Hardware Can't get rid of corrupted file

[fossda]

I tried the delete the game data for GT5, but instead of disappearing, it changed to 'Corrupted File'. When I try to delete this, it just says 'The system storage cannot be accessed.' When I try any of the options in safe mode, it just says 'Preparing...' forever. When I try to back it up to an external hard drive, it says 'Preparing' and then throws up an error message. Everything else works fine. Please help!

 

[fossda]

Rebooted the system, trying to restore the file system, been stuck at 6% for hours

 

[fossda]

Turned the system off, rebooted it in safe mode, selected option 2 (restore system setting) but now THAT's taking forever, did it over an hour ago

 

[xcrimsonstormx]

Might be a bad hard drive might need to get a new hard drive if you can't get anything else to work, even a new hard drive isn't guaranteed to fix it, if it is part of the nand on the console.

 

[fossda]

but i don't want to lose all my data and every time i try to backup to an external hard drive, it comes up with an error.

 

[xcrimsonstormx]

That seems really weird does your PS3 even work still or does it go into safe mode every time?

 

[fossda]

When I start it up normally, it doesn't go into safe mode, it just comes up with the 'The file system is corrupted and will be restored.' screen. When I press x, it does it, but now freezes at 16%

 

[xcrimsonstormx]

I see, I really don't know what to tell you, the only thing I know to do is to call Sony, and see what they can do, like I said you might have messed with the NAND accidentally, and caused a semi-brick on your PS3. Sorry

 

[fossda]

It was working fine a few days ago, except for a few minor problems. Then when I put in safe mode to try to get rid of the corrupted file, I couldn't get it to work again

 

[fossda]

Turned my PS3 off, inserted a usb stick with the update file in, went on safe mode, selected option 6, and the whole thing froze, now I'm back in the same scenario as my previous thread: http://gbatemp.net/threads/cant-boot-ps3-properly.364461/

 

[xcrimsonstormx]

Is it a fat or slim model?

 

[fossda]

250gb slim.

 

[xcrimsonstormx]

Ok it sounds like either 2 issues, one it is a faulty HDD and you will need to replace the HDD or two you semi-bricked you nand and you'll have to send it to Sony to be unbricked, those are just my guesses they could be wrong since I can't actually look at you console. Sorry about your issue.

 

[fossda]

Last time I had the issue, as I said in my previous thread, I somehow managed to fix it by starting it up normally XD, I now firmly regret trying to delete that corrupted file in the first place, it was working fine before...

 

[fossda]

Tried it again now, now stuck at 6%

 

[fossda]

Tried it again yesterday morning, by the evening it had got up to over 40%, and I left it on overnight, but when I checked it this morning, it had turned off by itself sometime in the night... and when I turned it back on, it went back to the original error screen. Maybe it crashed sometime in the night, I don't know...