Hard Drive upgrade problem (No applicable update data was found) system update v2.53

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http://www.problogbooster.com/2014/01/no-applicable-update-data-was-found-ps3.html

I tired it all , this what worked for me : FIRST turn ps3 in to safe mode:Step 1: With the PS3 on turn off the power by holding the power button on the front of the unit till the power light is red.
Step 2:
   1. Touch and hold the Power button, you will hear the first beep, meaning the PLAYSTATION 3 is powering on.
   2. Continue to hold the Power button and after about 5 seconds, you will hear a second beep, indicating the video reset.
   3. Continue to hold the Power button and after about another 5 seconds you will hear a third beep and the system will power off.
Step 3:
   1. Touch and hold the Power button, you will hear the first beep, again for the PS3 to power on.
   2. Continue to hold the Power button and after about 5 seconds, you will hear a second beep for video reset.
   3. Continue to hold the Power button and after about another 5 seconds you will hear a quick double beep.  At that point release the Power button.  If you succeeded in activating Safe Mode, you will see a message on the screen saying, "Connect the controller using a USB cable and then press the PS button."
   4. Connect a USB cable to the controller and the PS3 and press the PS button to enter Safe Mode.
   5. Then you will see the Safe Mode menu.   Next : download ps3 update on playstion website , and put into usb stick: make sure its lile this :  PS3/UPDATE/XXXXXXXX      XXXXXXXXX is the file you downloaded, and ps3 and update need to be caps, after safe mode out usb for controller in first ONLY, do not put usb stick with update in yet, then after in safe mode go restore setting, this will take you back to the page where you need to put your ps3 controller on again, then it will ask you for update, THEN you put usb stick in, and folow on screen. i tired everything, this way it worked for me, safe mode then update, make sure usb is phat32 like always, 

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    I recently upgraded my 128gb ssd to a 512gb ssd drive.  I cloned the drive to new drive and ever since then, I get the spinning beach ball very often whereas I never got it prior to the hard drive upgrade.  Is there anything I can check or do to eliminate the freeze ups?  It is VERY annoying.  Or do I just need to do a fresh install on the new hard drive.
    thanks in advance

    Did you properly prep the drive first:
    Drive Preparation
    1.  Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button.  When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
    If you are preparing an external or a non-startup drive, then open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
    2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area.  If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing.  SMART info will not be reported  on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
    3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (for Intel Macs) or APM (for PPC Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
    4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
    5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
    6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.

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