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It does not matter what PlayStation 3 systems have you – you can always use more memory.

The integrated space on the hard drive will disappear quickly once you start downloading games, music, demos and HD videos. The good news is that Sony's PS3, so that owners of their own hard drive can perform upgrades designed. Simply choose to buy your own hard drive instead of using a service official first-party hard drive accessory. However, console owners are,Option means that you need to know how to choose the correct hard drive upgrade and the proper installation technique.

Step one to replacing the hard drive go to your local or search online for a new hard drive. The PS3 is compatible with virtually any 2.5 "SATA notebook hard drive. Both 5400-RPM and 7200 RPM drives should work fine. The physical size of the disk (2.5 inches) is important because it for the PS3's 2.5-inch drive to fit. In terms of storageCapacity, you can also go large: 120GB, 160GB, 250GB or even.

Once you have the new SATA drive, you must back up the data on your current PS3 hard drive to an external storage unit. Skip this step if you do not want that to your music, videos and scores, but most people do all to save the information. The PS3 has a built-in software backup utility, designed this to copy the PS3 hard drive content on external media, you can use a USB flash drive or memory stick.whatever you always use to use the storage device must use the FAT32 file system for the PS3 to recognize it. If you have an external hard drive that is formatted in NTFS, instead, you can use Disk Management in Windows to reformat the drive, but you need to create partitions on large external hard drives because Windows can only do FAT32 on drives 32GB or smaller.

If your storage device is not large enough to handle a full system backup, you can selectively copy of theimportant data on the various music, photo and game menus in the XMB, so you can use multiple devices. Do you worry about your PlayStation Network login and system settings do not, they stay securely on the system during the entire backup process. After you have backed up your data safe, you can move to replace the actual disk drive.

The only tool you need is a Phillips screwdriver. The PS3 owner's manual provides step-by-step instructions to replacethe hard disk, if you further instructions.

1) Make sure you turn off and unplug the system.

2) Remove the plastic HD side-panel (clearly marked), and remove the blue screw (not loose).

3) Lift the latch to move the metal drive on the right side and slide the drive.

4) Remove the four screws holding the hard disk to the shell. Make sure that with a screwdriver, but comfortable as the screws very tight and easy to use strips.

5) Swap innew drive and replace the screws.

6) Put the drive back into the system and push it to (you will feel a click). Then replace the blue screw and leave the side panel back to the system.

7) Turn on the console and the system format the new drive. After that is completed, the PS3 backup utility to reload to get data from your external storage device to restore back to the PS3 hard drive.

You now have a new and improved PS3 with more memory and the oldRemnants of the hard disk. You can sense the old drive by buying an external hard drive enclosure for a SATA drive, to make it into a portable storage device, pick one up at your local store or online.