Welp...looks like I'm gonna have to end up doing something that I've been putting off doing for a LONG time now, namely, doing a system restore on my PS3.
I made a thread about this problem I'm having a while back, but never really did anything about it. Problem being, when too many video files (and apparently, MP3s) of the same type are downloaded/transferred to the PS3's HDD, sometimes, they are "overwritten" over the old ones. Technically, they are still there, but there is no way to access them. They're basically "ghost files" that just clog up memory space. As an example, right now, I have a folder under Video called, "Unknown" that says it has 54 files in it, using 178 MB, but there's nothing there. I've changed the sorting of the files previously, which DID allow me to delete some of the ghost files, but at least 400-500 MB of them still remain. Space is not the main problem (although, on my 250 gig HDD that I put in earlier this year, I only have 67 gigs left), however. Main problem is exporting my video stuff made with EyeCreate, which has more than once made a ghost file of a previously exported file (luckily, I don't think I've permanently lost anything). Plus, as I'm getting ready to dump a bunch of MP3s to the PS3, and probably rip some CDs (both to put on my PSP), I don't want to have to recopy stuff multiple times and/or create more ghost files.
God, this is gonna be a huge undertaking. Not only do I need to back up all my save files, video files, and some music files I only have on the PS3 onto a flash drive (Demon's Souls file is SOL...it's not able to be copied
), but after the system restore, I need to REDOWNLOAD ALL OF THE GAMES, DEMOS, ETC, from the Playstation Store that I have on my HDD. This is gonna require a MASSIVE amount of time.
As I said before, the memory left on the HDD is not the main issue. But this is something that I've needed to do for quite some time now, so might as well bite the bullet and do it now.
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I made a thread about this problem I'm having a while back, but never really did anything about it. Problem being, when too many video files (and apparently, MP3s) of the same type are downloaded/transferred to the PS3's HDD, sometimes, they are "overwritten" over the old ones. Technically, they are still there, but there is no way to access them. They're basically "ghost files" that just clog up memory space. As an example, right now, I have a folder under Video called, "Unknown" that says it has 54 files in it, using 178 MB, but there's nothing there. I've changed the sorting of the files previously, which DID allow me to delete some of the ghost files, but at least 400-500 MB of them still remain. Space is not the main problem (although, on my 250 gig HDD that I put in earlier this year, I only have 67 gigs left), however. Main problem is exporting my video stuff made with EyeCreate, which has more than once made a ghost file of a previously exported file (luckily, I don't think I've permanently lost anything). Plus, as I'm getting ready to dump a bunch of MP3s to the PS3, and probably rip some CDs (both to put on my PSP), I don't want to have to recopy stuff multiple times and/or create more ghost files.
God, this is gonna be a huge undertaking. Not only do I need to back up all my save files, video files, and some music files I only have on the PS3 onto a flash drive (Demon's Souls file is SOL...it's not able to be copied
), but after the system restore, I need to REDOWNLOAD ALL OF THE GAMES, DEMOS, ETC, from the Playstation Store that I have on my HDD. This is gonna require a MASSIVE amount of time.As I said before, the memory left on the HDD is not the main issue. But this is something that I've needed to do for quite some time now, so might as well bite the bullet and do it now.
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