My PS3 died on me. It has the famous yellow light of death. All my ME2 saves are still one it and I haven’t made a backup. I feel so stupid now for not making a backup. Over 100 hours of gameplay gone in just a second.
Is there maybe anyway I can get those saves off that hard disk? Or anyway I can get my PS3 running long enough to get those saves off there?
Nooooooo, lost all my ME2 saves…
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Spike81
, déc. 08 2011 10:18
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Posté 11 décembre 2011 - 05:08
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Maybe you can tell me whether I have protected myself from this...I've copied game files onto a pc USB stick. If I have trouble with the console like you have, am I protected? I.e. I can transfer that data to a new PS3 should I need it?
Have noticed that some games don't allow for me to do what I've done with the other games. Hmm.
Have noticed that some games don't allow for me to do what I've done with the other games. Hmm.
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Posté 11 décembre 2011 - 02:43
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I’m not sure if that is enough.. Some save files are copy protected and can’t be copied to an USB drive. I believe ME2 save are one of those protected. You can also backup your entire PS3 HD to an FAT formatted portable hard drive. But I’ve been looking into this since I lost my saves and I’m reading things that even with a full backup you can only restore it to the same PS3, and not to a new one. I’m not sure of this because I have not tested it myself.
The should be a file transfer tool on the PS3 that is used to copied your date to another PS3. So to be completely save, I think the best way to go is to make a backup using the file transfer.
The should be a file transfer tool on the PS3 that is used to copied your date to another PS3. So to be completely save, I think the best way to go is to make a backup using the file transfer.
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Posté 19 décembre 2011 - 05:14
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***Make note of above post***
Thanks for that...will look into it. I've seen ME2 info when I log out of the game and look at the save info...from memory, Heavy Rain didn't allow for saving onto USB stick.
* Do you know if you can buy a FAT formatted portable hard drive? Or do you have to format it yourself? How do you do that? What kind of money does such a drive cost?
Thanks for that...will look into it. I've seen ME2 info when I log out of the game and look at the save info...from memory, Heavy Rain didn't allow for saving onto USB stick.
* Do you know if you can buy a FAT formatted portable hard drive? Or do you have to format it yourself? How do you do that? What kind of money does such a drive cost?
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Posté 22 décembre 2011 - 12:54
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I’m replaying the game and have one play trough ready by now. I’ve tried copying the saves to an USB drive and it worked. I remember trying it before and they were copy protected. Maybe EA/Bioware removed the copy protection after the update to store saves online with Playstation Plus. I’m not sure if you can restore those saves on another PS3 though.
As for your questions.. The cost of such drive depends on the size mostly. If you’re only going to use it to backup your PS3 drive then you need at least a drive with the same size or higher as your PS3 hard drive. A 250GB or 500GB hard drive doesn’t cost that much anymore.
I can’t tell if one is formatted as FAT by default but you can easily do that on a PC or laptop. Just right click the drive in windows explorer or something and select “format”. Then select the “FAT32” file system and click start. That’s all.
As for your questions.. The cost of such drive depends on the size mostly. If you’re only going to use it to backup your PS3 drive then you need at least a drive with the same size or higher as your PS3 hard drive. A 250GB or 500GB hard drive doesn’t cost that much anymore.
I can’t tell if one is formatted as FAT by default but you can easily do that on a PC or laptop. Just right click the drive in windows explorer or something and select “format”. Then select the “FAT32” file system and click start. That’s all.
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Posté 22 décembre 2011 - 07:30
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Spike81 wrote...
I’m not sure if that is enough.. Some save files are copy protected and can’t be copied to an USB drive. I believe ME2 save are one of those protected. You can also backup your entire PS3 HD to an FAT formatted portable hard drive. But I’ve been looking into this since I lost my saves and I’m reading things that even with a full backup you can only restore it to the same PS3, and not to a new one. I’m not sure of this because I have not tested it myself.
The should be a file transfer tool on the PS3 that is used to copied your date to another PS3. So to be completely save, I think the best way to go is to make a backup using the file transfer.
There are two ME2 saves. One is called "Profile/Game Progress" or something like that. The other is your actualprofile "XXX Shephard" or whatever you named your character. The Profile save is locked, but it's really just game setting (subtitles, difficulty, etc.) The actual game save, which is named after whatever you named your character, is not locked. I saved that file to a USB stick and was able to transfer it when i changed my hard drive to one with a bigger capactiy.
As far as getting the YLOD, you could ask them to fix your original console or use a "quick fix" such as the hairdryer fix to get the PS3 working long enough to retrieve your saves/game disc that may be stuck in the system.
I'm not sure if there's a way to read from the computer because the PS3 encrypts its info into a type that can't be read by a PC.
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Posté 19 février 2012 - 10:34
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Hi everybody. I'va got the same problem:the ps3 died twice and everytime I had to format the hard disk. So I lost twice all my ME2 saves..... Since I'm tired of replaying the entire game again for the third time, is it possible to use other savegame? In this case may I use yours? 
It would be really nice ......
Thanks a lot!
It would be really nice ......Thanks a lot!
