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HD Loader or HD Advance 2.0
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hymes
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27. April 2005 @ 12:40 |
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Hello, I am about ready to try HD Advance with a Maxtor 200GB drive and the Sony network adapter. I have read and searched and found out the process for the most part.
I have one additional question before I start the "install" please....
Do you have to install the networking stuff as if you were going to use the networking adapter for network access OR do you just ignore that part and use the adapter to connect the hard drive?
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Alan
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fett716
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27. April 2005 @ 14:08 |
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nope,just install the hdd to the network adapter and run hd loader.It will automaticly format your drive.
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27. April 2005 @ 20:15 |
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The networking part is unnecessary. The only role the network adapter plays is to power the HD.
Big Will - 39001 PS2 (NTSC), HD Advance 2.0, Seagate Barracuda 300GB and v.2 Xbox 360 ... sweet, baby!
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luca99
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29. April 2005 @ 06:06 |
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ok ok ok .....
im confused .......
everybody is fighting on hdloader and hdadvaced ...
i currently have a ps2 with a mod chip in it i enjoy playing my games (backedup ones hehehe) and i watch dvd's alot (backedup ones hehe)..... i heard about these 2 softwares and i like the idea that i dont have to put in the disc after disc after disc (for the games of course)....... which one will best suit my needs for my ps2
luca
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luca99
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29. April 2005 @ 06:10 |
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continued sorry
i currently have a 80 gig on the shelf and i know that i need a network adapter is there anything else i need......
thnx again luca
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hymes
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29. April 2005 @ 07:02 |
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Hello, I JUST DID IT, so although I am new, I got it to work just as described.
First, I don't know which is better HD LOADER or HD ADVANCE however I went with HD Advance as it from some articles is newer and was featured on one of the TV tech shows.
With HD Advance, I got the 2.0 version to handle the larger hard drives (officially up to 200GB but others have gone higher). As far as the install, it was really that simple, no kidding!!
ALL you need is the software (HD Advance), the SONY network adapter, and a hard drive, that's it. NOTE: you do NOT need to install ANY of the Network Adapter software/stuff. NOTE: you do need to make sure the hard drive will FIT physically. ALL you have to do is; 1. connect hard drive to adapter, 2. plug adapter in PS2, 3. Boot PS2 from the HD Advance disk. If all goes well (and it did in my case) HD Advance will see the disk and asked me to format it. I said YES, and it took a few minutes. THAT'S IT!! Start using it!
There are MODES you can set if a game doesn't work. But there will still be games that just don't work. The best list so far I have found is at http://www.ps2nfo.com/ps2hdd.html
The only part I haven't figured out yet is there are references to PATCHING so that some games will work. I have yet to figure out how to do this......
Alan
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fett716
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29. April 2005 @ 09:31 |
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You can't(easily) patch with hd advance.hdloader newest .elf contains just about every patch ever.This is good if you want to backup games like god of war or gt4.
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29. April 2005 @ 13:42 |
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Yeah, but I would rather not worry about my memory card getting corrupt and junk. Do some research ... about memory card exploits ... most of what you see ain't too good. So what I can't play God of War just yet off my HD. It's only a couple more games that the memory card exploit works with. I have considered it but ... it's not worth the risk of doing something the memory card was never, ever designed to do.
Big Will - 39001 PS2 (NTSC), HD Advance 2.0, Seagate Barracuda 300GB and v.2 Xbox 360 ... sweet, baby!
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29. April 2005 @ 13:52 |
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The only time i ever had a problem with my memory card wasn't because of an exploit it was because of a corrupt game save. My damn power cut out in the middle of a save, and i was left with a gamesave that i couldn't erase through the PS2 browser.
So i backed up all my good saves to my HDD, and fired up my memory card exploit. Then launched my memorycard reformat elf, and reformated my memory card. Works as good as new. :) If it wasn't for my exploit i would have had a crippled memory card.
I think the exploit is really the way to go. I've noticed that more and more, newer games just aren't working with the stock HDL/HDA. And i don't see that trend changing.
The exploit does a lot of things that the disks don't. New compatibilty modes, Full DVD9 support without flattening the image, date/time fixes, network support,etc.
Just my 2 cents. :)
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hymes
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29. April 2005 @ 14:09 |
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Someone PLEASE explain the PATCH PROCESS. I keep hearing about pathing hd loader and hd advance (which I have) but NO WHERE is there any information on it. There are also references to ELF but I can not find anything on what that is.
So, I have HD Advance 2.0. Where do you get the patches people are talking about to fix it so more games can play off of the hard drive and how do you do it?
Thanks so much
Alan
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29. April 2005 @ 14:15 |
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Here's where you can get an awsome tool to make your own exploit http://ausdigital.net/ . It doesn't get easier then that. You should be able to find out everything you need to know there, and if you can't, ask.
