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ps3forlife82
June 9th, 2008, 10:21 PM
Ok im going to take back my 60 gig ps3 i bought from costco when it first came out so i can get a refund and buy the new MGS4 bundle.. I will save about 250 bucks..

Question is how do i save all the stuff on my 60 gig ps3 so i can transfer it to my 80 gig? Has anyone had to do this yet. Im worried i will lose all my saved game data. And have to restart all my games again... Any advice??/
coolguy
June 9th, 2008, 10:50 PM
well you have to put all the game saves on a memroy card..
and call up costco and ask them if they are still doing this.
i read on another site a while back that they stoped doing this..
giveing refunds after a year lol
LetsGoMets
June 9th, 2008, 11:07 PM
Ok im going to take back my 60 gig ps3 i bought from costco when it first came out so i can get a refund and buy the new MGS4 bundle.. I will save about 250 bucks..

Question is how do i save all the stuff on my 60 gig ps3 so i can transfer it to my 80 gig? Has anyone had to do this yet. Im worried i will lose all my saved game data. And have to restart all my games again... Any advice??/

use the backup utility to back up your data to a USB drive.
ps3forlife82
June 9th, 2008, 11:09 PM
yea costco changed there policy on there refunds but i bought mine before they did so i am cool. If you bought it when they changed it you have like 90 days but if you bought it before they did you still get honored with there old policy.. SWEET!!

So all i have to do is transfer all my saved data to a memory stick? Like a memory stick duo or anything?
Commcd
June 9th, 2008, 11:34 PM
Memory stick duo, SD card etc etc or USB stick or external HDD.
snowthedirtbub
June 10th, 2008, 09:15 PM
Wait you can return your ps3 even if theres nothing wrong with it? Cuz ive been kicking myself that i didn't buy the MGS4 bundle. DOes this work at target?
rader023
June 10th, 2008, 09:29 PM
No just Costco............


And threads like this are the reason the policy has ended. HDTV's were even worse......
Neo-Delta
June 10th, 2008, 09:41 PM
*Sigh*

There is a forums specifically for this here (http://ps3forums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=115). It'll probably be moved though anyways.

Answer:

Step 1: Buy some sort of high capacity USB storage device. Insert into the said port.

Step 2: Go to: Settings > System Settings > Backup Utility > Back Up on your current PS3 model.

Step 3: Remove storage device, insert it in the new console and go to through the same settings as above except go to 'restore' option instead of 'Back Up'. That should pretty much do it for you.

Hope that helped.
Boomgobug
June 10th, 2008, 10:45 PM
External HDD is what i would use
seebs
June 10th, 2008, 11:33 PM
Just so you know, it's people like you that are WHY people with legitimate problems are now getting screwed on returns.
Yip-Man
June 11th, 2008, 12:06 PM
Just so you know, it's people like you that are WHY people with legitimate problems are now getting screwed on returns.

How True. can't believe people do this.
PS3-Junkie
June 11th, 2008, 05:40 PM
ive sort of got the same problem my 60gb ps3 burnt out though (warrenty expired 1 month ago ) so i got a 40gb ps3 ( due to lack of funds ) and sony werent much of a help, so i was wondering too how am i gonna transfer some of my saved files,music,pics onto the 40gb console ? can i just change the hard drives over ? can any one help with my problem....
menefreghista
June 12th, 2008, 02:01 PM
Just so you know, it's people like you that are WHY people with legitimate problems are now getting screwed on returns.

How True. can't believe people do this.

+100
thanks for jacking up the cost of items for the rest of us