Problems restoring PS3 from backup please help :)

[homer]

Slimebeast said:

We must look at the objective. Keep his data safe whilst changing his external drive into a new format. He might be able to partition it and keep his data safe and then move it to the partition or he could back it up somewhere else, reformat the drive or partition it, and then recopy it in the correct format. I guess it isn't needed, but I'm not sure if by partitioning the drive, if he will lose data or if you can copy files across a partitioned drive(I assume you can but have never done it).

homer said:

Yeah I think I understand now.

All the data in his original 160GB HDD is intact, but it's essentially worthless since it's already moved out of his PS3.

So he has to save the back up data on the external HDD and hope it can be salvaged.

He could just buy an external hdd case and move it from his then external 160gb drive to his formatted 1 TB external drive if it came to that so it isn't useless per se. There is always a way as long as you keep it safe somewhere.