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luca99
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29. April 2005 @ 15:58 |
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ok ok ok .....
im confused .......
everybody is fighting on hdloader and hdadvaced ...
i currently have a ps2 with a mod chip in it i enjoy playing my games (backedup ones hehehe) and i watch dvd's alot (backedup ones hehe)..... i heard about these 2 softwares and i like the idea that i dont have to put in the disc after disc after disc (for the games of course)....... which one will best suit my needs for my ps2
luca
continued sorry
i currently have a 80 gig on the shelf and i know that i need a network adapter is there anything else i need......
thnx again luca
this site fuckin sucks you guys are suposse to help people and you dont respone to any of my question except for others i find that very rude ;.....................................................................................................................................................
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29. April 2005 @ 20:40 |
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Hey I have a question, didnt want to post a new thread b/x this ne seems to have a lot of people reading it. I have a backup copy of breaker pro, is there anyway I can use it to boot my psone cds on my ps2??????????
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StiGUP
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6. May 2005 @ 11:06 |
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hey whats goin on guys..i've been researching these forums and i just can't seem to find the answers...i just purchased hdadvance 2.0 and a slide card last week and even though after reading everything i prob just shoulda went with the swap disc..im stuck with this ish.
So I have the ps2 HDD 40 gig ..POS...i coulda copped teh 120 gig for the same price but im a socom 2 addict and i wanted to play the new maps...but anyways I downlaoded a bunch of games...area 51, metal gear solid 3, midnight club 3 dub edition, god of war, etc ... i burned metal gear and midnight club and i can't seem to get this thing to backup onto my HDD...it says cannot read ps2 disc or w/e ...it works fine with real ps2 games but when i used burned dvd games it won't work!! and it seems a few people have had this problem and there seems to be no answers...I burned it right..i mean it's pretty simple you just brn the ISO...not too complicated but anyway if anyone can help please post or just hit me up on aim .. it's "stig pimpin"
appreciate it guys..peace
-StiG
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6. May 2005 @ 11:25 |
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I think the answer is on the hdadvance website.
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xHENDRIXx
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10. May 2005 @ 20:28 |
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yeah i just bought a HD advancer 2.0 and when i try to back up some of my games they start to convert and they get to a certain percent and it starts to read disc errors and stops converting. what is causing this???
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theplop
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14. August 2005 @ 19:14 |
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Ok, i have been reading forums all over the net. I have a mc exploited ps2 with the network adapter and misc elf files installed. The problem i'm getting is that whenever i put a HD (any HD) into my ps2(v3) it sasy that it needs formatting. I can take the same Hd, put it in a newer machine, format it, play games on it and it works fine. I put it back in my machine and it says it needs formatting again. So i know its not the HD that bad. I have run out of ideah's about what to do. I used a friends newer machine to do these tests. I'ves used HDadvance,dms-hdd-format, winhiip. None of these seem to make a change.
I need some help here.
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14. August 2005 @ 20:43 |
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Maybe BUYING a legit copy of HD Advance would help you out.
Big Will - 39001 PS2 (NTSC), HD Advance 2.0, Seagate Barracuda 300GB and v.2 Xbox 360 ... sweet, baby!
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theplop
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14. August 2005 @ 20:49 |
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who said anything about a legit/non-legit game?
I never said anything about copying games...
The whole reason i'm trying to put a HD in it is because my laser is dying and won't read my discs. So, either i mod it, or throw my games away.
anyways, back to the problem at hand...
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fz700
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7. September 2005 @ 16:42 |
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Hi..
Just heard about all this stuff,sounds cool..I wanna get it,just not sure what kind of hard drive to get(I understand Maxtor is good)and what size?
How many games roughly can fit on a 40gb HD?? Is it worth it,or am I better off with a bigger one?
Any help would be great..
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dzuldare
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13. September 2005 @ 19:09 |
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hi, ok i just found out about this "hd loader and hd advance" stuff. i read some of this forum. just have a few quick questions. #1.can you copy burned DVD-R ps2 backups to hd loader or hd advance hard drive?
#2. can you use the new hard drive to store game saves, to eliminate the stupid small memory card?
#3. can you also put roms(snes,sega,nes)and emulators on the hard drive and play them?
#4 i have swap magic 3.6, can it be used in conjuntion with hd loader in some way?
#5is it possible to ftp to the ps2 using the network adapter, or dose the new hard drive somehow hook into it so you can't?
#6. if you could ftp to it, then you would be able to put the burned game into the computer hard drive as a iso and then ftp it to the ps2 hd loader hard drive and that would eliminate the "check" that the ps2 does on the game to see if it is real... right?
joe
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dzuldare
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18. September 2005 @ 11:55 |
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hello, these questions can't be that hard for you guys. i see that the hd advance 2.0 can take backups and put them on the hard drive. someone please post back my other questions. i have looked around. maybe not that hard, but if someone knows it saves me some time and money.
joe
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Rafman60
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29. September 2005 @ 09:56 |
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no
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Rafman60
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29. September 2005 @ 09:56 |
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no you cant do most of the stuff that you mentioned in your original post.
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theplop
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29. September 2005 @ 09:58 |
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1. Depends, refer to #6
2. doin't know
3. yes
4. yes
5. yes
6. yes
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