1. Turn off your PS3.
2. Hold The power button down, the system will turn on and turn off once again.
3. Once the System has been shutdown, re-press you finger until you hear 2 consecutive beeps
4. When you hear the 2 beeps take finger off power button.
5. You will be prompted to plug in your controller via usb and then hit the PS button
6. The Recovery menu will pop up.





What is in the recovery menu:
Restart System.
Restore Default Settings.
Restore System Files.
Restore PS3 System.
Rebuild Database.
System Update.

This will come in handy!