PS3 Cloning the internal HDD for another PS3?

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PhaetonX

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Mae Govannen!

I have a PS3 CECHK03 with a new 1TB SSHD (Firecuda). Can I just clone the HDD to another new 1TB HDD and put it into my 2 other PS3s model CECHK04 and CECHH04?

I guess not, because of potentially different hardware inside, or the BD-ROM with specific keys being bound to the rest of the hardware?
Or might it work, when the 3 PS3s all have exactly the same 4.86.1 Lite Rebug on them?
probably not... man, this could save a LOT of time installing backups.

Also, somebody told me I should not use SSDs in the PS3, because the OS doesn't have the "Trim" feature and would destroy the SSD rather quickly, compared to an HDD or SSHD hybrid.
I assume that is correct.
Does anyone know how much the lack of this "trim" feature would kill an SSD faster than a SATA HDD? I guess not really.
 
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No its encrypted to that console not another.
I would use the ssd as an external and have your games on it so if / when the console dies you don't loose your games
 
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PhaetonX said:
Mae Govannen!

I have a PS3 CECHK03 with a new 1TB SSHD (Firecuda). Can I just clone the HDD to another new 1TB HDD and put it into my 2 other PS3s model CECHK04 and CECHH04?

I guess not, because of potentially different hardware inside, or the BD-ROM with specific keys being bound to the rest of the hardware?
Or might it work, when the 3 PS3s all have exactly the same 4.86.1 Lite Rebug on them?
probably not... man, this could save a LOT of time installing backups.

Also, somebody told me I should not use SSDs in the PS3, because the OS doesn't have the "Trim" feature and would destroy the SSD rather quickly, compared to an HDD or SSHD hybrid.
I assume that is correct.
Does anyone know how much the lack of this "trim" feature would kill an SSD faster than a SATA HDD? I guess not really.
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you can decrypt it you have to dump your keys im not sure how to use the keys and how to install it
 
The problem is the hdd needs to be encrypted... using keys shared for all the consoles
In that case yeah, it could work because all the consoles are going to do exactly the same encryption/decryption with the hdd

There is only one known way to do it... but is too much experimental :P
Hint: search the posts written by @M4j0r when he was talking about the hdd keys used by PS3 arcade models


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An additional problem is the xRegistry.sys file... this is pretty much like the registry of microsoft windows... and you know... is a bad idea to "recycle" the registry of a PC to a different PC... there are many settings in it related with hardware that could differ
 
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