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Andy Jones wrote:Did you loose all your saves etc?
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I've read the HDD is locked to the particular machine it's set-up in but never actually tried putting my o/e one in a mates machine to see what it says.
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Yep, lost the lot
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At least my online rank for CoD4 is stored on a server somewhere
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Yes, the PS3 hdd's are encrypted, specifically to each PS3, so no swapping drives
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Even if you send your knackered PS3 to them, the one they send you back is blank
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Another thing I noticed:
When putting in a new hdd in my fat PS3 months ago, all my tinternet settings and user accounts were still there
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- surprised really, they must not be stored on the hdd, but in some internal flash memory.
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But when I set up the PS3 slim, then shortly after put the new
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(& re-formatted) hdd in, all my settings were gone
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Even had to reinstall the firmware
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looks like everything is stored on the hdd this time.
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Couldn't find any info on this missing flash memory, but it does explain why the PS3 slim is slower to boot up than the fat one.
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Personally I like the ability to be able to do a backup/restore as easy as you can on the PS3 as opposed to how it is
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(so I've read) on the Xbox.
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There's just 2 flaws with it though.
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1.
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You're proper f'd if your PS3 don't boot up to be able to do the backup
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(and you shouldn't really have to regularly back it up
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2.
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PS3's will only recognise external drives that are FAT32 FFS
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