I was attempting to do the latest update the other day and it gets to 62% and fails. So, I followed the on screen instructions and I kept getting the same thing. So, I called tech support and tried it all over again. Then they told me to update the system by downloading it to a thumb drive and restarting the system in safe mode and I cant even get the system to start up in safe mode. It immediately goes right to the update and fails. Anyone heard of this before or have any ideas?
Originally posted by KillerBug: Pull the hard drive, us a PC to format it as NTFS, and then put the drive back into the system. The update should then work.
Originally posted by KillerBug: Just like any other sata drive; internally on a desktop or with an external enclosure on laptops.
I'm not very tech savy so forgive me if this is a stupid question. If I wipe the hard drive clean how will the system even know to look for an upgrade since there no longer is any OS on it? My thought process is if I format my laptop and without a windows recovery disk then all I have is dumb terminal.
Originally posted by KillerBug: Just like any other sata drive; internally on a desktop or with an external enclosure on laptops.
I'm not very tech savy so forgive me if this is a stupid question. If I wipe the hard drive clean how will the system even know to look for an upgrade since there no longer is any OS on it? My thought process is if I format my laptop and without a windows recovery disk then all I have is dumb terminal.
The PS3s OS isn't stored on the harddrive. It's stored on a flash memory inside the console itself.
Xbox 360: Slim untouched with a faked 320 GB harddrive for XBL, phat with LT 3.0, played Halo early, so going on live would be an instand ban, also with a faked 320 GB harddrive
PS3: Untouched 160 GB Slim, 60 GB Fat with latest Rogero and 160 GB internal harddrive.
PSVita: hardly ever play it
GameCube: Black with a Viper chip installed. With gameboy player. Trying to get a Wavebird controller.
Most PS3s have only 16MB of flash...the OS will not fit on there. There are some basic recovery bits there, but most of the system is on the hard drive.
cypres - do you have a laptop or a desktop? Also, are you still using the 20GB drive? If so, I would recommend upgrading to a larger drive.
Originally posted by KillerBug: Most PS3s have only 16MB of flash...the OS will not fit on there. There are some basic recovery bits there, but most of the system is on the hard drive.
cypres - do you have a laptop or a desktop? Also, are you still using the 20GB drive? If so, I would recommend upgrading to a larger drive.
I have a laptop. I am planning on upgrading hdd if this works. But I have never had any problems with only having 20g of storage. I really only use it to play cod and watch movies.
Why should I format it to NTFS? I thought the ps3 was fat32....?
