if this doesn't work than it's most likely because there is dust interfering with the connections. i simply used a vacuum cleaner to get the dust out and it worked perfectly, no need to restore or anything.
I had to try this like at least 10 times and it eventually worked. I had to disconnect the power every time it froze. It kept saying wrong hard disc so don't give up guys!
Thanks this video saved me the $170 service fee Sony wanted to fix the incorrect HDD problem i had. i just did this (But i chose option 5 as it was a new HDD that had no information on it) and my ps3 is working again with my new HDD i was upgrading my ps3 from a FAT with 80 Gig HDD to a 500 Gig HDD
please help me. i have the same issue, and when i tried to go in recovery mode, ps3 said the same thing 'cannot start, correct hard disk not found'. It does not even take me in recovery mode. what's wrong ? please help. is my hdd completely dead. i have ps3 slim 250gb.
I used this video to help me when switching hard drives on my PS3 slim. Got the 'correct hard disk was not found' error. I followed the instructions of this video with one change - instead of restore files, I selected 'System Update' (I had the system update on an external hard drive)
Thank you so much for this video. I had the same problem, called Playstation Support, and they were no help what so ever. So thank you sir. You saved me from a lot of headache, and potentially throwing shit out the window. :)
IT DOES WORK!! YOU HAVE TO DO IT LIKE 5 OR 6 TIMES!! I HAD TO UNPLUG THE POWER CORD CUZ IT GOT STUCK! WHEN I PLUGGED IT BACK UP IT WORKED!!! THANKS CHRIS!!
PART 1: Although your way didn't work i took the method 2 which is the 'wipe out' option that you mentioned and it worked. I had a NEW hard drive and it said, after clicking on that the hard drive was corrupted and needs to restore it so i let it do that, and i seem to have a New-like system now.
@MetelAdict May be a formatting issue with the new drive. I am not sure how to fix it. except reformatting it to FAT32 Via the computer. but I would look further online before following my method.
this generally means your hard drive got knocked out of place (this happened to me and I carry my ps3 to friends houses in my backpack quite a bit). To fix it, just open the hard drive flap on the side with a flat head screwdriver, unscrew the screw to the hard drive bay, and reinsert the hard drive. Did this right after I got my error message and it fixed it right away!
This exact thing happened to me Friday night 8/07/09. Tried this and it didn't work do I have to replace the hard drive or should this work without changing the hard drive? I don't know if this helps at all but I have a 80g PS3 that was the Metal Gear pack...any advice is helpful.
Great job really helped, loading backed up files onto my new PS3 (not really but seems like new with a Samsung 640GB 7200rpm 16MB L2cache HDD) right now.
OK i did that but were it says connect your controller instead of saying that it said the same thing again "cannot start the correct hard disc was not found" plz help im about to break down and destroy this damn thing. ;(
this is excellent advice, been looking around ages. If you still get the same message time and time again like i did with my new samsung 640g HDD, you have to install the latest update onto an external HD making sure the file is uppercase, and no other files in between, or any other files within the PS3 main file. plug the external HDD in, and turn the system on according to this dudes instructions and it will work. any questions plese post me
hi, my ps3 was working fine and was playing on it one night, i shut it down normally and went to play on it the next day and the message came up saying "CANNOT START THE CORRECT HARD DISK WAS NOT FOUND". so i have watched a few videos and tried to get the secret menu up, it doesnt show at all, the message just re-appears, tried taking hard disk out and blowing and re inserting it, even put in a different hard drive which my friend was using in a laptop of his and still the same... HELP. SOS :(
I got this problem since my rebuild keeps on crashing and I had to restart the PS3 repeatedly (HDD light no longer flashing), this suddenly happened. I restored and file system and it seemed to work, however I lost all of my saved files while doing this but however it says that the free space is 13GB/111GB... Any chance to recover them or should I just reformat?
yea i did wat u said, but it doesnt go to the menu. its just a blank screen for like 5 minutes and then it says "Cannot start. Correct hard disk was not found." wat do i do?
Where the recovery menu should pop up all i get is "cannot start. the correct hard disk cannot be found" It doesn't ask me to connect my controller or anything...
I do this to mine and after its done "restoring," it just resets and the same msg comes up again saying "The hard disk's file system is corrupted and will be restored"
@chrisayub please help me!!! it only says "Cannot start. The correct hard disk was not found." and i tried the double beeps and it still stays the same saying the same thing. please help me bro
Thank You very much for the help on this but the "Restore File System" bit didnt work. So I put the update onto my usb stick and tried "Restore PS3 System" and it worked that way if anyone else is still having problems.
