Hacking PS3 restore database corrupted the HDD

[e398]

What the flying fuck. I switched the HDD. Installed FERROX, installed all games back, installed all DLCs. Logged on PSN, resigned all saves. Everything is pristine again so i went up to rebuild database cause it was like a shittom of games to transfer. Then the ps3 says the HDD is corrupted, what the fuck. Did the ps3 just ate the HDD like, is formatting the only option?

 

[MasterJ360]

If the games aren't showing up or playable you are screwed here. I had a similar problem like in 2012 where the power went out while installing a game. The ps3 told me the same thing and games showed up with white blank icons. Formatting was the only solution.

 

[e398]

If the games aren't showing up or playable you are screwed here. I had a similar problem like in 2012 where the power went out while installing a game. The ps3 told me the same thing and games showed up with white blank icons. Formatting was the only solution.

Everything was working fine but after i went to recovery to just rebuild the database it says its corrupted and needs to be formatted. I can't understand what is happening here.

 

[MasterJ360]

Everything was working fine but after i went to recovery to just rebuild the database it says its corrupted and needs to be formatted. I can't understand what is happening here.

Best thing I can tell you is try to backup your games/save files to an external drive before formatting the HDD. A corrupted database means formatting. If you switched HDDs thats probably the reason why you can't recover properly.

 

[e398]

Best thing I can tell you is try to backup your games/save files to an external drive before formatting the HDD. A corrupted database means formatting. If you switched HDDs thats probably the reason why you can't recover properly.

Can't bypass the format page. Yes i switched HDDs and made everything from zero, can't figure out why this happened. Probably i'm stuck in a unrecoverable situation.

 

[YOUCANTSTOPME]

I had a similar problem like in 2012 where the power went out while installing a game.

I keep consoles with hard drives connected to a UPS for this very reason. I consider the purchase of a UPS to be like getting insurance for your consoles.

 

[e398]

I keep consoles with hard drives connected to a UPS for this very reason. I consider the purchase of a UPS to be like getting insurance for your consoles.

Damn. Well my best bet now is recovering the backups that i did with recuva. Sorting what games i lost and re-downloading them again. Since DLCs and other PKGs i still have the backup. My estimates are at least 200-300 gigs of lost data.

 

[MasterJ360]

I keep consoles with hard drives connected to a UPS for this very reason. I consider the purchase of a UPS to be like getting insurance for your consoles.

Yeah I have one now especially for my pc. If anything most of my ps4/ps3 games are stored on an external hdd. Not that it's any safer but at least I have a better chance to recover them.

 

[godreborn]

there's a four byte db.err file that flags the system for a rebuilding of the database: https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Recovery_Menu#4._Rebuild_Database

 

[e398]

there's a four byte db.err file that flags the system for a rebuilding of the database: https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Recovery_Menu#4._Rebuild_Database

Would be there a way to erase this flag? Like in my case i was unable to bypass the "let us format the ps3 warning". If FTP was active sure. But it was not active.

 

[godreborn]

maybe with the erk, the hdd, and a pc.

 

[ecto]

I've had so many problems with my PS3's internal hdd... Now, I'm makeing clones of the internal hdd almost everytime after a successful file system check.

Btw. what size is your internal drive now? I has a 1.5TB drive installed at first, and whenever the PS3 wanted to do a filesystem check, it prompted me to reformat (even with a freshly formatted drive).

Luckily, (iirc) I've never had a corrupt database that led to a mandatory formatting...