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Question: So this will allow me to download my son's old saved game from current 320gb unit and restore results to a brand new PS3?
Document: Then you open up the side of your PS3 replace the internal HDD with a bare notebook size SATA drive boot back up, plug in the Digistor drive and choose "restore" from the settings and you'll have all your game saves, downloads, etc restored to the new internal HDD.After you're done you have a huge drive to keep backing up your PS3 regularly. There's plenty of space for divx movies, mp4's mp3, pics etc.
Used this hard drive to back up my PS3 HDD- was super easy because the folders are already on it- just plug and play so to speak- after backing up my ps3, I bought another HDD on Amazon (see my reviews) and replaced my original HDD- then I used system restore to transfer the data from this digistor to my new HDD. It's pretty easy. I had never done this before but just searched the interweb for instructions and followed what people said to do.
This works perfectly for the PS3 and the PC. But you do have to keep in mind that you cannot save certain games saves directly on any external hard drive because of it being a protected save. I tried to save to the external drive while playing Elder's Scroll Skyrim and I was unable to do so. As soon as I unhooked the external PS3 hard drive, I could save the game.This is a great deal, if you need to backup your old PS3 or PC.
I was able to get the system running temporarily (a few days) with a quick fix I found online and I used this external hard drive to back it up. I then was able to swap the 320GB hard drive out of my dead PS3 into my new slim without deleting anything, and backup both system's entire hard drives. Now when I get another slim I can use the Digistor to restore the data from my dead PS3 on the new one.
I have a huge collection of games so my Ps3 fills up pretty quick. With this I am able to transfer all of my saved games and the game utilities into storage where I can bring them back outand continue where I left off when I want to play that game again.
What can I say that hasn't already been said? This HDD is preformatted for PS3, it has all the folders needed for video, music and photos. If youre planning on upgrading your PS3 HDD (the internal one) you have to have a place to backup your current PS3 HDD because the new one you put in will be blank.This works perfect for PS3 backup.
Alright im not gonna type up a really big review. Its like owning any other kind of external hard drive, plain and simple. Very nice to have for both your ps3 and PC. Understand, when you save games onto it, you can't play the saved file directly from it, you'll need to reapply the save file to your ps3 hard drive. But yeah, if you need a device to put all your old saved files on to make more room on your hard drive then this the device for you.
I have witnessed (friends of mine) and read several horror stories online concerning incompatibility and formatting issues with most external hard drives and the PS3, especially when formatted with recent versions of windows. Windows OS only allows you to create small partitions (not to exceed 32GB) instead of allowing you to format the entire 500GB. So you essentially end up with a bunch of smaller drives, which won't allow you to save large files, such as entire hard drive backups, or massive game or movie files.
Thise product does work, however it wont save games to it, only saves. I bought playstation + and this wanting to have more games. I ended up putting a bunch of old game saves on it. If you want to access those saves you have to put it back on the playstion. A waste for me.
This product works as it saids.Only issue is i wish it could just go into my ps3 since i have the old fat version 70gb and no space. Still waiting to hear back from sony regarding able to download the games you purchase from the playstation store able to put the games on your pc and then transfer them to this device.If i cant do that then ill settle for a sata drive and format it. But in all this device is sleek and quick on the draw.
Answer: So long as the data is compatible, this will do the trick. Best of luck!