Good Point athlon770, I forgot about that.
I remember reading your post and then making up mine and some how forgot about that how could I.
But still if you want a quicker way I found for a friend is this,
First, go out and buy 2.5 inch Labtop harddrive that is SATA ok,
Second, make sure you buy a enclosure for the 2.5 inch HDD,
Third, Unplug your PS3 and move it to a safe workabout area,
Fouth, remove the current HDD,
Fifth, Install the new HDD,
Sixth, Turn on the PS3 with the new HDD,
Seventh, You will be prompted to format the new HDD do so,
Eighth, Once you are done formatting the New HDD, Turn off the PS3 and unplug it from the powerstrip.
Nineth, Remove the Harddrive from the PS3 and install the old one, now as long as you have not reformatted the original HDD if will work like before.
Tenth, Install the New formatted HDD into the Enclosure you brought earlier, and hook it up to your PS3 via the USB port and you have a external HDD in under 20 minutes that way too.
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