Formatting Large External HD for PS3

[Purity]

if i use this will i be able to put large files onto it, say an mkv file which is more than 4gig. as far as i know FAT32 only takes files smaller than 4gig.

No, the FAT32 restrictions apply

 

[Bainsy]

I use SwissKnife that works well

 

[steviebrine]

:Clap:thanks for that i was woundering why i couldnt see it:Clap:

Cheers

 

[coolking786]

Thanks you for the info, I have just bought myself a Western Digital 1000 Gig HDD to do exactly that.

Cheers

 

[sargie]

Thanks you for the info, I have just bought myself a Western Digital 1000 Gig HDD to do exactly that.

Cheers

WOW! they make 1000 gb hdd's now? Imagine how much you can get on there!

 

[deedie]

you can get 2000gb ones too. even better. lol

 

[marra]

ive just formated a 120gb drive from cmd

format [drive letter]: /FS:FAT32

it took a while but should this do the trick i cant check at the moment, cheers.


edit: it failed in the end for some reason i downloaded swissknife premium from their website but they dont seem to offer a trial version but the serial is pretty easy to get past im not sure if im allowed to post it so i wont it did the trick anyway. if a mod reads this and i can post let me know and i will, cheers.

 

[bigdaddy32]

hi guys im having problems backing up my ps3 files so i can change the harddrive. i have a 40gb portable drive which i have used swissknife to format it to fat32 to back up the files but ps3 doesnt recognise it. any help would be much appreciated

 

[daveleebond]

hi guys im having problems backing up my ps3 files so i can change the harddrive. i have a 40gb portable drive which i have used swissknife to format it to fat32 to back up the files but ps3 doesnt recognise it. any help would be much appreciated

are you going to a larger drive? if so use hdclone and do a bit by bit copy, then you don't have to bother with the ps3 backup util, just clone old to new.

 

[bigdaddy32]

ive got the old 40gb ps3 which is almost full have an 80gb drive that i want to change it to. but just cant get my 40gb portable drive to be recognised in the ps3

 

[cboy]

ive got the old 40gb ps3 which is almost full have an 80gb drive that i want to change it to. but just cant get my 40gb portable drive to be recognised in the ps3

best app u can use is mini tool partition wizard home

 

[porche944]

I'm thinking of installing an INTERNAL 1TB drive in a PS3, does anyone have any experience of this?

Does it work?

Thanks.

 

[Lanstrom]

I upgraded to a 500GB last night (very easy and took 15 mins max). This is a really good video on YouTube on how to do it ... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNSytaL9hnI]YouTube - How to Upgrade a PS3 Hard Drive[/ame]

If you are talking more specifically about 1TB (rather than just general) then I believe that they are harder to fit due to being taller.

 

[justeve]

Do a full format on a pc and if you own a xbox 360 go to memory devices and format from there,never had a problem doing it this way for ps3 use.