For those of you that pressed option 3 like in the video and are experiencing "Preparing please wait" for what seems like eternity, do not despair. Press option 5, it will however delete your data and restore factory settings. If you have PS Plus then you should be ok in regards to restoring game saves.
thanks mate i just got given a ps3 this week by a fam member to go along with me 360 it had no hard disc etc so been sat here all week waiting for bits of ebay to come, finally my hard disc drive turned up about hour ago and i put it in turned it on nothing , after 10 mens of swearing etc , i decided to youtube the issue with in 2 mins of finding this vid all the above steps you said about safe mode worked straight away and now im just updating my ps3 with a new update well chuffed , thanks for taking the time to do these vids mate it makes a difference , you have a extra subscriber from england now mate ,
jonathan collier yup I tried it, it never deletes it even if I unplug the power cable anything, the classic disk tray you push a button or pull it open, the cover I meant
NO NO WAY RESIDENT EVIL 5 MADE ME ERASE ALL MY DATAS ON MY 2 MEMORY CARD BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTIONS THE GAME ASKED ME SINCE, I WANNA FIND THE FILES AGAIN FROM 2014 IT'S SUCH MEMORIES AND I NEED IT I LITERALLY FINISHED CARS 2 BEFORE SO MANY FILES ON SONIC ADVENTURE AND OTHER GAMES MY PROGRESS
It is a good idea before you do anything in the PS3 safe menu to use the Backup Utility in the PS3 System Settings to backup all your data to an external drive. How long this takes depends on how much data there is. My 160GB PS3 Slim at about 70% full takes about 4-5 hours to backup. I do a backup like this every 6 months or so.
Wait, so it's possible when you delete ur datas without any PSN account to get it back? Omg gotta try it out Resident Evil 5 made me erase it accidentally because i didn't understood the questions Edit: Nvm u say u do a backup every 6 months💀 Still gonna try to see
thank you so much, i accidentally spilt coffee all over my PS3 and it had all the families baby photos and first steps on it, and they got corrupted, but after doing this they all came back thank you so much!!
When I was playing Lego Batman, the system froze during a save. Now my ps3 won't read any discs. I unplugged everything and let the system cool down and it read the disc temporarily, but again won't read anything and makes an eject sound. I tried tilting the system up, down, and sideways and nothing works. Is this a hardware issue?
8 years ago there were a power cuts during a uptade of my ps3 i lost all of my files all my memories with my friend a re gone. Recently one of my friend rediscovered his olw Minecraft world it give me nostalgia and i want to recover mine ,does it work for the deleted files i really need it
please help , i got to the point where it was preparing and it has stuck at that point for over 24hrs..should i reboot it manually? just to be specific that point which am getting stuck is at minute 02:26 to 02:44 of your video..pliz help
Sebastian Lopez. did you got your data back and if you did can you tell me how do I have to do so I can do it I appreciate it because I buy a lotta DLC please
Paul, you need to do is click reset. It will delete your account, but you can get your account back. First you need to do is-click reset, then it will take you to the home screen, then make an account but click the one under it, the I already have an account. Then just put in your user, and then put in your password, or will it will show email, and password, then ill say "Please confirm your gmail." Well I hope the advice ill work. :)
Mines just takes soo long to load even after following the instructions in this video right after when the thing finished his ps3 loaded up and said press ps button however, mines said that but was loading for a good few minutes and this always happens when I turn my ps3 on it either takes forever or it freezez someone please help :( btw I have a super slim
I tried this. it restored but then still stuck on my username the screen itself doesn't freeze but it won't let me click any buttons except for triangle. and only on the username.
rosa miranda There no way to fix it. Only option is to Restore system meaning deleting everything. I try all other step and it just turn black or it say Please Wait.
Im trying to install my game the download part was done and when i went to install my game it says an error and crupted file witch pissed me off because when i bought for the first time on the Playstation store it work now i have problems so i how this fixes it
I know many people are having the same problem but how long does it take for the preparing screen to be done its been 5 hours now and it's still there.
damn, so currently I'm using my uncle's ps3 slim. 2015,my ps3 slim broke somehow and to this day I'm still trying to get it working again. also my psn account won't let me redownload or download dlc, demos or games.
