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« on: July 08, 2012, 07:18:20 PM »

Hey all. Well, my Fat PS3 finally kicked the bucket, and I could not be more upset. Anyway, I wanna replace it with a Slim Model, which brings me to my question: Will the Hard Drive from my fat one work in a slim one?
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« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2012, 07:26:24 PM »

Yes and no. It will work, but it will require a format first. That's the bad part about it. And there's no way to transfer the stuff once your PS3 dies either that I've found.
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« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2012, 07:56:03 PM »

So, not only do I lose all my hard earned data, but I can't even re-download all my games/DLC from PSN?!
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« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2012, 07:57:33 PM »

you can re-download all of yr shit, but you just lost all yr saves. Sorry dude.
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« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2012, 07:59:39 PM »

Well, you know what I have to say about that?

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« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2012, 08:17:25 PM »

Ouch, thats harsh
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« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2012, 01:34:52 AM »

lesson learned: get an external usb hard drive and start regular backups. i need to do that too.
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« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2012, 09:05:05 AM »

Hey all. Well, my Fat PS3 finally kicked the bucket, and I could not be more upset. Anyway, I wanna replace it with a Slim Model, which brings me to my question: Will the Hard Drive from my fat one work in a slim one?

Has it died completely?  There is an option under Settings to back up your harddrive to an external source.

But like noise said, all of your games/movies/videos/etc. are tied to your PSN account, so you can always redownload those.
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2012, 05:11:05 PM »

My fat 60GB died again today. I tried the Blowdryer trick as a last act of desperation and to my amazment it worked. Let see how long this fix lasts.
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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2012, 07:26:32 PM »

My fat 60GB died again today. I tried the Blowdryer trick as a last act of desperation and to my amazment it worked. Let see how long this fix lasts.

Back up your saves if you haven't already. If that "trick" isn't a permanent fix it could be only a matter of time until it breaks again.
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