Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Friday 19.9.2025 / 18:59
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > consoles > ps3 - modding & hacking > use of an external hdd
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
Use of an external HDD
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
odin24
Senior Member
_ 		27. May 2007 @ 05:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What would be my best option for an external HDD. I would use it for Home videos and pictures... maybe DVDs as well. A 250gb or 500gb would be nice. Are they compatible with the PS3 or would there be some modding involved?
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
Sudds
AfterDawn Addict

2 product reviews
_ 		27. May 2007 @ 11:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Any EXHDD formatted as FAT32 will work with PS3.
[ + quote]
MidnightJ
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		27. May 2007 @ 12:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by odin24:
What would be my best option for an external HDD. I would use it for Home videos and pictures... maybe DVDs as well. A 250gb or 500gb would be nice. Are they compatible with the PS3 or would there be some modding involved?
A USB HDD should work fine as storage. Should come on up on PS3 XMB as Storage device or something.
[ + quote]
G-4CE
Member
_ 		31. May 2007 @ 13:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My ps3 wont read my HD. how do i know if its formatted as FAT32
[ + quote]
There's no such thing as a lost cause
it just has to be found
Sudds
AfterDawn Addict

2 product reviews
_ 		1. June 2007 @ 09:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Connect it to your PC, select My Computer then right click on the drive and select properties.
[ + quote]
G-4CE
Member
_ 		3. June 2007 @ 05:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
oh yey i see it now its NTFS so theres no chance of it working then?
[ + quote]
There's no such thing as a lost cause
it just has to be found
Sudds
AfterDawn Addict

2 product reviews
_ 		3. June 2007 @ 08:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No, it needs to be FAT32 and have the folders, VIDEO, MUSIC, PICTURE, created and the correct files placed in these folders.
[ + quote]
uberwleis
Junior Member
_ 		5. June 2007 @ 05:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Can it be used instead of an external drive or is it just a storage upgrade? I mean, can you use it as a main PS3 hard drive?

G-4CE, format it to FAT32, but you will not be able to put any file on it that is larger than 4GB.
[ + quote]

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 5. June 2007 @ 05:26
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
G-4CE
Member
_ 		10. June 2007 @ 13:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It does not give me the option to change it to FAT only NTFS
[ + quote]
There's no such thing as a lost cause
it just has to be found
afterdawn.com > forums > consoles > ps3 - modding & hacking > use of an external hdd
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2025 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork