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Xenokai
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_ 		16. February 2006 @ 08:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i may be getting rid of my ps2 and i have the HDD would it be useless or can i make it a pc 40 gig hdd?
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_ 		16. February 2006 @ 11:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes. The harddrives for the PC are exactly the same as those which are used for the PS2.

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Xenokai
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_ 		17. February 2006 @ 10:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
so i can plug my ps2 hdd in my pc and have 40 extra gigs on my PC?
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steimy
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_ 		17. February 2006 @ 10:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes, should work no problem, you will of course have to reformat it as the PS2 and PC use a different structure.
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Xenokai
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_ 		17. February 2006 @ 16:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
how do i format a HDD? and not my whole pc? and will i have to change the slave or what ever? i moved this little prong to master or somthen when i use to import files to it for my ps2.
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Go here - http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/howto/install_xp_disk_mgmt.html

It's fairly straight forward.

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