PS3 Slim Storage Upgrade Guide 2022 - 1TB HDD/SSD

Full guide on how to upgrade your PS3 Storage!
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[@jorgelozadamusic]

Thank you so much! This was so easy to do, I did this to upgrade to an SSD and it worked just as you described!

[@Ulysesg182]

Thanks bro because of you I was able to upgrade my slim ps3 to 1tb and have enough space to download the games I ever wanted.🎉

[@CohanOnigawah]

thank you bro! minitool partition was not working for a suprise reason! definitly this one works like magic

[@mikumere]

I just got PS3 Slim yesterday from my friend free as he didn't have any use of it. This will be excellent guide if I ever had to replace it's hard drive. Idk why but when I saw the warning "Do not cover breather hole" in 2:27, my brain misread it as "Do not breathe in cover hole" first. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rashidlabidi9787]

Thank you Robles for this video

[@TheGraffLord]

Been using 3 x 1.25T HDD in my ps3s for the past 7 years. Only had to do a reinstallation once during that time. PS3s are BOSS. Protect this console at all costs

[@SpicerProductions]

For any of you having trouble when you put your ssd in and it doesnt work. I actually put the firmware 4.90 onto my usb backup. Of course you have to put it in your computer. Click on the usb drive. Click PS3 then you should see a folder title EXPORT that has all your backed up games, etc. next to that folder create a new folder titled UPDATE. Then place the 4.90 firmware into that folder and then you should be good to go. I did this like 20 times before trying that so I hope this saves someone some time.

[@craigchant1367]

Great video mate. Got me out of trouble

[@ShengDanLaoRen]

Thank you for this guide! 🙂

[@clomew4484]

great job thanks for this!!

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

I use to do this with a 1TB Solid State Drive not only on my PS3, but also my PS4. Who knows when a 2TB SSD might come in handy for a PS4?

[@MouseHunteR77n]

Great ty for information Rob Jr

[@Wyrwekk]

Nice job robles

[@coltonroman9515]

So did you backup onto the new hdd from usb stick? I’m trying to understand nobody’s video shows the full process you went from ofw to cfw in two separate frames and didn’t explain what you’d done

[@d3vilman69]

Thanks for vid. Upgraded from platter 160gb to ssd 500gb. At first didn't work cuz forgot to rename the firmware file in usb stick. Lol

[@isaiahrichmondchoate7937]

After formatting the HDD 1tb do you have to install the update on your PS3 if you're already if u already have evilnat 4.89 or can I just put in the newly formatted HDD into the PS3 and everything runs

[@Griftercash]

great video my dude

[@md_ez]

Slim hdd Laptop hdd or old computer hdd??

[@goukenraizo28915]

Im planning to upgrade to 1tb..should i update the system first before replacing it or connect the 1tb then update the system?

[@Official_CAMPANELLA]

im getting a curruption message on the ps3 after pressing select and start together.

[@Rosabel_Believe]

Why are you formatting the drive before? You’re the only person on KZbin who does this and I want to know if there’s a reason.

[@user-ee2vo8nu6g]

Does the quick format button need to be turned off for both the hard drive and flash drive?

[@xxbuschxx9647]

The Samsung EVO SSD'S are pretty good.💯😊

[@Rulz527]

after i do that format and install update i remain with black screen . what happen? i have ssd in format fat32

[@jeffphilippe7178]

Hello! Rally appreciate your PS vita and ps3 video. Juste want to upgrade my ps3 HDD. i'm actually on cfw rogero 4.40 and want to use 4.90 cfw After this upgrade. Can i just install my New cfw when i reinstall my firmware or may i only use ofw to do so??

[@haileyb6972]

Done all steps put the hdd in and it seems like when i turn on the ps it just starts up as normal and when i check what storage its using it using the flash memory that’s come with it (12 gb nand) don’t know what I’ve done wrong?

[@stopmotionstuff6308]

What happens if I put a hard drive from a older PS3 into my PS3 what I'm replacing the hard drive on

[@ChristiaanHaumann-rm6vp]

Hello, i just want to know if it is ok to buy used hhd from facebook marketplace. Is there a lot that can go wrong?

[@julianabanana3889]

Did you restore your backup before or after reinstalling custom firmware? Or doesn't it matter?

[@JoyManoppo]

Why not the custom firmware after formatting to fat32?

[@ketoshrkboi6370]

Does anyone know why when I download the file update. It opens via google chrome? Will that affect the ps3 if the file is theoretically getting opened with chrome.

[@vitgerivaz]

i wonder if i can put the firmware in the same external hdd im using for the backups.