Hey dude plz tell me one thing why is it working on ur ps3 and on mine not ? I am doing the same as u but the error is keep displaying. I dunno what to do plz help me. Do i need to have some kind of cd or something ? Ppl are saying that u can not go to rec menu if u dun have a hard drive ( no detection) . Plz help.
mine is stuck on the system update that you cannot get off of. i pull out the hdd to get this screen and follow it from there, after it will do all of these steps until the recovery mode should show up and goes back to instaling the update and i then get the 8002f1f9 error. any help guys ?!?!
i got that same error bro u know whatt happens when i hold down my ps3 button the first time it make the double beep the first time and second time i let go it never pops up help me please
PART 2: To other viewers: if you have the same error as me and have to wipe out the PS3 make sure you download the latest firmware from the PS3 website and put it in the following folder F>PS3>UPDATE via USB. By the way Sony gave me 2 UPDATE files, i added them both and it didn't work, make sure to delete the back-dated one and keep the recent dated one and rename it PS3UPDAT.PUP not PS3UPDAT(1).PUP. Thanks again Thanks for your help.
i have a slim and a game freeze to case this and mine would no boot into safe mode i do not have the orginal HDD in ps3 so what i did is downloaded the firmware put in the old hdd and installed the firmware then i removed the smaller hdd and put in the one that crashed and installed the latest firmware again on the crashed hdd and at the end it fixed the corruption so if you do not have an extra hdd you can buy one at best buy or target that allow returns and do what i did with a blank one.
Excellent.. thank you.. I even knew about the whole resetting -hold down the button thing- but never thought to try it when my new HDD wouldn't do anything when i swapped it in... when I searched I ffound this and it worked! awesome, now I have 465 GB
I tried this trick, but even when I try getting to the Recovery Menu of the PS3, the same error message appears. "Cannot start. The correct hard disk was not found." I even bought a new 1TB 5400rpm hard drive for it, and I also tried a hard drive from another 80gb PS3 with no luck. Any help would be appreciated. The model I'm having trouble with is a CHECHA01 original 60gb PS3.
well if you've got this problem because of a cfw downgrader don't worry their is a fix don't panic just go into system recovery mode again and install the next 3.55 cfw that comes with the kit then same error will occur but don't worry again go to recovery mode and install your desired cfw must be one with bd patch/ 4.21 or higher or you'll receive the same error
can someone help me, I have the exact same problem but when I try to access the backup menu is just tells me the same thing as before 'Correct hard disk was not found'
ive just brought a samsung 320gb hdd to replace a 40gb hdd i backed up all my stuff on my ps3 put the new harddrive in but i got that error as above in your video but it dosent ask to format the harddrive i just get that message i did what you did in the video get the same menu but when i click on option 3 i get another message saying do an update as the system file is not there when i put the usb stick nothing happens it dosent even detect it anyone got any clues.
im no expert man but i had this msg i took a hard drive out of an old lap top put it in and turned it on a msg came up that said down load the the latest software on to flash drive from the internet and plug it in then the ps3 will find the software on the drive to re configure the the new hard drive and it will reboot and work... at least mine did hope this helps if not reply ill try to help
@coopaing If it doesnt work for you.. You have to open ps3 and make sure the hard drive is connected. Thats what happen to mine...Theres a black connector the connects to hard drive and it was loose.. hopes it works for you.
oooohmygod why wont anything work i got the ps3 slim edition or whatever it keeps saying the correct hard disk was not found, now i cant even turn the goddamn thing off whitout unpluggin it i'm so mad right now
wow this same thing is happening to me i tried the way it shows in th vid but even after that th same 'cannot start' the correct hard disk was not found' sign cam up can some1 plz help me kwik!
A VERY important tip. Make sure your USB device has the software version in the correct folder. Sorry, can't post link, but on official sony site look in this section: Home -- Knowledge Center -- System Software Updates -- PS3™ -- PC Update That should complete this instrucitonal video for you.
if this doesn't work than it's most likely because there is dust interfering with the connections. i simply used a vacuum cleaner to get the dust out and it worked perfectly, no need to restore or anything.
I hear the quickly 2 beeps, but shows up the same message.
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Same
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I had to try this like at least 10 times and it eventually worked. I had to disconnect the power every time it froze. It kept saying wrong hard disc so don't give up guys!
i did it all then after i select the restore file system it just says the same thing: "cannot start. the correct hard disk was not found."
