According to general PS3 support guidelines , if the rebuild stops for more than 10-15 minutes, you may need to restart and try again.
Scroll down to (Note: Do not select Restore File System or Restore PS3 System unless you intentionally want to format data ). Confirm the prompt by selecting Yes . ps3 kdw rebuild database pkg upd
The console will display a progress percentage. For a 500GB drive with many PKGs and updates, this can take . Do not interrupt the process. If it stalls at 99% for 10 minutes, do not panic – it is likely fixing a large game update directory. According to general PS3 support guidelines , if
: Refers to legacy developer tools created by developer KDW (such as KDW CFW2OFW ), used extensively to convert and format backup games into a structure readable by the PS3. The console will display a progress percentage
The KDW utility is designed for efficiency and troubleshooting on modified consoles.