Playstation 3 corrupt Hard Drive,

PerfectCreature
PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
edited February 2012 in The Clubhouse
Anyone know how to fully fix this issue?
I have done the whole press the power button, hold. Get two beeps, look at menu....choose number 5 and then restore. It keeps corrupting again. I am thinking of just wiping the drive with DBAN or some other data scrub software and doing it again.

Looking for any advice to keep my information?
Thanks.
Receiver
Harman Kardon HK 3490
Speakers
Polk Audio Monitor 50s
Subwoofer
Klipsch KSW-100
Cables
AudioQuest Rocket 33s 10ft
AudioQuest Optilink1 2m
AudioQuest Alpha-Snake 25ft Interconnect
AudioQuest HDMI-1 2m

Alienware X51 R2
PS4
Samsung Smart TV 40" 1080p 3D
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited February 2012
    Most of your info should be stored on the ps3 account. and can be recovered . at least as far as the purchased software. You will have to re set all settings but the total restoer should do it.

    How old of unit do you have?
    Too much **** to list....
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited February 2012
    Its the slim model. It is for a friend. She is not very computer smart. I was just wondering if there was an easier way then formatting the hard drive to FAT32, then having the PS3 do the rest. My tower is not nice when it comes to installing/removing hard drives.
    She wanted all the saved game data if I was able to save it. It does not seem to be staying "healthy" it keeps corrupting.
    Receiver
    Harman Kardon HK 3490
    Speakers
    Polk Audio Monitor 50s
    Subwoofer
    Klipsch KSW-100
    Cables
    AudioQuest Rocket 33s 10ft
    AudioQuest Optilink1 2m
    AudioQuest Alpha-Snake 25ft Interconnect
    AudioQuest HDMI-1 2m

    Alienware X51 R2
    PS4
    Samsung Smart TV 40" 1080p 3D
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited February 2012
    1. PM pfb
    2. Sue the Sony corporation.
    3. Receive new Playstation.
    4. Profit....?
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  • BeefJerky
    BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
    edited February 2012
    If it keeps corrupting after doing a restore, you probably have a hardware problem. It would likely be one of the following, in order from most to least likely:
    1) Bad hard drive - They're mechanical, so it isn't terribly uncommon for them to wear out or break down.
    2) Bad/loose data cable - Try reseating the hard drive cable, or replacing it.
    3) Bad controller - Since this is part of the mainboard, you are quite screwed if this is the problem.
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