I am wondering if it is possible to back up a PS3 HardDrive onto an Internal Drive instead of an External Drive?
I have a 500Gb Internal Harddrive which I took out from my old laptop and connected to my PS3 using a SATA cable, but the console won't recognize it.
I made a 32Gb partition on the drive and the console can only read that 32Gb partition not the remaining free space on the drive.
I don't have an External HardDrive, can I use my Internal to entirely back-up my PS3 data?
Best Answer
You'll need to put your old PC internal drive in a usb drive enclosure then possibly re-partition and format it as FAT32. You can then plug it into the PS3 and backup from the internal drive to your new external drive. Since the backup/restore function is part of the PS3 software you have to boot it from the internal drive first.
Assuming your old PC drive has enough space to backup the PS3 in the first place of course.