It could take at least 6 hours, and restoring them back to your new HDD is another 6 hours.Īfter initializing the new HDD, the old and new HDD could be swapped at any time, since they are both encrypted with your consoles key. Trust me, you dont want to back up several hundred gigs of HDD content using the backup utility. Convert Pkg To Install The FirmwareĪfter installing the new HDD, you will be prompted to either format the internal drive or reinstall the firmware, depending on whether your console is NANDNOR.Īnother option is to connect the old HDD directly to your PC and use PS3 HDD Reader to backup its content.

I think the forum rule says we cant discuss piracy so I think you need to rip your own games, instead of downloading them online Click to expand.īTW unless you are modding your games, I dont see the point of converting iso to folder format, since sending several thousand files over FTP could take days. I think the forum rule says we cant discuss piracy so I think you need to rip your own games, instead of downloading them online. I tried to convert several games myself but the compatibility is not that great.Īs for iso conversion, I use PS3ISOTOOLS and havent encountered a single game that doesnt work.

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