PS3 Hard Drive Question

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rpvol

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My PS3 got the YLOD a couple of weeks ago and it is a main board failure. Does anyone know how I can retrieve the game data off the hard drive? I put it in my laptop, but it will not read it since its not formatted for that. From all I have seen on the interwebs, the HD can only be read by the PS3 that it came out of. I was hoping someone here may know of another way to pull that info off somehow.

I know, I should have backed everything up with a flash drive and I know i am gonna get flamed by the usual 360 suspects (and Mania). Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
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don't know if this will help. i got the red screen of death on my first ps3 and customer service told me that the would look at it ( for 80 bucks ) if i shipped it to them. they also said that it would take a month and there was no guarantee that they could fix the problem. i didn't think it was worth it just to recover my saved files on the hard drive. good luck to you
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yeah they just send refurbs back now. if you send it to sony, its an automatic loss of info. they also want $180 now. i will just buy a new one before i send it to them.
 
#4
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It caught the herpes from your 360. That sucks.
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sorry to hear rp..id ask a local computer repair shop..maybe they can get it off the HD for you and transfer to another PS3
 
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What model PS3? How long have you had it? Just curious if mine may do this as well. I have the 80gb version that came with MGS3...I got it just under 2 years ago...
 
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it is the 80gb version. i have had it for about 4 years or so. you need to back up your files monthly for sure.
 
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And what files are you referring too? Like all my game data and saves? What about old ps1 or 2 games I downloaded from the ps store? Can I back those up?
 
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all you need to back up is your game data. jsut copy to a flash drive. the downloaded games can be downloaded like 4 or 5 different times.
 
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My ps3 got the ylod a couple wks ago & no there is no way to get ur data. I learned my lesson & got a flash drive this time to back my stuff up this time. Also that hdd is connected somehow to the system it was in so if u put it in a different 1 it will automatically have to be reformatted. Any downloads u paid for u will be able to re-download free of charge.
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