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PS3- cannot start. Correct hard disk not found.

When I switch on my PS3 the screen is blank except for the caption 'cannot start correct hard disk not found'. How can I pse get around this problem. There also seems to be a continuous pitched tone.

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When your ps3 is standing upright the tall way tip it over and look at the bottom there should be a plate that says something about the hard drive. get a flat screwdriver and pry on the right side of the plate. The hard drive is directly behind that plate and is secured by a blue screw. take out the screw and flip out the little u shaped handle and slide it to the right and pull out your hard drive. Try blowing out all the connections and putting it back in hope this helps

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Hi, take the Hard drive out and try putting it in a different PS3. If it does the same thing then your HD may need to be formatted or even totally shot. Fortunately, a HD for the PS3's (depending on the size ) is relatively inexpensive, and really easy to replace.

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