I did all the power button steps in the video but it still keeps saying "Cannot start. The correct hard disk was not found." Please help.
i have this problem and i do exactly what you did but i didn't work at all.
Hell yes I love you bro thank you my ps3 has been fucked up for 2 years now and the first video I watched helped me fix it thank you
@chrisayub when i select restart it just went back to the "cannot start. the correct hard disk was not found" screen
Many years now but that fixed my PS3 thanks.
Thanks this video saved me the $170 service fee Sony wanted to fix the incorrect HDD problem i had. i just did this (But i chose option 5 as it was a new HDD that had no information on it) and my ps3 is working again with my new HDD
i was upgrading my ps3 from a FAT with 80 Gig HDD to a 500 Gig HDD
please help me. i have the same issue, and when i tried to go in recovery mode, ps3 said the same thing 'cannot start, correct hard disk not found'. It does not even take me in recovery mode. what's wrong ? please help. is my hdd completely dead. i have ps3 slim 250gb.
Resolveu?
I do that and it cuts off. Now what do,I do
I used this video to help me when switching hard drives on my PS3 slim. Got the 'correct hard disk was not found' error. I followed the instructions of this video with one change - instead of restore files, I selected 'System Update' (I had the system update on an external hard drive)
Thank you so much for this video. I had the same problem, called Playstation Support, and they were no help what so ever. So thank you sir. You saved me from a lot of headache, and potentially throwing shit out the window. :)
IT DOES WORK!! YOU HAVE TO DO IT LIKE 5 OR 6 TIMES!! I HAD TO UNPLUG THE POWER CORD CUZ IT GOT STUCK! WHEN I PLUGGED IT BACK UP IT WORKED!!! THANKS CHRIS!!
Thank you so much wise soul. i tried everything then decided to shove it in and it worked. Love you man
PART 1: Although your way didn't work i took the method 2 which is the 'wipe out' option that you mentioned and it worked. I had a NEW hard drive and it said, after clicking on that the hard drive was corrupted and needs to restore it so i let it do that, and i seem to have a New-like system now.
hey guys i watched this and it did not work....turns out my ps3 hard drive cap came of...i then put it back on and it workked perfectly
@MetelAdict May be a formatting issue with the new drive. I am not sure how to fix it. except reformatting it to FAT32 Via the computer. but I would look further online before following my method.
this generally means your hard drive got knocked out of place (this happened to me and I carry my ps3 to friends houses in my backpack quite a bit).
To fix it, just open the hard drive flap on the side with a flat head screwdriver, unscrew the screw to the hard drive bay, and reinsert the hard drive. Did this right after I got my error message and it fixed it right away!
get a PS3 slim guys and regular PS3's like this guys get this problem fast.
This exact thing happened to me Friday night 8/07/09. Tried this and it didn't work do I have to replace the hard drive or should this work without changing the hard drive? I don't know if this helps at all but I have a 80g PS3 that was the Metal Gear pack...any advice is helpful.
@killergirbot just bought R3 as well and wasn't able to even start the game. Guess better clean the HD with a dust blower and try this.
Great job really helped, loading backed up files onto my new PS3 (not really but seems like new with a Samsung 640GB 7200rpm 16MB L2cache HDD) right now.
my ps3 crashed and got a new ps3 yesterday wonder will this restore my Save files and such, cause i still have my previous ps3s HDD?
@chrisayub wait, taking it out will wipe everything out or the procedure in the video
OK i did that but were it says connect your controller instead of saying that it said the same thing again "cannot start the correct hard disc was not found" plz help im about to break down and destroy this damn thing. ;(
this is excellent advice, been looking around ages. If you still get the same message time and time again like i did with my new samsung 640g HDD, you have to install the latest update onto an external HD making sure the file is uppercase, and no other files in between, or any other files within the PS3 main file. plug the external HDD in, and turn the system on according to this dudes instructions and it will work. any questions plese post me
hi, my ps3 was working fine and was playing on it one night, i shut it down normally and went to play on it the next day and the message came up saying "CANNOT START THE CORRECT HARD DISK WAS NOT FOUND". so i have watched a few videos and tried to get the secret menu up, it doesnt show at all, the message just re-appears, tried taking hard disk out and blowing and re inserting it, even put in a different hard drive which my friend was using in a laptop of his and still the same... HELP. SOS :(
I got this problem since my rebuild keeps on crashing and I had to restart the PS3 repeatedly (HDD light no longer flashing), this suddenly happened. I restored and file system and it seemed to work, however I lost all of my saved files while doing this but however it says that the free space is 13GB/111GB... Any chance to recover them or should I just reformat?
thanks for the vid, next time for better video quality you should put the cam on a stand or something so it's not blurry.
yea i did wat u said, but it doesnt go to the menu. its just a blank screen for like 5 minutes and then it says "Cannot start. Correct hard disk was not found." wat do i do?
