puneet888 Member Contributor Verified Sep 17, 2017 at 12:20 AM #1 Has anyone tried to remove ps3 hdd from slot and ran it on pc with hdd reader? If we do it what will we see on pc ??
Has anyone tried to remove ps3 hdd from slot and ran it on pc with hdd reader? If we do it what will we see on pc ??
PSXHAX Staff Member Verified Moderator Sep 17, 2017 at 1:45 AM #2 There were a bunch of tools released primarily for developers years ago to examine the PS3 hard drive from a PC: https://www.psxhax.com/threads/recovering-files-from-ps3-hard-drive.2497/#post-26615 Update: There is now a PS3 HDD Reader for Windows and a PS3 HDD Reader for Linux via Picard (aka 3141card) Download: PS3_HDD_Reader_final_windows.7z (908 KB) / PS3_HDD_Reader_final_linux.7z (63 KB) / PS3_HDD_Reader_final_source_code.7z (39.09 KB) / PS3_Unlock_HDD_Space.7z (79 KB - includes PS3_Unlock_HDD_Space.pkg) / / lv0_446.idc.7z (113 KB) / lv1_446.idc.7z (949 KB) / LV1 embedded Files IDCs.7z (413 KB - includes lv1_446__pme_init.idc, lv1_446__ss_init.idc, lv1_446__ss_server1.idc, lv1_446__ss_server2.idc, lv1_446__ss_server3.idc, lv1_446__sysmgr_ss.idc and lv1_446__updater_frontend.idc) / lv2_446.idc.7z (1.3 MB) Spoiler: Related Tweets
There were a bunch of tools released primarily for developers years ago to examine the PS3 hard drive from a PC: https://www.psxhax.com/threads/recovering-files-from-ps3-hard-drive.2497/#post-26615 Update: There is now a PS3 HDD Reader for Windows and a PS3 HDD Reader for Linux via Picard (aka 3141card) Download: PS3_HDD_Reader_final_windows.7z (908 KB) / PS3_HDD_Reader_final_linux.7z (63 KB) / PS3_HDD_Reader_final_source_code.7z (39.09 KB) / PS3_Unlock_HDD_Space.7z (79 KB - includes PS3_Unlock_HDD_Space.pkg) / / lv0_446.idc.7z (113 KB) / lv1_446.idc.7z (949 KB) / LV1 embedded Files IDCs.7z (413 KB - includes lv1_446__pme_init.idc, lv1_446__ss_init.idc, lv1_446__ss_server1.idc, lv1_446__ss_server2.idc, lv1_446__ss_server3.idc, lv1_446__sysmgr_ss.idc and lv1_446__updater_frontend.idc) / lv2_446.idc.7z (1.3 MB) Spoiler: Related Tweets