PS3 hard disk falure, any advice ??

[Mark TKO]

have tried other forums but just on the off chance we have an inhouse expert...

Went to boot it up yesterday message 'cannot start the correct hard disk was not found' ??

I thought ok so rebooted - same thing. I went online finding people advising to remove the hard drive and reinsert. I did - same thing.

Rang Sony who talked me through how to get to the recovery menu. Tried it whilst they on phone - coul I get there coulf I f***, just kept coming up with same error message.

They then said as its out of warranty the only option is to pay them £145 and they will take my old one away and give me a new one at door service.

Have looked online and some people say just get a new hard drive for like 40 quid and put in ps3. Thing is there's no way of knowing that will fix it ??

Am angry as the thing is onkly like 5 month out of warranty - this is firt console I have ever had go wrong.

Anyone any advice or had similar issues ?

ta

ps even with new hard disk I will lose all my saved data on existing games I guess - can live with that but still not ideal

Bloody technology !!!!!!!!!

[rialex]

try trading it with xbox 360. i thjink ps3 is all hype