Where the recovery menu should pop up all i get is "cannot start. the correct hard disk cannot be found"
It doesn't ask me to connect my controller or anything...
I do this to mine and after its done "restoring," it just resets and the same msg comes up again saying "The hard disk's file system is corrupted and will be restored"
@chrisayub please help me!!! it only says "Cannot start. The correct hard disk was not found." and i tried the double beeps and it still stays the same saying the same thing. please help me bro
Thank You very much for the help on this but the "Restore File System" bit didnt work. So I put the update onto my usb stick and tried "Restore PS3 System" and it worked that way if anyone else is still having problems.
what version do you have? I have a european version (cechc04) and this won't work for me.
didn't understand the second step..when u press the butto 'how many beeps i need 2 hear till the ps3 turn off??
i play cod offline but the saved data keeps corrputing will this recover the corrupt data?
@FMasterCraft Where does that message pop out [8001002b] at witch part on ur PS3
Hey dude plz tell me one thing why is it working on ur ps3 and on mine not ?
I am doing the same as u but the error is keep displaying. I dunno what to do plz help me. Do i need to have some kind of cd or something ? Ppl are saying that u can not go to rec menu if u dun have a hard drive ( no detection) . Plz help.
yeah ive sorted it now did what you just said and now its working thank god for that.
mine is stuck on the system update that you cannot get off of. i pull out the hdd to get this screen and follow it from there, after it will do all of these steps until the recovery mode should show up and goes back to instaling the update and i then get the 8002f1f9 error. any help guys ?!?!
@yowatweed same thing here, have you had any luck?
Do you know how to fix your ps3 when it says "Cannot start, The appropiate system storage was not found". I need help with mines
i do that and the ps3 turns off turns back on and comes to the original correct hard disk was not found screen what do i do i need ur help please
please mate help me annd comment back .. what do i do once disc is restored an then it keeps putting me back into restore disc menu again ??
i got that same error bro u know whatt happens when i hold down my ps3 button the first time it make the double beep the first time and second time i let go it never pops up help me please
Thank you so much ! This process worked like a charm
PART 2: To other viewers: if you have the same error as me and have to wipe out the PS3 make sure you download the latest firmware from the PS3 website and put it in the following folder F>PS3>UPDATE via USB. By the way Sony gave me 2 UPDATE files, i added them both and it didn't work, make sure to delete the back-dated one and keep the recent dated one and rename it PS3UPDAT.PUP not PS3UPDAT(1).PUP.
Thanks again
Thanks for your help.
i have a slim and a game freeze to case this and mine would no boot into safe mode i do not have the orginal HDD in ps3 so what i did is downloaded the firmware put in the old hdd and installed the firmware then i removed the smaller hdd and put in the one that crashed and installed the latest firmware again on the crashed hdd and at the end it fixed the corruption so if you do not have an extra hdd you can buy one at best buy or target that allow returns and do what i did with a blank one.
@chrisayub
my ps3 doesn't turn off right and when i did that it didn't work.... what should i do??
Excellent.. thank you.. I even knew about the whole resetting -hold down the button thing- but never thought to try it when my new HDD wouldn't do anything when i swapped it in... when I searched I ffound this and it worked!
awesome, now I have 465 GB
may i ask were can i buy one and how many do they cost? please tell me bro
if i restore my ps3 system useing the option Restore file system will my 500GB HDD get formated or no
Nope it didn't work for me at all. Tried it 4 times and the same screen popped up.
mine says cannot connect. correct hard disk not found. Yours says connected . correct hard disk not found. What is the difference?
How long should it take to restart? I've left mine on all day n nothings happend! I'm so upset
every time i do it it either goes to cannot find hard disk or it tries to download the update get to 99% then stops
help
i got the menu did everything and it's still not playing one game nba 2k11. what should i try next?