[@johan340]

Any tips on what to do if the Backup didn't work? It says it can't be found on the usb drive. would be nice not having to install everything all over, don't even have the Package manager now :/ E: tried putting back the old hdd to backup again but the box dont show anything on screen after powering on with old hdd inside.

[@ScreamingReel500]

How do you get your PSN profile back, if you do not want to create a new one?

[@Micr0.]

Never really changed my hdd because I always bought discs however it does seem like a good idea especially if you want to use PKGi 👍

[@anishps3]

And jailbreaking is great option you can fit more games i am currently using 1tb hdd

[@RockNRollDad88]

What is PKGi?

[@LennyQUMFIF]

@@RockNRollDad88 PKGj

[@ll3yWanTeD]

I am using 160HDD about to upgrade to a Kingston 480GB SSD

[@brunovieira4630]

Discs install data on the hard drive too, some more than others, but they do. Some install around 12 GB of data in the hdd.

[@iangabrielalcantara7756]

Why didn't you use the debug utility though?

[@lashawnhampton32]

What if the system is new and no games are on it do u need this frimware

[@kevbrobot]

What if I am already running custom firmware? Must it be OEM firmware?

[@megakamil777]

What about cloning the disc?

[@angelolima4811]

Making sure it will work with the cecha01

[@kevinreedy7738]

Hey Robles, do they sell this in stores or do i have to order online like from amazon, i have 149GB on my ps3. I tried looking on amazon for this exact one?

[@bogartwilley]

You need a 2.5 inch drive, preferably an SSD. 1Terabyte. SATA. They are fairly standard.

[@brianandres7721]

cant you just clone the old hdd to ssd?

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

I don't get it, is the FAT32 formatting mandatory? I've watched/read a lot of other tutorials, they just swap the old HDD with the new HDD and it works

[@josephhall7317]

I don't know if it's this ps3 slim I have if it's the GPU, but I first had a 1tb Western digital blue SSD in it, now a 500gb Samsung Evo SSD and it slows down horribly, a technician I talked to said it could be the GPU or CPU going bad but I'm wondering if it's because it's not formatted, I just downloaded the 4.90 firmware on a USB drive and installed it that way, the ps3 says it's formatting the hard drive to operate with the system itself

[@DJGamingBonanza]

The ps3 formats to fat32 itself when you add a new drive ssd or hdd. The only reason youd need a pc is to install the system firmware to a thumbdrive to add to the drive after its formatted otherwise you got a paperweight cause the ps3 doesnt have its operating system anymore

[@DJGamingBonanza]

Also people saying ps3 ssd go bad quick is no longer true atleast for modern drives. When the ps3 came out ssds were expensive and not worth it for a console but now a 1tb can be like 50 bucks and most ssds have garbage collection now which keeps an ssd healthy when it doesnt have trim running which the ps3 cant use.

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

@@DJGamingBonanza I've installed an SSD and it works fine. Install times are a bit quicker now. There is one thing, I've heard SSDs lose speed after 70% capacity, is that true?

[@DJGamingBonanza]

@@SyamDaRos-EndoManno from what I've read ssds that dont have garbage collection drastically lose speed after some months but most ssds now do. When ps3 came out ssds were expensive. So cheap ones didn't have garbage collection. But even expensive ones from ps3 time are like 50 bucks now

[@mrsmrsr6704]

is 1tb the max?

[@hypersonicfalcon6802]

Great tutorial, however... Is the whole formatting to fat32 thing a useless exercise on the disk? The PS3 initializes it to its own wacky filesystem, which is probably Linux of some sort, and definitely not FAT32 due to the 4gb limitation it imposes on files.

[@RoblesJunior]

The process is used just to clear your HDD, I found some of these new and especially refurbished HDD, they are not formatted correctly or have some weird files due to a program they may have used to essentially clean the disk. I typically add this step in all my upgrades just in case. Not too long ago I received a 4TB HDD Refurb from eBay, trying to upgrade my bosses PC and it had all this crap on it. Not sure why these resellers allow this to happen

[@hypersonicfalcon6802]

@@RoblesJunior That's fair. Followed your guide to the letter and it worked perfectly though!

[@boredstudent]

Kinda sucks that it's only limited to 1TB while you can use up to 2TBs externally. I got a Samsung 870 EVO SSD for my slim model PS3 which I jailbroke and I'm almost out of space and I have a lot of PS3 games that I backed up and I still have more to back up. Guess I'll have to get an external drive.

[@rutgerb]

Isn't it because of the thickness of the drive? I just tried installing a 1.5tb drive but it won't fit in the bay. I now ordered some sata extension cable, to have to drive outside the ps3

[@zbf]

Where gone 103gb after install!? 1024gb -> 828gb !?

