Possible situations of losing files saved on PS3 hard drive are mentioned below: But, most of the users lose these files saved on PS3 hard drive in various occasions and become victim of data loss. This PlayStation holds a hard drive to save all user data and other program files. Among various brands of game consoles, PS3 is preferred by many due to its high-tech graphics and user friendly interface. Game consoles are the best entertainment for kids and grown-ups as well. How can I recover saved files on PS3 is there any possible way out?” Now, all files saved on PS3 hard drive are out of my reach. I tried to carry out the process myself and messed up the things. The hard drive was of limited storage capacity around 60GB so I thought to update it with larger hard drive. “On my PS3 PlayStation numerous data like photos, video footages, games and other related files are saved in its hard drive.