When I turn on the ps3, it tells me to click OK to restore files system ... after it's completed , my ps3 restarts and it tells me again to click OK to restore files system, over and over again, I have done it like 10 times but it keeps on appearing .... what do I do ?
my game froze the console and I held the button down and got the same file system corrupted restoring but it's taking over 7 hours. I'm worried it's actually reformatting the entire console, because I didn't go through safe mode just followed what it said after turning it back on. Can I interrupt it and definitely go into safe mode to be sure?
Hey man my ps3 is a slim but I was installing ps home and my cable fell out cause it wasnt in properly and I read on a blog the same thing but my system crashes on the preparing screen any ideas ?
hi i got a question about the process, i got a 150 gb disk with about 143gb used and i did a system restore due to black screen, but it seen stuck at preparing.... please wait, that was about 30 minutes ago so i was wondering how long would it normally take for a disk that full to finish preparing?
I had a power cut lat night And I only just saved my game (savegame 2) has it happened... when I turned it on today to go on it... it wasn't there so I just only looked at the game files ect... and I found the game file I lost... and idk how to restore it... will this video fix it... I don't like just doing random stuff that idk of to my ps3...
What happens to the ofw when Formatting a PS3??? does it become 1.0 when you format or does it save a "safe" updated version of the console ie flash mem or something like that? I'm still pretty new to PS3
HELP!I was playing Skyrim and I got caught in an irreversible bug. I deleted my old save to make my game faster, and when I got inside the bug, I had no save to revert to. Is there a way for me to recover this save even though I deleted it?
I tried to do this but I'm having problems and I think it has to do that the system might not be detecting my new controller when you try to hard set the controller works every other time I use it Games Etc why is this doing this and how do I get my system to fully sync. I've seen ways on UA-cam to reset wireless controllers and stuff like that and sync them but nothing about wired how do I get into the system to do this
can you do this with lost game savesbecause I lost all game saves and I backed them on to my computer but I can not get them back on to the ps3 {HELP PLZ}
I did a hard shutdown after 30 mins or so using the switch in the back. Then rebooted normally and it went into the restore mode on its own once it started up.
After doing this it goes to system is corrupt may take 2 to 3 hrs. Had it like that since yesterday and nothing. Need help before my ps3 takes a dive out of the window.
ok so I went back onto my ps3 after 5 years without touching it. then it came up with the update 4.81. I updated it and I don't know what version it was before I updated. now that I wanna jb my ps3 I cant because you cant jb 4.81 with a USB. how can I take the 4.81 update out and back to its original when I went back on. (ive already tried downloading the 3.55 downgrade update onto my usb and it says its corrupted on 72%)
Bro please help so i was in game on Black ops 2 and my game froze so i shut it off, once i did i went back on. As soon as i turned it on it automatically went to restore mode and when i try it goes up 29% quick but 10 min later it Will go up to 30% it will keep doing that over and over but then it fails and i keep doing it, please help.
Can someone tell me what might be bad, I bought a fat ps3 that goes to a black screen with stars on the screen. I got to to the safe mode and doing a restore. I hope this works. I was wondering if I should change the hdd too. Any thoughts please?
so i did this but my games still wont play, i've done disc clean, but i can still play blueray movies dvds and cds i've tried all the stuff online, is there something im missing?
ops i reset my ps3 to default accidently and my netflix account got deleted which was from my brother account, and my brother does not remember his email log in or anything will this help restore saved accounts.. such as netflix?
I done this but the issue I have is after it has completed it wont reboot properly, instead the screen turns blank and I can't do shit. Every single time I turn on my PS3 it comes up with "The file system on the system storage is corrupted and will be restored". No matter how many times I go through this process I cannot get the system to boot up normally.
