PS3 backup utility - RAGE!!!

[Hemicrania]

Just wanted to blow some steam over here. That BU gave me a few heartattacks yesterday. I upgraded from 40 to 500 gigs and made a Backup with the BU on my ps3. Round about 99% restoring is said "ERROR 80038456375656564356398457293857239850924759834754 385blablablabla" . So I restored to default settings, and disabled the powersaving tools. Again the same ERROR. I cursed the grounds that sony walked on...

Looked it up on a few forums and it seems you have to cancel the update when it hits the 98%. HOW STUPID IS THAT!!

It did work though, but damaged a few gamefiles. (not wipeout thank god)

WHY, sony...WHY. Yer system is 95% flawless, so fix this stupid sjit. You cant go 10 years with a 40 gig disc.

[infoxicated]

Interesting. I was thinking of upgrading to an 80Gb drive I have lying around from the 60Gb one, but thought it might not be worth the hassle for such a small gain.

Now I know.

[Hemicrania]

dont make my post scare you too much, it did work in the end.

I just hope this thread helps a few people, and reduces the amount of cardiac arrests while swappin a disc. It seems you only loose gamefiles, wich can easily be reinstalled. I had no problems with the transfer of savegames. (and the savegames keep working after a reinstall of gamefiles)

ps : had 19 gigs of data

(hey look at that, im a content contributeuaaar<---french. Thats a nice gesture, thanx infox )

[Lance]

Sheesh. Maybe I should just buy a Nintendo DSi. I was actually thinking about getting a PS3 because, as of the last few days, I might be able to afford one. Definitely bears thinking about. Thanks for the warning.

[Hemicrania]

Well, if you buy a new one, you don't need to backup now do yah. Save yourself the hassle and buy a 500 gig disc with yer ps3. Come home and swap the discs before your start-up. Done. The warranty is uneffected regarding disc-swap, so thats a big plus if yer buying a new machine.

ps : just found out I had to redownload PAIN again, pfff.

[Lance]

Problem is that there will always be future upgrades to worry about, both harddrive and operating system firmware. The record so far has not been good. I sorta wish that WO were multi-platform, although the lowest-common-denominator affect would be in place then.

[djKyoto]

Looked it up on a few forums and it seems you have to cancel the update when it hits the 98%. HOW STUPID IS THAT!!

That can't be right.

[Hemicrania]

Problem is that there will always be future upgrades to worry about, both harddrive and operating system firmware. The record so far has not been good. I sorta wish that WO were multi-platform, although the lowest-common-denominator affect would be in place then.

well, since the warranty isnt affected (<---got it right this time), AND there is such a thing as a backup utility, sony does seem to "promote" the idea of replacing your drive. And its so damn easy to do(the physical part, not the restoring). Its not like you have to jam open yer system just to get to the harddrive.

"That can't be right."

look it up, im not the only one with this problem.

[sny]

I was actually thinking about getting a PS3 because, as of the last few days, I might be able to afford one.

Playstation is the only right choice... Join us, Lance! Join the Dark Side!

[Lance]

Sony has become the Darth Vader of gaming, so yeah, it would be joining the dark side.

[Rapier Racer]

Hmmm Interesting, it was only the other day I decided maybe a backup would be a good idea so I was on my merry way to initiating one when up it pops telling me I need 29 gigs of space? I assumed most of this would be the game data so decided not to bother with that since I could reinstall should anything go wrong. I put all my game saves and game data files on my PSP memory stick just in case, whats the point of a full backup?

[Hemicrania]

it saves time...(not in my case) but yes its better just to backup savegames

and if this is the only thing that can go wrong....unlike that other system.. hehe

[KIGO1987]

Thats extremely dumb. 40GB PS3 is such of a lump of sht, original 60GB was a better build quality console. Still a massive shame that console still isnt in manufacture. Well Hemicrania if you want to blame someone, its not SCE at all, they wherent the sole people who wanted to downgrade there consoles to there loyal consumers. Im sure they wanted to offer the most advanced and technological advanced console to there consumers, its those bastards at Microsoft dumbing down the competition for there own selfish desires.

Anyhow, best to backup your HDD content once and a while, to prevent events like this to happen again.

Love your Avatars btw Hemicrania

[NightArh]

I think the best way to backup and clone data is to use special software with PC or MAC

[Hemicrania]

thanx Kigo.

But yeah, that 10 year plan does seem a bit stupid if you buy a 40 gig ps3. My troubles are over, for now. If the problems continue in the future ill just put back my 40 gig disc....lets hope it never comes to that.

[KIGO1987]

I think of when Sony where thinking of there 10year product and marketing strategy, they had the 60GB PS3 in mind, with all its backward compatibility and additional hardware on it, not with the 40GB console.

If you can find one of these old 60GB consoles with the PS2 emotion engine in it, i suggest you purchase it. Im not sure how the backwards compatibility thing works on the 80GB console, some sort of emulating sht, but works worse than the older consoles from what ive heard.

But when i transferred my 60GB data on a backup device, then onto a new 160GB HDD, everything seem to work all good. Hey did you make sure the removable HDD you put your backup data on was a FAT32 format? Not a NTCS or whatever its called. That might be the cause of your problem.

[NightArh]

Yeap 60GB version with model number CECHAxx seems to be the best. Dunno how can I find this version here All versions are for Commonwealth of Independent States

[KIGO1987]

Got your hands on a 1985 DMC DeLorean12 by any chance??

[NightArh]

Hope Sony will return processor from the past in their future consoles!

[KIGO1987]

heres some answers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_DMC-12