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How to Restore the Playstation 3 System

If your PlayStation 3 is acting up, a quick fix may be to do a back up and restore of the system. You can always restore the PS3 without the backup, but you will lose your saved games and other media you have on the hard drive. Using any USB mass storage device, you can back up your information. Restoring the PS3 may fix temporary issues such as games freezing or corrupted files.

Things You'll Need

USB mass storage

Instructions

- 1
  Boot up your PS3 system.
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  Use your controller to scroll to ̶0;Settings,̶1; then select "System Settings."
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  Choose ̶0;Backup Utility,̶1; then select "Backup." Confirm the backup by selecting ̶0;Yes.̶1;
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  Insert the USB device into one of the USB ports on the front of the system. You can use a Sony Memory Stick, SD card or a flash drive.
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  Choose the USB device that you want to use to backup the information.
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  Allow the system to transfer the data.
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  Press the ̶0;back̶1; button when prompted and select "Restore." Confirm that you want to restore the system.
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  Select the USB device and the file name.
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  Select ̶0;Yes̶1; to start the restoration. The system will reformat the hard drive, and then restore your backed up data. The system will automatically restart during the process.

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