well its not much of a problem now…many of u had the same problem i had….u bought GTA 4 and ur ps3 failed…it said…hard disc file corrupted and it wouldnt restore…and blah blah blah…well that happend to me back in April…and from april til now…ive resorted to playin my 360 and wii…but since i missed my ps3 so much…i planned on buyin a new one this friday…but u see…ive heard things about u can fix ur hard drive…i just wanna confirm…cuz also my old laptop caught a virus…and crashed….blah blah blah…im goin to get a new one…but what i wanted to know was..if i get a laptop…and lets say i get one with a 160GB hard drive…does that mean..that i can put it in my ps3 and my ps3 will work like new…or a friend of mine said that if i take my ps3 hard drive…and put it in my computer and format it…and put it back in my ps3 it will once again work like new…if so…what about the corruption…since the hard drive is screwed wont it screw up the computer….plz if u understood this question and can answer it plz do…and if u cant answer it then go somewhere else…i dont have time for idiotic ppl making smart ass comments on this question…plz if there r any smart individuals…plz help me…
to put this in more blunt terms..i wanna know if i can take out my ps3 hard drive put it in a laptop and format it..and put it right back in my ps3 and it will work again….also…plz once again no more dumb answers…i dont wanna hear about how i should stop playin videogames…or stop worrying about it…or anyone talkin about gettin a free ps3 or 360,.. most of that crap is fake…just plz answer the damn question.