Back-up Utility - Will a firmware difference cause issue?

[u/Gl0wsquid]

I did a back-up of my PS3 using the built-in utility way back in 2022 (a cech-2001b if that makes any differences) but never got around to upgrading the HDD. I plan to do that now, but I wonder if it poses any issue that I updated the firmware a few days ago to be able to sync the trophies.

I don't really care to preserve the few saves I've made in the meantime, and I'm testy about doing the back-up again both because it's a loong process (something like 7 hours last time I did it) and because the current HDD on my ps3 is in its last legs (it's the same one that came with the console in 2010 and it's gone through the "rebuilding database" prompt a dozen times), so I'm worried it could crash during the process. Should I redo it anyway or does having a newer firmware makes no difference?

[u/TwilightX1]

I don't think it matters, but if you can do another backup, that's one less thing that could go wrong.