PLEASE HELPP! MY PS3 I DID WHAT YOU SAID BUT IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL THING IT SAYS CORRECT HARD DISK NOT FOUND DOESNT WORKK
I tried all these steps and it is still black the six options dont eve show up just cannot do this not the correct hard disck
Hey will this work if you have a fixed one but it still says it
@chrisayub umm its happening again and this won't fix it, am i screwed?
I tried this trick, but even when I try getting to the Recovery Menu of the PS3, the same error message appears. "Cannot start. The correct hard disk was not found." I even bought a new 1TB 5400rpm hard drive for it, and I also tried a hard drive from another 80gb PS3 with no luck. Any help would be appreciated. The model I'm having trouble with is a CHECHA01 original 60gb PS3.
did u fix it ?
well if you've got this problem because of a cfw downgrader don't worry their is a fix don't panic just go into system recovery mode again and install the next 3.55 cfw that comes with the kit then same error will occur but don't worry again go to recovery mode and install your desired cfw must be one with bd patch/ 4.21 or higher or you'll receive the same error
can someone help me, I have the exact same problem but when I try to access the backup menu is just tells me the same thing as before 'Correct hard disk was not found'
tried this bit i don't get the options it goes back to message
Thanks a MILLION!!! Now I have my 500 GB Hard Drive working!
yh i do that but mine says the same thing even when i do that and its the 320G sooo what can i do ?
I did restore file system and got "serious error has occurred (8001002B)" I'm just gonna get a new HDD cuz I put into a pc and says "bad disk"
ive just brought a samsung 320gb hdd to replace a 40gb hdd i backed up all my stuff on my ps3 put the new harddrive in but i got that error as above in your video but it dosent ask to format the harddrive i just get that message i did what you did in the video get the same menu but when i click on option 3 i get another message saying do an update as the system file is not there when i put the usb stick nothing happens it dosent even detect it anyone got any clues.
@JonAA0880 Ticking hard drive means the drive has failed completely and needs to be replaced
im no expert man but i had this msg i took a hard drive out of an old lap top put it in and turned it on a msg came up that said down load the the latest software on to flash drive from the internet and plug it in then the ps3 will find the software on the drive to re configure the the new hard drive and it will reboot and work... at least mine did hope this helps if not reply ill try to help
how i can take all memory things from hard disc? like trphies etc. pls answer quikly =)
i noticed on the slims sometime the hard disc just gets loose i just pulled it out and slapped it back in and bam it was fine.
does this worl for slim? does n e 1 noe a way for the slim??????????
@coopaing If it doesnt work for you.. You have to open ps3 and make sure the hard drive is connected. Thats what happen to mine...Theres a black connector the connects to hard drive and it was loose.. hopes it works for you.
This worked for me, on the 3rd attempt! Thanks!
if u have a slim put the ps3 in safe mode and chose option 3. ull have to format ur hdd but its better than buying a new one
@chrisayub Hey ive tried this but the problem is that it wouldnt even show the recovery menu..
I tried this doesn't work
mine was doing the same thing i just pressed the HDD cover because it fell and it no longer showed the error..and by the way mine is a slim
mines still say cannot start the Correct Hard Disc Not Found
When I press the power button there's no beep sound help!
DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HOW SMALL OR HOW BIG UR T.V IS
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I THOUGHT MY PS3 DIED!!!
I want to know, I accidentally Deleted all my information on my PS3, is there any way to get it back?
I did,But not working...
oooohmygod why wont anything work i got the ps3 slim edition or whatever
it keeps saying the correct hard disk was not found, now i cant even turn the goddamn thing off whitout unpluggin it i'm so mad right now
wow this same thing is happening to me i tried the way it shows in th vid but even after that th same 'cannot start' the correct hard disk was not found' sign cam up can some1 plz help me kwik!
Had the same problem and then tried to remove the harddisk (right under the start buttons) and clean for dust. The playstation then worked right away!
i got the same message with a new lap top hard drive and my ps3 hard drive after I erased everything on it.. help!!
Does this work for the slim or did I just miss somthing?
Hi i buy games from store its not delet the game Right ??
When my PS3 i turned on i see black screen and after some seconds,its turn's off..Please,help..
im on ps3 3.55
can go the system ??
plz answer me ??
@chasetate27 i get the same. and i dont even have the blue light, i only have the green light showing and no blue
A VERY important tip. Make sure your USB device has the software version in the correct folder. Sorry, can't post link, but on official sony site look in this section: Home -- Knowledge Center -- System Software Updates -- PS3™ -- PC Update
That should complete this instrucitonal video for you.
@chrisayub then how comes it didnt work for me?