will the ps3 work without a hard drive
Report Abuse. To answer your question, the PS3 needs to have a hard drive to work due to the fact that the operating system is installed in it. Without the HDD theres no OS and without no OS the PS3 is useless.ating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: The PS3 will not boot up without a hard drive. Everyone has already posted why you shouldn't go through with this. You're not gonna know if there are any problems with the PS3 unless you get a hard drive installed and the Playstation OS installed.