About 6 months ago I lost one of my PS3s to YLOD. Sony replaced the hardware after I swapped out the upgraded disk that I'd installed with the original one & I've had this disk sat in the back of a drawer since then.

I lost a whole load of savefiles & had given up on ever recovering them as I understood that the file system was encrypted & tied to the original PS3 but given the events so far this year, are there any new options for me getting things back or are there ever likely to be?

I'm not really interested in using a CFW or Jailbreak if that would make a difference - I value online gaming too much & don't want to risk the banhammer.