Spankey on 03 March 2010
I'll take a flying leap in the dark here. possibly two.
1 both HDD's are defective (unlikely but possibe, try format them fully in a PC if you can)
2 the HDD encryption key on that PS3 has become stuffed somehow, might be worth letting Sony have a look at it.
other than maybe drop your PS3 or spike the power to it causing some form of trauma, I can't see how his little brother might have accomplished this feat.
does it let you get to the restore mode at all?
never tried it myself but you might want to give it a go
http://datarecoverypage.com/data-restore/playstation-3-recovery-mode-tutorial-fix-your-ps3s-errors-and-corrupted-data-today
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