PS3 hard drive to read on a PC???

Can i hook up a PS3 hard drive to a PC to retrieve data or do i have to format the hard drive in some way before it can be read on the PC? My 60gb PS3 recently got the YLOD and I had a lot of game saves of PS1 - PS3 games on there and I would like to retrieve them. I know if i hook up the hard drive to another ps3 it'll ask me to format it which in turn will delete everything because each PS3 hard drive is encrypted to work to its original console before reformatting. So my question is...can anyone help me retrieve my game save data and possibly any other data on the hard drive?

You will not be able to pull data off the HDD. Your computer, even linux systems like mine, cannot use the hdd without formatting. Once you remove the hdd, it must be formatted, even when you put it back into the original system.budboarder

You will not be able to pull data off the HDD. Your computer, even linux systems like mine, cannot use the hdd without formatting. Once you remove the hdd, it must be formatted, even when you put it back into the original system.budboarder

has anyone found a way to get their data from the old hard drive on to the computer or the new ps3 without lossing all that hard work ?

You will not be able to pull data off the HDD. Your computer, even linux systems like mine, cannot use the hdd without formatting. Once you remove the hdd, it must be formatted, even when you put it back into the original system.budboarder

[QUOTE="budboarder"]You will not be able to pull data off the HDD. Your computer, even linux systems like mine, cannot use the hdd without formatting. Once you remove the hdd, it must be formatted, even when you put it back into the original system.jeremiah06

has anyone found a way to get their data from the old hard drive on to the computer or the new ps3 without lossing all that hard work ?

PHATDUDESUPREMZ

So again, we're at the point of 'has anyone done it successfully' round of questioning.....

I recently suffered an similar devastating setback when my system of about 4 yrs truly dead. The thing w/ me is I actually have a partially recent backup done of the stuff on my ps3 on an external (ironically I had it done for an entirely different reason....to get around to upgrading my HDD). But as I stated the more recent things I've done are not on it but rahter on the HDD I've got pulled out of my system.

I figure once I get a new system I could take the old backup & transfer it, at least that MAY get my new system somewhere near where the old one used to be. But what I want the most (which I'm realistically not aiming high for much...) is to try & retrieve some more recently saved game data to at least save me from the headache of feeling like I gotta claw from scratch....:(

Same problem here. I love my PS3, but it's given me some grief over the last year or so. My first PS3 purchased over 2 years ago (80GB MGS4 bundle model) got the YLOD. Luckily, I could see the signs of it coming, so I backed up what saves I could (a few were copy-protected). Thankfully I had purchased a Product Replacement Plan when I bought my PS3 through Best Buy and got a brand new 250GB Slim as a free replacement.

So I went through the process of reloading all my backed up saves as well as putting all my music, photos, and videos back on. All was right with the world.

Fast forward to about a month or two ago. After the outage, I had 40-50 trophies to sync. One of those was the Dead Space 2 Platinum. I never synced, because I was gonna get the DS1 Plat first then sync both. I hadn't backed up my newest saves since this was a new PS3. For reasons unbeknownst to me, after a night of playing I went to turn on my PS3. No sound. Black screen. Not good. After doing your standard Recovery Menu options I find out that my HDD is corrupted. Fantastic. Not only did I not back up any saves I had since I got my new PS3 within the last few months, but I never synced my trophies.

I said "Screw it" and circumvented the problem for now. Bought a new 500GB Seagate HDD from New Egg. I pulled the old HDD and set it aside for safe keeping. When I get the chance, I'm gonna try this. Note: This is the only viable option I've found that isn't simply "Get a new hard drive" or "Format it."

http://ericburns.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/the-hard-disks-file-system-is-corrupted-and-will-be-restored-ps3/

i have an idea.... there is a hdd docking station that you can buy from jaycar electronics that u plug the ps3's hdd into [it's about $60] and then you can retrieve your stuff........ the hdd docking station can read conventional drives from other computers [3.5"] including ps3 hdd's [which are 2.5"]. there are two models, one has two hdd slots and the other has one.hope this helps.

i have an idea.... there is a hdd docking station that you can buy from jaycar electronics that u plug the ps3's hdd into [it's about $60] and then you can retrieve your stuff........ the hdd docking station can read conventional drives from other computers [3.5"] including ps3 hdd's [which are 2.5"]. there are two models, one has two hdd slots and the other has one.hope this helps.

einzfunf

Using a HD docking station I took the old HD from my broken PS3 and was able to transfer my trophies to my slim but as for game data is concerned still no luck using a docking station. JPKaos84

Has anyone figured out how to get data off their PS3 HDD to their PC with a YOLD'd system without formatting yet? I'm gonna try this program called Recuva that I downloaded from Filehippo and I'll let you know how I fair. If anyone else has tried this or another like way please let me know, Thnx.Dope-E

I have my original Metal gear solid 80gb ps3 Unit YLOD on me a few months back..i was faced with the same situation. Too much work invested to stared fresh..i am hear to tell you that i have successfully retrieved my data from the ylod data and put the game saves on my NEW UNIT. I have one word for you fellas REFLOW.....this is something that you will have to do to get your data up until NOW. NO OTHER WAY TO GET DATA EXIST NOW.REFLOWED the ylod unit to get that data off

It won't help you now, but showing how little faith I have in PS3's I regularly copied all save files to a usb flash drive. As luck would have it, just hours after the last time I copied to the flash drive my PS3 got the wonderful YLOD. I put the PS3 in my backyard on the picnic table, and shot it with my 303 rifle lol. Blew it to shreds! Buying a new one Boxing Day though possibly :)

so your all telling in this day and age where harddrives are the norm, that if my ps3 breaks after all the hardwork, that will have to start again and i cannot take the harddrive and get the information off it, that has to be false, police do it all the time with hard drives out of computers so there has to be a way, surely. surely sony thought about the possibility of them breaking and data on the hdd getting it off

Honestly I think your best bet would be to maybe call customer service and see what they can do for you. There is always a way to get information off your hard drive, I doubt they would screw over customers by not having some sort of fail-safe in place for when things like this happen. I bet they could walk you through something

Honestly I think your best bet would be to maybe call customer service and see what they can do for you. There is always a way to get information off your hard drive, I doubt they would screw over customers by not having some sort of fail-safe in place for when things like this happen. I bet they could walk you through something

DJ_Redline

there is NO WAY man. i called them and asked those exact questions. Only thing You can do is is become a ps plus member where they can back you save files up online, BUT that must be done BEFOFE you ever catch the ylod. So prior to ylod if you dont have psPLUS you are screwed

Okay so im about to give up. I have a WORKING playstation 3. its a slim 160 gb model. Now i did the stupid thing and hooked the hard drive up to my computer. After i did thet i initialized it and it made it into am MBR boot format. Now when i plug it in it wants to format. The hard drive works but i wanted to back up, and i screwed up and didnt read first. Can anyone tell me the format it needs to be like GUID or MBR or another boot record to get it to boot? If you did it would be a life saver. I Have over 200 hours of skyrim play and i didnt want to lose it, and now i might. Not good. Any thoughts?micwithoutthek

Don't bump old threads, please. Thanks.