Question About Restore PS3 System ..

Yes I know I could probably look it up in the instructions, but since I have misplaced them I can't ..

So I've had a 60GB since launch and I've never done a Restore PS3 System, but have heard of a lot of people doing it. Does it help the PS3's performance? What do you lose? Should I actually do this? Or is there really no reason for it?

Any help would be appreciated .. thanks in advance guys .. :)

If you restore your PS3 you will lose all of your settings and saved data, why would you want to do that? If you're worried about your PS3s HDD becoming fragmented I guess you could do a backup to an external FAT32 drive, and then use the backups restore option to format your internal drive and restore your data.CellAnimation

Thanks man, was just wondering if there was any reason to do one, or an advantage. But as I can see there isn't, so I won't. Thanks again man ..

The real point of backing up your PS3 is that hard drives are mechanical and can fail at any time without warning.CellAnimation

Yeah I know .. but I really don't care if I lose everything one day, nothing really important on it ..

[QUOTE="CellAnimation"]The real point of backing up your PS3 is that hard drives are mechanical and can fail at any time without warning.420Token420

Yeah I know .. but I really don't care if I lose everything one day, nothing really important on it ..

My ps3 keeps going to this page where it say "your hard disk is corrupt and it needs restoring", but when i do press the PS butten and press the ever so lovly x butten to start the stupid restoring operation, it does nothen (it goes to 100%, resets its self and goes back to the same restoring page). whats the point in restoring it, if it dont work.

plus people have been talking about formating the ps3, thats sounds great, how do you do it?

then people tell me that i need to swap it with a normal laptop hdd, thats cool, what sort, and does it actually work?

now people have alsotold me to turn it off at the back, hold the reset button, then turn it back on (still holding the reset button) until it beeps 3 times, ok what does it do, and what do i do after it beeps, do turn it off again, press the green button, try restoring it on the "restore page" or should i stomp the ground and yell curse words untill the cops come over to see who's died?...

so yea, my ps3 isn't worken the way the television adds say it does. can any one help me?

[QUOTE="420Token420"]

[QUOTE="CellAnimation"]The real point of backing up your PS3 is that hard drives are mechanical and can fail at any time without warning.CellAnimation

Yeah I know .. but I really don't care if I lose everything one day, nothing really important on it ..

I was 80 hours into Oblivion when my PS3 died like 8 months ago.. Talk about being mad..

My ps3 keeps going to this page where it say "your hard disk is corrupt and it needs restoring", but when i do press the PS butten and press the ever so lovly x butten to start the stupid restoring operation, it does nothen (it goes to 100%, resets its self and goes back to the same restoring page). whats the point in restoring it, if it dont work.

plus people have been talking about formating the ps3, thats sounds great, how do you do it?

then people tell me that i need to swap it with a normal laptop hdd, thats cool, what sort, and does it actually work?

now people have alsotold me to turn it off at the back, hold the reset button, then turn it back on (still holding the reset button) until it beeps 3 times, ok what does it do, and what do i do after it beeps, do turn it off again, press the green button, try restoring it on the "restore page" or should i stomp the ground and yell curse words untill the cops come over to see who's died?...

so yea, my ps3 isn't worken the way the television adds say it does. can any one help me?

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[QUOTE="420Token420"]

[QUOTE="CellAnimation"]The real point of backing up your PS3 is that hard drives are mechanical and can fail at any time without warning.CellAnimation

Yeah I know .. but I really don't care if I lose everything one day, nothing really important on it ..