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PS3 Running Out of Space
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grizzly1911
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We have an old PS3 with a mere 40Gb hard Drive.
It is now telling me that it only has 500MB of space left available.
Just what is eating up all this space?
There is no non PS3 data on it, that I can see.
The only thing on there are a few saved game profiles which are around 4Mb each.
No doubt some software patches for games are there but typically these have been relatively small.
Is there any way of checking?
It is now telling me that it only has 500MB of space left available.
Just what is eating up all this space?
There is no non PS3 data on it, that I can see.
The only thing on there are a few saved game profiles which are around 4Mb each.
No doubt some software patches for games are there but typically these have been relatively small.
Is there any way of checking?
"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
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the game patches can be quite big, upto a gig or so. You should replace the hdd, ive got a 750 gig drive in mine0
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You could always do a factory reset, but save all ur data onto a USB stick first & then reload it. You will need to retweek all ur settings but that shouldn't take long. It will be like having a new machine, or you can just upgrade the hdd.
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tombruton87 wrote: »the game patches can be quite big, upto a gig or so. You should replace the hdd, ive got a 750 gig drive in mine
Is it just a standard hard drive, like i put in my PC or would I need something special?
How do you format it/get it to work?"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
jackthenipper wrote: »You could always do a factory reset, but save all ur data onto a USB stick first & then reload it. You will need to retweek all ur settings but that shouldn't take long. It will be like having a new machine, or you can just upgrade the hdd.
Hth
When you say all my data presumably you mean just my profile/game progress stuff i.e. less than the 39Gb of stuff.
See question to tombruton re what type of hard disk and configuration your thoughts?
Presumably I could just do a factory reset and clean it completely. How would that affect my our logins and online accounts?"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
yep its just a standard 2.5 sata hdd, just backup ur current ps hdd using the built in backup tool, then restore all ur data to the new drive0
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Hi there, if you do want to replace the hard disk, follow the instructions here, its really easy!
http://uk.gamespot.com/features/how-to-upgrade-your-playstation-3-hard-drive-6176090/
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