Hardware "The appropriate system storage was not found" - HDD replacement.

[metroid maniac]

I recently bought a new hard drive for my 120GB PS3 slim. The new hard drive is a 750GB WD drive. When I place the new drive in my system, I get an error message which reads "Cannot Start. The appropriate system storage was not found." I have tried using two different USB drives in the system which contain the PS3 update data at USB:/PS3/UPDATE/PS3UPDAT.PUP but neither is recognised by the system. The replacement hard drive beeps a couple times while the PS3 boots. I haven't tried the drive in any other systems.

Is the hard drive damaged or is there something I'm missing?

 

[DinohScene]

Is your USB drive FAT32?
Same or greater FW?

 

[metroid maniac]

Is your USB drive FAT32?
Same or greater FW?

The USB drives are each FAT32.
FW I downloaded is the latest version, so I believe it's greater.

 

[DinohScene]

Odd.
Try FAT, the path to the update files are correct so it should automatically grab the file.

 

[metroid maniac]

Odd.
Try FAT, the path to the update files are correct so it should automatically grab the file.

No luck, I'm sorry. I'll try using the drive in a PC at some point to see if it's the drive or not.

 

[DinohScene]

Aye aye.
I hardly doubt it's the HDD but it could be.

 

[metroid maniac]

Aye aye.
I hardly doubt it's the HDD but it could be.

I bought it secondhand and haven't used it before so it's certainly possible.

 

[DinohScene]

Then it might be borked.

Try accessing it on a windows PC

 

[metroid maniac]

I think the drive's busted. When I try to put it in my desktop, the BIOS hangs with a message "Verifying dmi pool data..."