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Tezcatlipoca · 30-12-2009, 15:46

I don't think that would work - I'm pretty sure the contents of the drive would not be readable by anything other than a PS3. [EDIT ...and that the drive would need to be *in* the PS3 for the PS3 to read it. If the drive was in an enclosure & used as an external USB HDD, the PS3 would only read it if formatted in FAT32].

wwe - what have you actually filled your PS3's HDD with? What do you have on there that definitely needs to be backed up? DLC does not need to be backed up, as it can be re-downloaded. Game installs do not need to be backed up, as you just re-install them. Game saves obviously need backing up. What do you have? What has taken up so much space that you "can't play any new games"?

30-12-2009, 15:46	#22
Tezcatlipoca Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cambridge Posts: 16,760	Re: playstation 3 HDD space I don't think that would work - I'm pretty sure the contents of the drive would not be readable by anything other than a PS3. [EDIT ...and that the drive would need to be in the PS3 for the PS3 to read it. If the drive was in an enclosure & used as an external USB HDD, the PS3 would only read it if formatted in FAT32]. wwe - what have you actually filled your PS3's HDD with? What do you have on there that definitely needs to be backed up? DLC does not need to be backed up, as it can be re-downloaded. Game installs do not need to be backed up, as you just re-install them. Game saves obviously need backing up. What do you have? What has taken up so much space that you "can't play any new games"?