Problems restoring PS3 from backup please help :)

[mysticwolf]

homer said:

mysticwolf said:

homer said:

You can't do that. You have to format your external drive before you back it up. I'm pretty sure I had the same problem.

So... how do i format my PS3 slim so I can back it up again?

I'm gonna have to put the old HDD back in the ps3. I'll do that now

If you do that, you'll lose all its data. The ps3 reformats and erases everything in all hard drives even if it was one previously in it.

okey dokey, so what do I do then? can I reformat the external without losing everything on the backup? i still have the 160 GB HDD, if I need that