Putting an old HD in a new PS3 without formatting

[Chevinator123]

ghettoglamour said:

Chevinator123 said:
Cant be done, buying another 500gb hard drive is the only option or loose everything

why should I lose everything if I have my backup on an external HDD and then transfer it to new formatted HDD in the new PS3?

Wont work, you can only restore the backup data on the PS3 that you backed up on. Although saved game data can be restored onto another PS3 (or maybe this is what you mean buy "Why should i lose everything") but not the games and DLC ect ect,

OR

Maybe delete stuff from your old PS3 (game data files from games that you dont play anymore) so you have around 140gig of data then transfer (using ethernet cable option) to new PS3 with the 160gigHDD?