Sunday, September 4, 2011

What does "Restore PS3 system" do exactly?

Question

My HDD is starting to make noise and I think it's time for me to change it. I have the old 60Gb PS3.

I was wondering, how could the PS3 install it's OS ? Do I have just to switch the HDD and it will install it by itself ? I don't think so. Is the option "Restore PS3 System" reinstall the OS on the hard drive ?

What I have to do to install the OS on the new HDD ?

Answer

The PS3's OS is not stored on the HDD, but the internal flash memory of the PS3. So switching a HDD will not do anything to the OS. So nothing is needed to be done, to get the PS3 up and running, after a HDD switch.

The HDD only stores, Media files, save games, DLC etc.

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