Replacing the hard drive in the PS3 in these days has become a necessity. If the player has not replaced the entire console entirely, then over the years of market development, a lot of different games have appeared. PS3 is able to work as a player, which also requires a large amount of disk space. Finally, what kind of person does not like the speed given by SSD? Memory sizes of 60–250 GB are absolutely insufficient by today's standards.

Replace the hard drive on the Sony PlayStation 3 under the force itself.

We will analyze in detail the choice of the best hard drive in another article, and then we will determine the technical requirements.

Drive Requirements

Notebook hard or solid state drive form factor 2.5. It is important that the thickness does not exceed 9.5 mm - capacious models are often thicker. Volume 1-2 TB.

It is quite cheap, but there is enough space for it. The interface is normal, SATA. The prefix can work, as a matter of fact, with almost any standard notebook disk. The limit is only in thickness. Therefore, changing the PS3 drive is not much different from that on a personal computer and is not more difficult than a replacement on a laptop. The next step is to back up the data.

Backup

Download the firmware from the manufacturer's website. You can skip this step if you are satisfied with the current firmware version. It will be installed from a backup. Firmware is the system software that controls the prefix. OS and other utility programs.

TIP. If you do the first disk replacement on the console, then it is better to limit yourself to the already installed firmware. If you need to update, you can always use the Internet, or download the firmware later through a personal computer. This can be done //www.playstation.com/ru-ru/get-help/ps3-system-software/.

On the System Settings → Settings page, estimate how much you need to keep. Depending on the information already accumulated, you will need either a large flash drive or an external USB-drive. Open the System Settings → Settings → Backup Utility in the console menu.

Connect an external drive and start copying. Upon completion, we are ready for the replacement.

How to change the hard drive on PS3

1. Turn off the device.
2. Remove the rectangular cover on the device.
   
   You should see a blue screw.
3. Unscrew the screw with a cross screwdriver.
   

4. Remove the small plastic strip covering the hard drive.
   

5. Turn the knob, then pull it towards you. The drive with its pallet should come out of the slot.
   

6. Remove the old disk from the pallet and put your own one in the same way.
7. Put the pallet in the slot and secure the handle to its original position.
8. Put the plate, tighten the blue screw, put the cover in place.

Software installation

Now we need to install the software and replace the software. Turn on the console. When it starts, it will say that it cannot work and will offer to restart, format the disk and update the firmware. Restart the console, connect the drive? on which you installed the backup.

To confirm reformatting, press the Start and Select keys and hold for a while. For a short time, the formatting will be performed and the firmware will be installed.

On the flashed device, the system is ready to work, but your games and files on it are still missing. Go to System Settings → Settings → Restore.

To the question whether to perform the operation, answer yes. There is nothing valuable on the drive, so wash it safely. Sequentially select the backup drive, then the backup itself. There may be several, if you carefully made copies earlier. Choose the latest.

Ugh, now it remains only to wait for the end of the process and you can play!