PS3 Check files that use most disk space

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llvllr30

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Hello i have a superslim ps3 with 500gb hdd and i want to ask that how can i check files that use most disk space
because i only have 4 games and all of them arent over 20gb, i also have 100gb+ movies stored in ps3 but somehow when i check system storage it only say 84gb free space
 
Check the packages folder, check the tmp folder and check inside the home folder under profile numbers to ensure there aren't any residual files left. Also you can check under package manager on the XMB.
 
llvllr30 said:
also can i delete the whole tmp folder ?
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You can but you will need to reinstall webMAN mod Installer again. It will also remove icons of disc images from webMAN but it will come right back. Nothing will render your system useless. But if you had any failed pkgs they would be in hdd0:/home/0000000x folders of incomplete.
 
I'm not sure if the free space is entirely accurate. the ps4 suffers from this problem as well. if you install something to the internal hdd on the ps4, then use app2usb, transfer the game over to an external hdd and create a forwarder for it, it will still show the same amount of used space despite the game no longer being on the hdd. the free space is most likely recorded somewhere or else it would have to read over the entire hdd every time you checked the free space. it seems to record the total space, but individual games (for example) are not recorded, so when you go into information for a particular game, it has to read over all files for that particular game, which can take minutes depending on number of files/size of game. total space used on the ps3 may be in the metadata file or the xregistry, since I think this is the file that displays free space. it may be reading it from somewhere or it's simply recorded at installation (not sure).

edit: the xregistry may not be updating properly, so the space may be there. it's just not displaying the correct information. this is true of the ps4 actually. anyway, this has happened to many people.
 
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pinky said:
I'm not sure if the free space is entirely accurate. the ps4 suffers from this problem as well. if you install something to the internal hdd on the ps4, then use app2usb, transfer the game over to an external hdd and create a forwarder for it, it will still show the same amount of used space despite the game no longer being on the hdd. the free space is most likely recorded somewhere or else it would have to read over the entire hdd every time you checked the free space. it seems to record the total space, but individual games (for example) are not recorded, so when you go into information for a particular game, it has to read over all files for that particular game, which can take minutes depending on number of files/size of game. total space used on the ps3 may be in the metadata file or the xregistry, since I think this is the file that displays free space. it may be reading it from somewhere or it's simply recorded at installation (not sure).

edit: the xregistry may not be updating properly, so the space may be there. it's just not displaying the correct information. this is true of the ps4 actually. anyway, this has happened to many people.
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ah ok thanks for your reply
 
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