PS3 Black screen on HDD1 with CFW when trying to replace it. Any way to boot PS3?

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mickael28

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Hi guys,

I got a PS3 slim with a CFW on it. I don't know much about what it had, I think it was a Rebug CFW 4.82 with many tools and all was working fine on HDD1.

Today I got a larger HDD2 and I was trying to upgrade it. What I did so far was:
* format HDD2 on PC
* put HDD2 on PS3
* update HDD2 with USB stick to original firmware 4.82

The next steps I had in mind were to put back HDD1 on the PS3 and then copy all folders from one to another.

The problem I'm having now is that when I put HDD1 back, the PS3 doesn't output any video. I just get a black screen and it stays there.

I've tried pressing the power button after it does the 2nd beep, but still no signal.
I've tried with a component cable as well, and same problem.

If I remove the HDD1 with CFW and start without it or with HDD2 with OFW, then the video signal is ok.

Two doubts:
1- Is there a way to somehow have HDD1 CFW working again on the PS3 without having to lose the information inside it? (so that I could copy the CFW setup and all tools to the new HDD2)

2- And any idea why this could have happened?
 
format HDD2 on PC
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Waste of time. For PS3 it would be blank anyway, no matter what is written there.
The next steps I had in mind were to put back HDD1 on the PS3 and then copy all folders from one to another.
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No chance for that. CellOS for external mass storage device not using the same logic structure as for internal.

Homebrew file managers, don't getting keys on their own and decrypting it, also not supporting UFS2 filesystem and PS3 partition table.

On top of that, You assigned new HDD to this console so old will no longer be recognized. So putting back "HDD1" should results in... asking to format. Not black screen. Weird.

Is there a way to somehow have HDD1 CFW working again on the PS3 without having to lose the information inside it?
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No.

Maybe You will be interesting in this lecture:
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/h...on-3-hdd-on-pc-tutorials-tools-hub-faq.36261/

If I remove the HDD1 with CFW and start without it or with HDD2 with OFW, then the video signal is ok.
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If You installed OFW, then You no longer have CFW and currently there is no safe way to install CFW again on OFW past 4.85. Firmware is not installed on HDD, but on flash memory, just FYI. ;)
 
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Thank you Berion. I learnt quite a lot yesterday... I started from the basics as I didn't even know that the CFW was installed in the flash memory.

Got it working at the end by installing a CFW in the new HDD2, following this guide as all other sites seemed down:
* https://www.psx-place.com/threads/b...85-there-might-be-a-workaround-for-you.38895/

Once I had the CFW in HDD2, I could copy the data from the encrypted HDD1 directly onto HDD2 (without using a PC) with an option I found in Debug tools with Rebug CFW.
 
Once I had the CFW in HDD2, I could copy the data from the encrypted HDD1 directly onto HDD2 (without using a PC) with an option I found in Debug tools with Rebug CFW.
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What option You have in mind?
 
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