Comments on: 250Gb PS3 Slim available to order http://www.ps3pad.com/ps3-news/2009/10/01/250gb-ps3-slim-available-to-order/ The Playstation 3 hang-out! Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:58:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Marney Louis http://www.ps3pad.com/ps3-news/2009/10/01/250gb-ps3-slim-available-to-order/comment-page-1/#comment-874 Marney Louis Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:41:50 +0000 http://www.ps3pad.com/?p=506#comment-874 Hi, after looking at your website it sure looks like you are very familiar with the PS3 console and their "issues" to say the least :-) I was wondering if you please wouldn't mind answering a question for me...if you do not have time, it's ok I understand. I will give you 2 scenarios: 1st: I have a PS3 (80gb) and from the sounds of it the motherboard is defective (from over heat i suppose), if I were to replace the motherboard, could I still use my old hard drive with all of its current saved game backups on it? or when you install the new motherboard does the hard drive get re-formatted? automatically erasing all your saves? I have not done a back-up of my game save files for about a month. 2nd scenario: I would buy a new PS3 to replace the old one, can I transfer my game saves from PS3 (80gb) to the new PS3 (120gb)? if so how as the old PS3 would not be able to be booted up it still has the YLOD right?? from what i understand i could not use my old 80gb hard drive on a new PS3 system as the new system would want to format the drive (80gb) when you installed it. There is so many different websites offering different information it is hard to track down either of my scenarios to get straight answers. if you need a better explanation just shout :-) Hope you have a great day, Marney Hi, after looking at your website it sure looks like you are very familiar with the PS3 console and their “issues” to say the least :-)
I was wondering if you please wouldn’t mind answering a question for me…if you do not have time, it’s ok I understand.
I will give you 2 scenarios:
1st: I have a PS3 (80gb) and from the sounds of it the motherboard is defective (from over heat i suppose), if I were to replace the motherboard, could I still use my old hard drive with all of its current saved game backups on it? or when you install the new motherboard does the hard drive get re-formatted? automatically erasing all your saves? I have not done a back-up of my game save files for about a month.

2nd scenario: I would buy a new PS3 to replace the old one, can I transfer my game saves from PS3 (80gb) to the new PS3 (120gb)?
if so how as the old PS3 would not be able to be booted up it still has the YLOD right?? from what i understand i could not use my old 80gb hard drive on a new PS3 system as the new system would want to format the drive (80gb) when you installed it.
There is so many different websites offering different information it is hard to track down either of my scenarios to get straight answers.

if you need a better explanation just shout :-)
Hope you have a great day,
Marney

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