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barilboy
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_ 		31. January 2006 @ 09:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
is there some sort of software that will let me play games off of a hard drive connected to my ps2 via hd enclosure? or will i have to go another way to use a hard drive instead of game disks?
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wong_c_fu
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_ 		31. January 2006 @ 09:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Which version PS2 do you have?

If you have the non-slim version, you can install an IDE HDD in the back of the console and use a program to backup games onto it. I think there are 2 programs you can use. HDloader and HDadvance. I have never used these programs so I don't know if they're still around but this is just what I remember.

If you have a slim-line ps2 then I'm not sure how a HD can be hooked up externally.

GOod luck
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barilboy
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_ 		31. January 2006 @ 10:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
actually, i do have a slimline, but thanks anyway :)
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HDDAMN
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_ 		31. January 2006 @ 11:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,

at a slimline, you can't put a HD, not internally, because there isn't any place to put the HD. extern maybe, but I don't think so, unless you have an original sony ;)

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Andrew691
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_ 		31. January 2006 @ 14:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can hook up a USB HDD (or HDD in USB enclosure) to your slim then buy a program called USBextreme but loading times are very slow and lots of games arent compatible. Theres a program called HDconnect that allows use of an IDE hard drive but it involves pulling the slim apart and soldering right inside it.
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