PS3 Hard Drive

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There are 4 model of playstation 3 console that have different hard drive space, that are 20GB, 40GB, 60GB and 80GB.

Of course, more hard drive space you have, you can store for more game data, video files and image file that you want to. There are rumors that you are able to upgrade the hard disk space for your playstation 3 console if you want to.

However, you have to bear in mind that if you upgrade the hard drive in your playstation 3 console by yourself. You will void the warranty that given by the Playstation. It is recommeded that you better do it after 12 months from the date you purchase your playstation 3 console in order to prevent lost of warranty that against your playstation 3 hardware.

The first step to replacing the harddisk is going to the store or visiting an online merchant to pick up a new hard-disk that you desired to have. The PS3 is compatible with just about any 2.5-inch SATA notebook harddisk.

The physical size of the harddisk is important because it has to fit the PS3's 2.5-inch drive tray. As far as storage capacity goes, it doesn't make sense to go through the trouble of upgrading unless you go big: We're talking 160GB, 250GB, 320GB or even 500GB.

Once you have your upgrade drive, the next step is to backup the data on your current PS3 hard drive to an external storage unit. You can skip this step if you aren't attached to your music, videos, and game saves, but most of us will probably want to save all that information.

The Playstation 3 has a built-in software backup utility that can copy the Playstation 3 hard drive contents to an external storage device, such as a USB thumb drive or a Memory Stick. The removable storage device must use the FAT32 file system in order for the PS3 to recognize it.

If you have an external hard drive that's formatted in NTFS, you can use the Disk Management utility in Windows to reformat the drive, but you'll need to create partitions on large external hard drives because Windows can do only FAT32 on drives 32GB or smaller.

If your storage device isn't large enough to handle a full system backup, you can selectively copy data over through the various music, photo, and game menus in the XMB.

Your PlayStation Network login and system settings will remain safe on the system during the entire process. After you have your data safely backed up, you can move on to the actual hard drive swap.

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