]

do you think I should put all my saves/downloads onto an SD card, then reformat?

I noticed I could copy my game saves to an SD card but not my downloads. Would I have to download T5DR all over again?
 
[quote name='zewone']Probably keeps it to help load times like the 360.[/QUOTE]
Rei avatar!!!! *fanboy squeal*

Yeah, I have about 9 games and I'm over 20GB...
 
[quote name='asianxcore']do you think I should put all my saves/downloads onto an SD card, then reformat?

I noticed I could copy my game saves to an SD card but not my downloads. Would I have to download T5DR all over again?[/QUOTE]

I don't know if it's possible to avoid, but that's what I did when I put my 120GB in my 20GB PS3.

It took it a bit to redownload, but all is well, no hassles (other than taking the time to get the games back) and since I used my PSP's memory stick for saves.. I was only out a few hours prep and download time (crappy service around here, I guess.)

It's well worth slamming a larger HDD in the PS3... I no longer bother deleting demos until I'm done trying the game... (not for space reasons.) And it was $70 with shipping for the drive. Can't beat that with a stick..
 
I'm pretty sure Resistance saves some data to the harddrive to reduce load times. In the XMB, go to 'Games' then 'Game Data' (I think). Resistance saves something like 5GB IIRC.
 
[quote name='reiji']I'm pretty sure Resistance saves some data to the harddrive to reduce load times. In the XMB, go to 'Games' then 'Game Data' (I think). Resistance saves something like 5GB IIRC.[/QUOTE]

I'll have to check that out. The only game data I had for Resistance (other than a regular game save) only took about 160MB or so. I could be wrong.

Thanks to everyone for the help. I actually have been thinking about putting a bigger HD in the PS3 sometime in the near future.
 
Its all taken up for the system the OS and other forms of system memory. When I got my 360 new with the 20GB HDD there was only 11GB available
 
[quote name='mr ryles']Its all taken up for the system the OS and other forms of system memory. When I got my 360 new with the 20GB HDD there was only 11GB available[/QUOTE]

Last night I was thinking that had to be it. I formatted the hard drive when I got it and checked to make sure nothing I wanted was still around.

The biggest thing on my HD is T5DR and the only install (in the Game Utility) I noticed was Resistance which was 150-170MB.

I also saw this picture (3rd Pic):
http://www.gamersreports.com/article/43/2/

After replacing their HD, it looks like they were already down 14GB
 
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