It's a sad day - I have lost 5 years/300GB of my PS3 game installs and saves :'(

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SegataSanshiro said:

PS+ from now on and USB drives.

Also still a chance to recover it.
https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm

This program ha sbeen around for almost 30 years and he is trustworthy. Has a podcast on one of th ebiggest tech networks on Twit.tv with Leo Laporte. One of the best security guys around. It's an ugly site but trustworthy. It does cost money so it's up to you how much your data is worth.

That's interesting, but when you connect a PS3 hdd to PC, it simply shows as unallocated space, so even this wonder software can't help cos there's nothing to work with..