[@mastervideosdx3595]

my ps3 slim 4.89 on pendrive update dont work ... help bro... fat 32 pendrive and dont work

[@fugedaboudit]

Try one that doesn't go over 16gb.

[@ll3yWanTeD]

same here even backups gives some errors

[@Heenfio]

How do I get all my movies and games to the new ps3 hard drive

[@agent_mc]

Backup to usb and restore using system settings

[@darthkahn45]

Doesn't the PS3 format it to FAT32 for you? How come you pre-formatted the drive and reinstalled OFW? I heard it was possible to do this with your CFW on the USB. Is it better to go back to OFW first?

[@Balmung5150]

I think rebug has a debug hard drive transfer utility. All you need is to connect the new drive via usb

[@nyaa104]

@@Balmung5150 perhaps he cloned the hard drive

[@josephhall7317]

I need to know this too because I used a 1tb WD SSD first, and now a 500gb Samsung Evo SSD, installed the latest update 4.90 from a USB stick I downloaded right from Sony, but with both SSD's the system starts running horribly slow after about 40 minutes, it says formatting storage device when you start so I don't know if it's something I did or didn't do or something in the system itself going bad but it doesn't even get hot

[@GoodGuyGaurav]

When first booting with the new SSD installed, is there any reason a HFW won't work?

[@RoblesJunior]

Never tried an SSD to be honest but I am looking to get one for testing purposes.

[@GoodGuyGaurav]

@@RoblesJunior what if it was an HDD ? To elaborate - I'm trying to upgrade storage and jailbreak. When you first insert a fresh drive into a ps3 you're supposed to install the firmware right? At this stage, can I directly install the Hybrid Firmware (HFW) and not OFW ?

[@RockNRollDad88]

Question, if i have a sata to usb cable, can't i just format the new hdd to fat32 on my computer, then tranfer all data from the old hdd to the new one, and just put it in?? Will that work?

[@RoblesJunior]

Yes in theory it should work. You can plug it into your ps3 as an external device and make the transfer that way!

[@RockNRollDad88]

@@RoblesJunior never thought of using the ps3 to transfer, i am all new to this stuff and does as much as possible on my laptop 😂 thank you so much, you have been a major help the last couple of months!!!

[@RockNRollDad88]

@@RoblesJunior if i transfer all files to the new hdd before installing it, will my cfw then be on there and work without being updated or reinstalled?

[@davidjames3259]

​@@RockNRollDad88 did it work for u with this method ?

[@RockNRollDad88]

@@davidjames3259 never tried it

[@KoolKatBeatz]

ofw links??

[@Sean_Cockrell]

Could you not just clone the old disk to the new disk and then extend the partition? That way you don't have to backup, load the firmware again and then still restore

[@fugedaboudit]

I have same doubt, how to extend the partition space after?

[@Sean_Cockrell]

@@fugedaboudit I have not tried it but perhaps a partition manager like parted after the clone completes?

[@fugedaboudit]

@@Sean_Cockrell I was thinking of Gparted from Linux.

[@aroh]

I tried this, cloned my 500gb HDD to a 1TB SSD, it turned my 1TB into a 500GB SSD...kinda disappointing now I just formatted it to start over and whenever I turn the ps3 on it turns automatically off...what do?

[@DatGuyWithDaGlasses]

@@aroh Pretty sure you need add the OS for anything to happen, Sony provides downloads for the latest version

[@robw8563]

although i've given up. put in new hdd, formatted fat32, and when it tries to load firmware from USB it says data corrupted....idk...downloaded it from playstation, ....sigh...

[@lolloramone9638]

Just remove your pad from USB right after pushing the start + select.

[@ll3yWanTeD]

@@lolloramone9638 GAMEPAD???

[@lashawnhampton32]

Do u really need to firmware if ur hacking.But just want more space

[@Breedbeeld]

Connecting the new hard drive to PC and formatting is unneeded extra work and can skip that process all together.. install the new hard drive in ur PS3 with a USB device plugged in with correct firmware and the firmware does all the work for u. .both formatting and installing

[@josephhall7317]

That's what I did with 2 SSD's now, the Samsung Evo SSD I just bought yesterday and did this, but it's slowing down terribly after about 35-40 minutes of use, is that from not formatting or something with the system possibly? Because the ps3 formats the storage device on it's own

[@doi2017]

@@josephhall7317it sounds more like a temperature issue. Formatting your drive in pc or ps3 will have the same effect

[@josephhall7317]

@@doi2017 another Samsung SSD ended up fully fixing whatever issue I was having, was frustrated because I bought one from Japan the scarlet red one so I paid like $220 with box

[@DJCJ999]

What is the largest ssd capacity you can install?

