Clone the HDD of a broken PS3 to a new one [duplicate]
Sophia Edwards
Published Jul 22, 2026
My PS3 recently died and I'm planning on getting a new one. Since I won't be able to use the data transfer utility couldn't I clone the HDD to the new PS3 HDD?
11 Answer
No not really. I hate to be the barer of bad news but because of Sony's obsessive security your data is probably lost. There's no way to clone a PS3 drive or swap it over into another machine and have it work because it's pretty much bonded to the machine it came from.(at least from what I know)
