How to Fix Ps. 3 YLOD Yellow Light of Death. Recently, one of my reader mailed me these questions. If I take my ps. 3 hard drive out and put back in, will I lose all my game saves???? If I reformat the ps. The first question is very similar to a situation like you removing a hard drive from PC. So, the answer is No. But keep in mind that improper removal or installation of a HDD may cause damage to your PS3 system or loss of data, and may void your PS3 hardware warranty. So I would suggest you to refer to a good repair guide like PS3 Lights Fix by Rob Sheffield for instructions on how to reinstall your ps. It is recommended that you regularly back up any data on the HDD that is of a type that can be backed up. If for any reason software or data loss or corruption occurs, it may not be possible to restore or repair the software or data. The second question needs little more explanation. YLODs in PS3 or Yellow Light of Death in general are caused by major hardware failure. The “red light of death” occurs after a major Hard Drive failure. So probably your hard drive too might be causing a red/yellow light of death on PS3, hence by removing the PS3 hard drive and turning on the PS3, you can very well find out if your hard drive is faulty and causing the YLODIf the Yellow/Red Light still displays even after turning on the PS3 with the HDD out, then you can be sure that it isn’t the hard drive. If it doesn’t display any Yellow/Red Lights then it’s the hard drive. If the hard drive is the problem, then three main reasons could be,1. Faulty (e. g. Corrupted (e. Hasn’t been formatted to FAT3. HDD)After doing this, you are going to need software that has the ability to read PS3 hard drive. I personally recommend Swiss. Knife, This application has the ability to format PS3 HDD’s properly. Format the ENTIRE HDD and ONLY in FAT3. Remember to select your PS3 HDD. If windows is not reading your hdd out of your ps. Asus laptops include recovery software, installed to a hidden partition on the hard drive, that you can use to reinstall Windows in case of system failure. How To Install Windows 7 To USB External Hard Drive Our guide to wiping, formatting, and partitioning your hard drive using a Windows computer. If you’re anything like us, then you’ll have fistfuls of USB flash. I never did understand why people think they need to reformat the computer every 3 weeks. Maybe it comes from the Windows 95 days, or maybe because they get infected. The software lets you install your new disc drive quickly, with wizards that guide you through the processes of creating and formatting partitions on your disc drive.
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