[@RoblesJunior]

Currently like 1.5 TB but there is a way to pass that. It has to do with partitioning the drive a certain way to by pass it on the pS3

[@geni3850]

i dont have a ps3 but why not lets wathc this

[@djvoyager83]

Is it possible to use CFW instead of OFW initial install of new HDD?

[@dreki-brawlstars]

If you previously flashed your nand/nor and you previously i think its possible😊

[@speedplayz214]

Is it possible to back up the PS3 data to an external HDD or SSD

[@Karlenk0]

yes

[@speedplayz214]

@@Karlenk0 Alright thanks

[@angelolima4811]

Can I use my internal ps5 hard drive for my internal ps3 drive

[@BaloneyBoy7]

as long as the specs line up with the ps3 hdd, yes. they have to have the same rpm and be the same size, but If they are you can.

[@angelolima4811]

@@BaloneyBoy7 just same rpm doesn't matter if its ssd or bigger

[@v3dreamz]

Where can I buy this 1tb hdd?

[@RoblesJunior]

Check my description!

[@lashawnhampton32]

Can u use a seagate

[@Hardeepkauramloh]

He used SEAGATE

[@Jacob9815]

Will sshd work with ps3?

[@Karlenk0]

yes

[@Hardeepkauramloh]

Why is this mid part like rocket science 😭😭

[@miguelricoramos3428]

I Just Upgrade my Ps3 Hard Drive 128gb to 1tb but somehow 828 GB / 931 GB I only have 100plus space on my HDD The HDD Is Second Hand

[@dmer-zy3rb]

you can free up 8% of hdd space with either a special app you can download for the ps3 or if you are using the newest evilnat there is already an option integrated in the special options.

[@miguelricoramos3428]

@@dmer-zy3rb is that jailbreak because I'm not going to jailbreak my ps3

[@dmer-zy3rb]

@@miguelricoramos3428 yeah it is but i can really recommend it. You can even easily overclock your ps3 if you want, but i didnt do it i just stuck 1 tb ssd in it.

[@aktech3271]

Can skip to 8 min

[@gelosul]

It would have been much quicker and easier to buy a cheap SSD, take out the old HDD and clone to SSD direct.much quicker. Update. I've tried that and you can not clone the HDD with PS3 content.or at least I have not found a way.

[@wilhood6475]

I'm having a nightmare installing my new drive, ps3 can never see the update file 4.89.Is it possible to clone the hhd I have to a larger ssd?.If so, is there any guides anywhere.Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

[@catod0_]

nah

[@josephhall7317]

I didn't do any type of formatting, I let the system do it itself and it does in this video near the end but I've used 2 SSD's now, first a 1tb Western digital blue and now a 500gb Samsung Evo that I bought just for this but it starts slowly down terribly after around 35-40 minutes, but it formatted itself in the system so is that just something in the system itself going bad?

[@Rhysto115]

Don’t even look at it lol

[@jenovaizquierdo]

Can I put a 4tb on a PS3? 🤔

[@RayLuvsCats64]

nope, the highest a ps3 can support is 1TB

[@jenovaizquierdo]

@@RayLuvsCats64 thank you, I try 2tb 😞😔 and it doesn’t work thank god I did not buy the 4tb. I have now a 1 SSD

[@RayLuvsCats64]

@@jenovaizquierdo no problem, Next time please do your research. I'm glad I could help tho!

[@jenovaizquierdo]

@@RayLuvsCats64 thank you, I did research there was some Google search saying they try 1.5tb but they never mention how they did it, most likely it was not true. Thank man.

[@afterdark9062]

I’m not doing all that

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

Nobody forces you

[@raulromo9335]

Thank you Robles! It worked I was stuck on this for a week or so. I recommend not downloading from sony idk why but I kept getting this code 8002f225

[@JM-sz9yg]

Yo all of you guys make this way to harder then it needs to be. You could really just right click your drive in windows quick format it to fat32. You don't need an hdd program unless your doing something special.

[@johnguecia7490]

No you cannot. Windows does not offer FAT32 format to drives over 32GB in size.

[@Mitchellc0123]

@@johnguecia7490lol what? Seeing I just formatted my 4tb hdd to fat32 and use it for my Xbox one I beg to differ.

[@johnguecia7490]

@Mitchellc0123 You can do so, but not through Windows. You have to use other software like GUIFormat in order to do that and make it a Large FAT32 Drive. Not saying it isn't possible, just not possible through Windows

[@anthonywhitlock9168]

Is the operating system on the hdd ?

[@dmer-zy3rb]

yes.