For those of you that pressed option 3 like in the video and are experiencing "Preparing please wait" for what seems like eternity, do not despair. Press option 5, it will however delete your data and restore factory settings. If you have PS Plus then you should be ok in regards to restoring game saves.
what if i press option 5 and didnt save the game how can i get it back
thanks mate i just got given a ps3 this week by a fam member to go along with me 360 it had no hard disc etc so been sat here all week waiting for bits of ebay to come, finally my hard disc drive turned up about hour ago and i put it in turned it on nothing , after 10 mens of swearing etc , i decided to youtube the issue with in 2 mins of finding this vid all the above steps you said about safe mode worked straight away and now im just updating my ps3 with a new update well chuffed , thanks for taking the time to do these vids mate it makes a difference , you have a extra subscriber from england now mate ,
I nearly flipped out when non of my saves were working on any of my games thanks I got them back
How did u get them back I'm still struggling
Well this taught me to watch multiple videos before trying stuff. The other video basically restarted my whole PS3
Yea and I done the same and lost all my music videos and pictures now I'm pissed right of
@@FR33PIZZABOY so u can’t get all that back after doing this? Is it to late?
Save data is like virginity. you can't recover it. When it's gone, it's gone.
Is there any way to recover a deleted user that was not the main PSN account?
jonathan collier i tried some GTA 5 thing for freezing I got the older ps3 model its impossible to delete data accidentally
jonathan collier yup I tried it, it never deletes it even if I unplug the power cable anything, the classic disk tray you push a button or pull it open, the cover I meant
Its work in ps3 fat or not
NO
NO WAY
RESIDENT EVIL 5 MADE ME ERASE ALL MY DATAS ON MY 2 MEMORY CARD BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTIONS THE GAME ASKED ME
SINCE, I WANNA FIND THE FILES AGAIN
FROM 2014
IT'S SUCH MEMORIES AND I NEED IT
I LITERALLY FINISHED CARS 2 BEFORE
SO MANY FILES ON SONIC ADVENTURE
AND OTHER GAMES
MY PROGRESS
It is a good idea before you do anything in the PS3 safe menu to use the Backup Utility in the PS3 System Settings to backup all your data to an external drive. How long this takes depends on how much data there is. My 160GB PS3 Slim at about 70% full takes about 4-5 hours to backup.
I do a backup like this every 6 months or so.
Wait, so it's possible when you delete ur datas without any PSN account to get it back?
Omg gotta try it out Resident Evil 5 made me erase it accidentally because i didn't understood the questions
Edit: Nvm u say u do a backup every 6 months💀
Still gonna try to see
9 years later, tnx man
If I might've listen to this, I could still have my game data right now
Same 😔
Need help one of my games got deleted
would you be able to recover game saves if you mistakenly restored files? or are you screwed once the deed is done?
thank you so much, i accidentally spilt coffee all over my PS3 and it had all the families baby photos and first steps on it, and they got corrupted, but after doing this they all came back thank you so much!!
Why would you spill coffee on your ps3?
@@Jok3rSmilee by accident
When I was playing Lego Batman, the system froze during a save. Now my ps3 won't read any discs. I unplugged everything and let the system cool down and it read the disc temporarily, but again won't read anything and makes an eject sound. I tried tilting the system up, down, and sideways and nothing works. Is this a hardware issue?
Probably is, try sending it to a repair shop they might be able to figure out what happened or they'll replace the Blu Ray
Thank you so much for this video. I was afraid I was going to have to wait hours for the normal Delete system to remove the corrupted file.
HeStoleMySocks yeah right I have ALOT of game data on there😂😂
i don’t know if i can press number 3 does it delete your data when you press number 3?
Will we lose our other data if we use file restore option...??
if I'm unable to use/see the items I've downloaded from a dlc ..... will restoring file system or rebuilding database fix that problem... ?
NAYRA I don't think...
8 years ago there were a power cuts during a uptade of my ps3 i lost all of my files all my memories with my friend a re gone. Recently one of my friend rediscovered his olw Minecraft world it give me nostalgia and i want to recover mine ,does it work for the deleted files i really need it
definition of deleted: "remove (data) from a computer's memory.". No. you are never getting that world back.
