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How to Back Up Your Saves on the PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 has the ability to save games, presets, achievements and online records on its internal hard drive for users to retrieve and resume play where they left off. Like with all computers, the risk of the hard drive failing can mean losing all the hard-earned records and achievements. To ensure that your game saved data is protected, back up your PlayStation 3 "game saves" onto a USB external storage drive.

Things You'll Need

Flash drive or USB storage drive

Instructions

- 1
  Insert your flash drive or external storage device into the USB slots on the PS3.
- 2
  Go to the "Settings" icon and scroll down to "System Settings." Choose the "Backup Utility" option and click on "Backup."
- 3
  Wait for the PS3 to detect your USB device. Once it does, select "USB Device" and press "Enter."
- 4
  Scroll over to the "Game" icon on the main menu using your joystick. Choose the "Saved Data Utility" option and scroll down to the game saves you wish to back up.
- 5
  Press the "Triangle" button and choose "Copy." It will give you a list of devices to transfer to; select "USB Device" and press "Enter" (X Button).
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  Repeat the process for every game save you wish to back up. After each backup, the "Copy completed" message will appear to verify that the backup was successful.

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