Ironically this happened to me just the other day. What I ended up doing was a complete reset/format. You will lose some data so I hope you have a back up.
Press and hold the power button until the light on the playstation goes red again.
Let off the power button and press again, hold it until you hear two fast beeps.
Once you hear the beeps release the button.
Plug your controller in via the USB cable.
It will now bring you to a recovery menu.
It will give you these options:
- estart System:
- Restarts the PLAYSTATION®3 System.
- Restore Default Settings:
- Reset all system settings back to default.
- Restore File System:
- Checks for corrupt/missing system files.
- Rebuild Database:
- Rebuilds the OS for the PLAYSTATION®3.
- Restore PS3 System:
- Fresh restore; Deletes everything and starts from Scratch.
- System Update:
- Update the PLAYSTATION®3 System
You CAN try restore file system but since you said it froze, it probably won't work again...but you can give it a shot. It didn't work for me. What I ended up having to do was "Restore PS3 System". This will format everything and start from scratch.
Also, another quick fix that you can try would be to pop open the ps3 hard drive case, remove the drive and plug it back in to ensure that it's properly seated.
If none of these work you may have a dead hard drive and it will need to be replaced.
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