In mine it sais Preparing... for a very long time
Same
Cullen Greenleaf me 2
Same
Same
Me too
Yesss thank you so much it works now my game won't have bugs or any problems
Can you Get a deleted account back with this method?
krashed I need to know this as well
no you cant
thanks bud it works had no friends no game data did that everything is back right on
Thank you for taking your time and effort it was very helpful happened to me a few times thank you for the great lession
2, 3, 4 mainly do not work but restoring the PS3 System mostly works. It fixes most of the corrupted files and freezes.
will this work for deleted saves
I wonder about that too
My screen has been paused on the "preparing please wait" for over an hour is there something else I can do? Clearly this will not work
It still shows "preparing please wait" and I did it at the same time you did, do I need to do something else instead of "restore file system"
Same
@@cathyroberts9155 me too
@@afgforever3313 i had factory reset started working again
will this delete all my accounts?
Plz answer does this delete all my files???
thank you so much dude, this helped me a lot.
Thanks man I needed to know how to reset the setting cause it said it had a storage error
pressing the ps button will does not get me to the nest screen. all the red lights just flash. the plug still works for recharging. wtf?
same
please help , i got to the point where it was preparing and it has stuck at that point for over 24hrs..should i reboot it manually? just to be specific that point which am getting stuck is at minute 02:26 to 02:44 of your video..pliz help
Thank you so much man you saved my day
Look uhm I had Multiman which had a lot of games on but when I updated my software it didn't work anymore...what should I do
It says
Preparing...
Please wait.
For like 30 min now ! What do I do ?
Did you fix yours yet? If you did can you tell me what you did?
***** yeah me to
Sebastian Lopez. did you got your data back and if you did can you tell me how do I have to do so I can do it I appreciate it because I buy a lotta DLC please
+Eliseo Albarran you need to use HDD regenerator
Paul, you need to do is click reset. It will delete your account, but you can get your account back. First you need to do is-click reset, then it will take you to the home screen, then make an account but click the one under it, the I already have an account. Then just put in your user, and then put in your password, or will it will show email, and password, then ill say "Please confirm your gmail." Well I hope the advice ill work. :)
Mines just takes soo long to load even after following the instructions in this video right after when the thing finished his ps3 loaded up and said press ps button however, mines said that but was loading for a good few minutes and this always happens when I turn my ps3 on it either takes forever or it freezez someone please help :( btw I have a super slim
Will this probably fix my PS3 cod aw not freezing when I choose multiplayer exo zombies or exo survival
I did the restore thing and it freezes on the black screen. WHY ?!
i know and why?
So if you deleted something, restoring will bring it back?
help us can anyone help us i have no ps3 for weeks ow can anyone help me
I have same problem do u know why
i restarted mine
Thanks so much but it's stuck/frozen or something on please wait how long does it take
Stuck at the preparing pls wait sign
Mark Wilson same mate what did you do??
@Brock Lesnar well no i had hope thought lol
Same thing with mine man. U ever figure it out?
@@JustinTn27 same thing to me lmao ,Year evolution... xd
JustinTn27 yeah I did sadly I just restored the ps3 system
I tried this. it restored but then still stuck on my username the screen itself doesn't freeze but it won't let me click any buttons except for triangle. and only on the username.
So if I do this, will I lose any of my data on my ps3? (Game saves ect)
Any files lost will be restored, but no game data will be lost.
@@aidanhanley6030 wtf are you saying? So basically nothing will be lost
Exept for corrupt data
does this make the updated firmware back to default ? i mean if your installed firmware on 4.83 then the firmware will downgraded ?
Preparing.. please wait. preparing. please wait.. preparing please wait. Every time.. and it never actualy does anything.. Help?
Yeah me too
Mr. May yea me to
same
rosa miranda There no way to fix it. Only option is to Restore system meaning deleting everything. I try all other step and it just turn black or it say Please Wait.
Will doing this mess up any preorders or any thing like that I just don't want it ruining my bo3 preorder plz reply
Okay I've tried everything and it always freezes on my home screen. I don't know what to do...
