Need a new HDD, any recommendations from somebody who upgraded as well???

I've never replaced an HDD but I'm sure it's fairly simple like a PC. Any thoughts on purchasing/tips/etc.??? My 40G is full (of course) so it's time to switch! Thanks a lot :)

Any 2.5" HDD will work. I tend to stick to Seagate as a brand for all my HDDs.

Just make sure to back up your data before the upgrade. It's fairly simple and you'll love the extra space! Good luck!

Any 2.5" HDD will work. I tend to stick to Seagate as a brand for all my HDDs.

Just make sure to back up your data before the upgrade. It's fairly simple and you'll love the extra space! Good luck!

zero3one

Thanks a lot both of you. Say I didn't have an external HDD to back my stuff (my cuz may have one I could borrow regardless) is there any other process I could utilize to back up my info? Much appreciated!

-Matt

I got a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500 GB drive from Amazon. 2.5 Inch, 8 MB Cache, 5400 RPM. It's been working great for over a year now.

To back your stuff up, I just used an 8 GB USB thumb drive, copied 8 MB worth of stuff onto it from the PS3, then transferred it to my PC. Then I deleted that 8 MB off the PS3, and copied another and transferred another 8 GB of stuff, etc. There is some copy protected stuff on the PS3, so once you've got it down to less than the capacity of your thumb drive, you can just do a backup of the remainder onto the thumb drive.

You also need to go to Sony's website and download the latest firmware upgrade and put that on a USB drive, because your PS3 will ask for it after you've put your new drive in.

And sync your trophies before you begin, just to be on the safe side.

Thanks for getting me started in the right direction guys!