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General Category => Entertainment and Media => Topic started by: ThugTears666 on November 12, 2008, 05:45:13 am

Title: ps3 hardrive WONT restore
Post by: ThugTears666 on November 12, 2008, 05:45:13 am

FUCK MY LIFE

I've only had my ps3 for like six months and I turned it on and it told me that the system was corrupted and needed a restore, so I go to restore it and it wont work. I kept trying and trying and it restores then goes back to the same screen. I never did anything out of the ordinary with it yesterday and I still have my warranty booklet but not my receipt!


Anyone had similar issues and do you have any tips?

Title: ps3 hardrive WONT restore
Post by: The Dude on November 12, 2008, 09:08:44 am

The other day I got the Disc Read Error. Not quite as serious as what you got, but mine no longer accepts or reads any variety of disc.
Where did you leave your receipt? That's pretty necissary. :(

Title: ps3 hardrive WONT restore
Post by: headphonics on November 12, 2008, 09:48:23 am

heh this is what ya get buying a flatbed scanner

Title: ps3 hardrive WONT restore
Post by: The Dude on November 12, 2008, 10:10:07 am

you're right, I should have bought some Legos instead, then it wouldn't break down like every other pile of tech this gen.

Title: ps3 hardrive WONT restore
Post by: ThugTears666 on November 12, 2008, 10:29:12 am

stop making jokes i am furious

Title: ps3 hardrive WONT restore
Post by: Eltee on November 12, 2008, 11:01:01 am

i think by making jokes they mean



you screwed guy

Title: ps3 hardrive WONT restore
Post by: Carrion Crow on November 12, 2008, 11:26:04 am

I read somewhere that the PS3 system is on some flash somewhere and not actually on the HD (as in when you restore it formats the HD then puts the system on it). You can replace the PS3's hard disk drive with a larger one if you want and it will format it (This has been done with SSDs also on Engadget). If you can't send it to somewhere to get repaired on your warranty then you might wanna rob an old laptop hard drive off someone and install it yourself (look at the base of the PS3, that's where it goes).

I have been thinking about upgrading mine for when the PS3 gets a bit bigger on the media front and does that downloadable movies thing in europe.

If all else fails, just give it a wallop. That's the olde english way of fixing things.

Title: ps3 hardrive WONT restore
Post by: DS on November 12, 2008, 12:07:37 pm

either im f*ckin' good or extra lucky because none of my consoles have ever broken.......

Title: ps3 hardrive WONT restore
Post by: The Dude on November 12, 2008, 09:53:24 pm

Quote from: DragonSlayer on November 12, 2008, 12:07:37 pm

either im f*ckin' good or extra lucky because none of my consoles have ever broken.......

Maybe you're both!

Title: ps3 hardrive WONT restore
Post by: Barack Obama on November 15, 2008, 03:04:18 am

probably a bum HDD. You can get a 2.5" drives pretty cheap online and they're really easy to replace

Title: ps3 hardrive WONT restore
Post by: The Dude on November 15, 2008, 06:03:05 am

Afura what happened to your receipt anyway?

Title: ps3 hardrive WONT restore
Post by: Boulvae on November 28, 2008, 07:54:45 pm

I fixed all my consoles by giving em' a good smack. I've got the touch, cause it works. My Sega still works to this day.

Anyways if your good with words you could probably talk your way into getting the repairs.