Discless - Broken Drive. 4.30 v.2.03

Hey Guys.

Brand new to the PS3 jailbreaking scene. I've been beating my head off the wall with this problem for days and i've searched and searched and found nothing but incomplete or non-solutions.

I have an older model 80gb PS3. I've successfully jailbroken and i'm on Rogero 4.30 v.2.03. SNES/NES emulation works. Everything else seems to be running great but I can't get any backups to run off the HD. The PS3 will take in physical media but acts as if nothing is in the drive.

Games show up fine in the Multiman (04.14.00) browser but when I try and run it's a quick black screen and back to the XMB. I've tried Heavy Rain, Mass Effect, Assassins Creed & Playstation All Stars Battle Royale.

I got the console for free and have no interest in purchasing a new drive. As it is it works as an overpriced Snes/Nes emulator and I have a second fully functional non-jb console. Just hoping theres something I can do to run games off the hard drive without having a working Blu-Ray drive.

Thanks in advance for any help! I've avoided posting this for a couple days but I just can't seem to find the information I need.