Question On Backing Up PS3

[mmbe]

Hi,

 

I have a PS3 super slim and what to back it up. It has a 250gb hard drive and is less than 50% full. I don't have any downloaded games just some expansion packs for Lego Dimension and the remaining episodes for Batman The Telltale Series.

 

My question is, can I use a 250gb thumb drive to do the system back up or do I need an external hard drive? I can't find any external hard drive less than 1 TB locally while 250gb thumb drives are easy to find.

 

Thanks in advance for any information.

[Tavi]

According to what information is on Playstation's PS3 webpage, you should be able to back data up to a USB thumb drive.

https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/backuputility.html

From what I can see, as long as it is formatted to Fat32 then the PS3 can see and write to either a portable HD or thumb drive.

Edited January 28 by Tavi
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[mmbe]

12 hours ago, Tavi said:

According to what information is on Playstation's PS3 webpage, you should be able to back data up to a USB thumb drive.

https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/backuputility.html

From what I can see, as long as it is formatted to Fat32 then the PS3 can see and write to either a portable HD or thumb drive.

Thanks Tavi. I had seen that page before. Most of the Youtube videos I watched on this topic used a portable HD and not a thumb drive. Wanted to see if anyone had actually used a thumb drive before going that route. Guess there's no harm in giving it a try.