How to turn your PS3 into a 500 gigabyte beast.

Now I just want to start this by saying I own both systems and am glad I do. However, you have to love Sony for including such an easy, no hastle option to swap out your hard drive.

I was up against the storage wall with my 80 gigabyte original hard drive and really didn't want to start deleting things off of my hard drive just to keep a buffer. My solution? I went to my local Best Buy and picked up a 500 gigabyte laptop hard drive. If you think that it would be a hastle to do this, never fear, its a snap.

1. Using the backup utility in the XMB, back up your ps3 data to an external hard drive.
2. Swap out the drives (making sure your ps3 is unplugged)
3. Turn on your ps3 and follow the instructions displayed on-screen.
4. Using the restore option in your XMB, restore all of the data you backed up from your other hard drive.
5. Enjoy.

The only thing I would say is that the back up and restore portions of this process may require an hour or two each, but its worth it.


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