I'll will probably try that at some point, but from everything I've heard, it's merely a temporary fix. What I can't seem to figure out is whether this repair would force me to reformat my drive/lose all of my game data? Anyone know for sure?
I did a bit of research, and it's not looking good I'm afraid.
- If you did a back up of your data recently then there's nothing to worry about.
- If your PS3 is connected to the Internet then you'll still have your trophies and things like experience in certain games.
- If you use the PSN utility for backing up your save files then those are secure.
- Trying to put the hard drive of your YLOD PS3 into another PS3 won't work, as the other PS3 will demand you to format the drive (thus wiping out all data on it). Don't even try this.
- You
should be able to attach the hard drive to a PC (if you know how) and the PC should be able to recognize it. The problem is that you won't be able to back up/retrieve any "protected" data, which from the sound of it is pretty much everything. Only non-protected data like videos, photos and *some* save files are retrievable.
If I were you I'd not mess around with my hard drive until after fixing the YLOD problem. Chances are your hard drive is just fine, and if you leave it in your PS3 (if that's possible for the fix) it'll be there like before. If not, you can still try the PC method and see what you can find.
If the PC method isn't succesful then at the very least you'll have to re-download demos, PSN games, ... and re-install game data when you first want to play your games.
Sources:
http://www.1up.com/boards/posts/list/50188.pagehttp://community.eu.plays...hod-possible/td-p/8777158Hope this helps.
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