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What tools are you using? If you're just using the built in Windows tools, Windows may not recognize the partition on the drive, and it basically will want to reformat it.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ps3multiplayer.com/forum/ps3-technical-support/20236-ghosting-ps3-hdd-howto.html" rel="ugc">However this link should have info on cloning your drive.</a><br />
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<a href="http://vgstrategies.about.com/od/ps3cheatsandcodes/a/PS3HDDDriveSwap.htm" rel="ugc">Here is another guide on how to install a larger capacity hard drive into your PS3.</a>
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What tools are you using? If you're just using the built in Windows tools, Windows may not recognize the partition on the drive, and it basically will want to reformat it.

However this link should have info on cloning your drive. [http://www.ps3multiplayer.com/forum/ps3-technical-support/20236-ghosting-ps3-hdd-howto.html]

Here is another guide on how to install a larger capacity hard drive into your PS3. [http://vgstrategies.about.com/od/ps3cheatsandcodes/a/PS3HDDDriveSwap.htm]

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Took a little while but worked great, thanks!
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Took a little while but worked great, thanks!

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I'm trying to image my PS3 hard drive so I can put it on another hard drive but when I put it on the computer it tells me I must initialize it first. I don't want to do anything to it in case something happens, just image and tranfers.<br />
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Any thoughts as to why this is occuring?
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I'm trying to image my PS3 hard drive so I can put it on another hard drive but when I put it on the computer it tells me I must initialize it first. I don't want to do anything to it in case something happens, just image and tranfers.

Any thoughts as to why this is occuring?

Image PS3 Hard Drive Issues

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