Jazzmyn S same so I reset it (factory) and I don't have anything on it anymore
thanks homie this worked now I can use my PS3 again
Thank you this really helped me.
if you restore the file system on ps3 does it will delete everything ?
Mine's taking a lot of time in the preparing... please, wait thing.
Did this work for u?
Jowayne Williams oh shit I don’t even remember. This was so long ago 🤣
Wtf, and u still have the same acc hahahahah
WTF guys
Im trying to install my game the download part was done and when i went to install my game it says an error and crupted file witch pissed me off because when i bought for the first time on the Playstation store it work now i have problems so i how this fixes it
Thank you!! Your existence is for a reason
I know many people are having the same problem but how long does it take for the preparing screen to be done its been 5 hours now and it's still there.
For me it's been saying Preparing for over 10 minutes now. What should I do?
same here
I waited 20 min... then went to try and Rebuild. Doing the same thing. Just Preparing..............
It's been 1 1/2 hours for me
I had to Restore System. Luckily I had saves backed up with my plus account. Had to reinstall everything.
I'll do the same since I have plus you, and how long did it roughly take?
damn, so currently I'm using my uncle's ps3 slim. 2015,my ps3 slim broke somehow and to this day I'm still trying to get it working again. also my psn account won't let me redownload or download dlc, demos or games.
I ended up having to reset everything :( then redownload my netflix,hulu,amazin and ps home..:( I lost stuff...
Did you lose games you bought?
@@khaleekitty3888 ofc not, just redownload them
will this work if i formatted my ps3 using quick format?
Can you restore deleted files from games?
Mine is taking forever to get pass preparing please wait
Same here is there a problem or some sort?
I guess so
+Kyree Gilmer mines is at dat same screen preparing please wait fo de longest of time, i just wanna knw will dis shit work
Hahahahaa we al have the same problem
same here. it was take a couple of minutes...
Doesn't work if you're having the error 800F1F9 (wich keeps the console in a update loop because the wifi/bluetooth component is fried)
When I turn on the ps3, it tells me to click OK to restore files system ... after it's completed , my ps3 restarts and it tells me again to click OK to restore files system, over and over again, I have done it like 10 times but it keeps on appearing .... what do I do ?
Mine does that tooo
Trisha Shanel Javier enter safe mode to enter safe mode see him in beginning of video and sec let option three kk
David Kampbell me too
what will i choose in that if i want ro recover games and the save data? please help me I'm stuck in that.
are you gonna lose your map packs
no you dont lose anything
my game froze the console and I held the button down and got the same file system corrupted restoring but it's taking over 7 hours. I'm worried it's actually reformatting the entire console, because I didn't go through safe mode just followed what it said after turning it back on. Can I interrupt it and definitely go into safe mode to be sure?
Hey man my ps3 is a slim but I was installing ps home and my cable fell out cause it wasnt in properly and I read on a blog the same thing but my system crashes on the preparing screen any ideas ?
hi i got a question about the process, i got a 150 gb disk with about 143gb used and i did a system restore due to black screen, but it seen stuck at preparing.... please wait, that was about 30 minutes ago so i was wondering how long would it normally take for a disk that full to finish preparing?
does it also help restore account data as well like if you sign out an forget password
I had a power cut lat night And I only just saved my game (savegame 2) has it happened... when I turned it on today to go on it... it wasn't there so I just only looked at the game files ect... and I found the game file I lost... and idk how to restore it... will this video fix it... I don't like just doing random stuff that idk of to my ps3...
What happens to the ofw when Formatting a PS3??? does it become 1.0 when you format or does it save a "safe" updated version of the console ie flash mem or something like that? I'm still pretty new to PS3
HELP!I was playing Skyrim and I got caught in an irreversible bug. I deleted my old save to make my game faster, and when I got inside the bug, I had no save to revert to. Is there a way for me to recover this save even though I deleted it?
Mine goes thru recovery but once thats done it just stays on black screen wat do u think this problem might b
You let go at 3 beeps but thank you it still helped !
Cheers !
what does this do will i keep my jjailbreak doing this?
