PS3 Fanboy

Sure you can... just copy off your save data!

You do know you can back up your hard drive, right? You won't lose a thing.

Yes, I do know that. However, you're wrong. The backup process goes smoothly, but when I try to restore it, it bails out due to the Rock Band copy protection on MY saved game data. EA says that backup and restore is "untested" and therefore unsupported and they have no solution. It's pretty stupid, really.

adolson, you're an idiot. I've done several backups and restores, my Rock Band content (both game saves and DLC) have remained intact and functional.

That's very disappointing to hear. I planned on upgrading eventually, but it looks like I will just continue to delete things off as needed until absolutely necessary.

Justin,

I'm glad you managed to restore a backup. It gives me hope that I won't have to start all over, possibly. And if my problem is not Rock Band, then I'm sorry, I would be wrong, and I'll admit it. However, as it stands right now, it's the only saved game data on my system that says it's copy-protected, and when the restore process gets to about 50% or so, it stops saying something like "failed to copy file". If it's not Rock Band, then great, but what is the problem, then?

My hard drives do not have bad sectors on them, unless the 40GB that came in the PS3 has some, but I doubt it.

Either way, after the process aborts, it rebuilts the hard drive database and then I am missing all my game data, demos, and my Rock Band saved game.

I have a question for you though.. Are you on a 40GB model? Or was it 60GB or something else? I know someone else with a 60GB that has had success, and so there is a remote possibility that there's something messed with the 40GB... Or maybe a problem in 2.17 firmware? I really don't know, but it sure doesn't work for me.

I have opened a support request with Sony, so I'll see what they say. I'll retry the backup and restore process tonight and take pictures of what happens for me.

adolson, sorry for getting rough there...but it pains me to see misinformation:

As per your problem:

Are you restoring under the same user ID/PSN account? Because if you're trying to restore as a different user and a non-existent or differnt PSn account, then the DLC copy protection will kick in. May I suggest backing stuff up, turning it on, putting in all you original user info, and then restoring your stuff.

That should solve your issue. If not, call Sony.

For the record, I have a launch 20 GB

Yeah, I only have one user and one PSN account. I know I'm doing it right, just the restore process bails. I'm gonna try again tonight with a third USB drive as the middleman, and I'll snap pics.. It's very strange. The first time I did it, the drive had 11 bad sectors, but the second time the drive was clean, so I don't know why it didn't work. Unless my 40GB has bad sectors, but it's brand new from January and I'm not rough on my gear. But anyhow, other people have reported the same issue, so it's not just me.. Maybe it really is a 40GB issue, I don't know..

I got a reply from Sony and they basically gave a canned response to a question I didn't ask... "How do I backup?" is not the same as "Here is my issue with your backup/restore tool..." Heh.

I was getting same error of failing at 50%.. my solution? I stpped using an external HD. I used my 8gb pro duo stick. seems the issue was with the usb HDS. and it wasnt a bad drive. I tested out like 3 of my externals and none worked. so if you have a large falsh or pro duo stick, use that instead. format in ps3 first.

Also if you must erase stuff to make it fit on stick, then erase the games that you can download again from PSN. thats what i did.

Hope this works.

hola,

Thanks for that! I knew I wasn't the only one with the problem.

I just ordered an 8GB stick yesterday too, so I should get it next week. If I can't get it to work, then I'll definitely be trying that out. :)

adolson,
Glad to be of help. I know it was a pain for me too. to be safe I just backed up ceratin folders individually on my external HD like Music, Movies, pics.

Then I erased all my demos and games from PSN since you can download again at no extra charge from store. you will need to erase your install files( i.e capcoms 5gb installs)

this should let everything else fit on 8gb stik for HD back Up. :)

adolson,

I also tried to backup my Rock Band data on my flash drive when I had to get my 20 GB sent in for repairs (broken disk drive). When I tried to save it, no loading bar would come up and it would give me a message that said "Data is Copy Write Protected" or something similar to that nature. I guess EA just doesn't want you going and giving your data to other people for some reason. =P

i wholeheartedly agree- i was voraciously buying up songs in december and january, but the last several weeks has been pretty uninspiring. when the hell will we see "who's next"?

also, can someone please tell me if the "improved microphone latency on ps3" means that they have reduced the annoying delay between when you sing and when your voice comes out of the speakers? it pretty much forces you to play the game with your vocals turned all the way down. is that what this means?

I hope so. That delay is the most annoying thing about that game.

yup, latency is audio terms is the difference in time before input and output, so ya hopefully it fixes it... A LOT