I tried to do this but I'm having problems and I think it has to do that the system might not be detecting my new controller when you try to hard set the controller works every other time I use it Games Etc why is this doing this and how do I get my system to fully sync. I've seen ways on UA-cam to reset wireless controllers and stuff like that and sync them but nothing about wired how do I get into the system to do this
Quick question, after you finish restoring the file system, do all the ps3 game save files will be gone?
it doesn't work for me, i did it and i have to do everything again in games
I deleted borderlands 2 save file i was level 51 and that profile save is gone now. Do i pick Restore file system or?
What if you already deleted the corrupt save data? Would it be 2 late to recover it? Cant find a way to login to my online cloud storage
can you do this with lost game savesbecause I lost all game saves and I backed them on to my computer but I can not get them back on to the ps3 {HELP PLZ}
it's stuck on "preparing, please wait"
Same prob
same
yeah mine gets stuck
toawsome35 I just format my PS3 I really don't care anymore
I did a hard shutdown after 30 mins or so using the switch in the back. Then rebooted normally and it went into the restore mode on its own once it started up.
After doing this it goes to system is corrupt may take 2 to 3 hrs. Had it like that since yesterday and nothing. Need help before my ps3 takes a dive out of the window.
Do I need a wired controller when I do this cause it won't let me with my regular controller.
Any idea why when the restart/ restore menu appears my controller wont move at all 🤔
ok so I went back onto my ps3 after 5 years without touching it. then it came up with the update 4.81. I updated it and I don't know what version it was before I updated. now that I wanna jb my ps3 I cant because you cant jb 4.81 with a USB. how can I take the 4.81 update out and back to its original when I went back on. (ive already tried downloading the 3.55 downgrade update onto my usb and it says its corrupted on 72%)
hay man I followed you to the end funny thing is my screen stays black for days sometimes it goes back to the loading bit can you help me
Bro please help so i was in game on Black ops 2 and my game froze so i shut it off, once i did i went back on. As soon as i turned it on it automatically went to restore mode and when i try it goes up 29% quick but 10 min later it Will go up to 30% it will keep doing that over and over but then it fails and i keep doing it, please help.
can u restore saved game data if u deleted
cuz i've erased it by mistake and its 4 my gta profile!
Can someone tell me what might be bad, I bought a fat ps3 that goes to a black screen with stars on the screen. I got to to the safe mode and doing a restore. I hope this works. I was wondering if I should change the hdd too. Any thoughts please?
so i did this but my games still wont play, i've done disc clean, but i can still play blueray movies dvds and cds i've tried all the stuff online, is there something im missing?
Omg it works hard but worked totally deserves a sub thanks bro!!!!!
This helps out a lot, my PS3 system works faster now!
Samuel Jaramillo so does this erase data cause I did alot of things on Skyrim
ops i reset my ps3 to default accidently and my netflix account got deleted which was from my brother account, and my brother does not remember his email log in or anything
will this help restore saved accounts.. such as netflix?
I did that put now it says cannot star the appropriate system storage was not found. What should I do
ANY NEW PEOPLE TO THIS VIDEO ASKIN IF ANYTHIN GETS DELETED THE ANSWER IS NO, OK, HAD TO PUT IN CAPS SO U CAN READ PROPERLY
mine was stuck on "preparing...please wait"
Witch opinion do I select if my system keeps freezing help plz !!!
Thank you SO MUCH! It worked for me on my PS3 Super Slim
Buca POLEXi got a cfw what u miss after restoring ? please say me exactly detailed cuz im bit scary thx
And also I have my game data and progress still saved
I accidentally hit format on my ps3, will this work for that situation?
I done this but the issue I have is after it has completed it wont reboot properly, instead the screen turns blank and I can't do shit. Every single time I turn on my PS3 it comes up with "The file system on the system storage is corrupted and will be restored". No matter how many times I go through this process I cannot get the system to boot up normally.
Mines just like that to
Looks like you're going to need to replace your HDD.
No I just had to restart my system good thing I remember my email and password
son goku dude I have the same problem , my screen goes black can u help ?
Mine says preparing please wait.......and it goes on for hrs & hrs😭😭😭