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Playstation 3 Software & Firmware \ PS3 hard drive as external hard drive

acefreemok
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acefreemok says:
I replaced my PC hard drive with a 320GB hard drive.

With my old PC hard drive, I've tried using it as an external hard drive with three 2.5" enclosures, but it doesn't work with any.

Anyone have Any thoughts on maybe why?
26/07/2008
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zyxses
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zyxses says:
You have to format it to FAT32 before the PS3 will see it.
26/07/2008
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acefreemok
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acefreemok says:
No, I'm trying to use the PS3 hard drive as an external hard drive with a PC. I can connect the hard drive to a PC internally, just not externally.
26/07/2008
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wutang01
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wutang01 says:
When you have the hard drive in an external enclosure, maybe make sure it's sufficiently powered?
Sometimes it's necessary to connect it to 2 USB ports.
26/07/2008
Brisbane
WC_Loc
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WC_Loc says:
How do u format a HDD to FAT32?? I formatted mine but the only option was exFAT which still doesnt work with the PS3
26/07/2008
Cairns, Queensland [PSN: wc_loc]
wutang01
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wutang01 says:

WC_Loc said: How do u format a HDD to FAT32?? I formatted mine but the only option was exFAT which still doesnt work with the PS3



Yea, I'd like to know too. I wanted to backup my PS3 (before sending it back to Blacktown) but I couldn't format my Western Digital Passport to FAT32. It use to be FAT32, but I formatted it to NTFS. I couldn't use it as the backup destination until it was FAT32 again ...

Maybe it can only be done on XP? All the computers here are Vista now.
26/07/2008
Brisbane
WC_Loc
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WC_Loc says:
Ok, well I'll have to try it with an XP then...
26/07/2008
Cairns, Queensland [PSN: wc_loc]
wutang01
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wutang01 says:

WC_Loc said: Ok, well I'll have to try it with an XP then...



Hey WC_Loc, try this:

1. Go to ‘Run’ from the start button and type ‘cmd’ to bring up the command window.
2. Type this in the command line: format (Drive letter): /FS:FAT32

e.g. format D: /FS:FAT32

Let me know if that works (I don't have a spare hard drive to randomly format ...)
26/07/2008
Brisbane
WC_Loc
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WC_Loc says:
i'll try it, but I dont have a computer atm so it might be a while
26/07/2008
Cairns, Queensland [PSN: wc_loc]
PCKid
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PCKid says:
Get this proggie and it will do it. swissknifev3.22. Or if you have a mac, disk utility allows you to format a drive in fat32
27/07/2008
Brigadoon, Western Australia
wutang01
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wutang01 says:
Oh, FYI ... I tried using the "External USB/FireWire Fat32 Formatting Utility" that's available on the Western Digital website (I have a WD Passport). Didn't work ><

support.wdc.com/
27/07/2008
Brisbane
hammy360
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hammy360 says:  
Connect the drive to your pc,Right5 click on my computer,select manage,select disk management and delete the partition or create a new partition and do a quick format and then use a fat32 format program to format the drive to fat32
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Melbourne
WC_Loc
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WC_Loc says:

hammy360 said: Connect the drive to your pc,Right5 click on my computer,select manage,select disk management and delete the partition or create a new partition and do a quick format and then use a fat32 format program to format the drive to fat32

sounds complicated, i'd rather try wutangs method...
6 days ago
Cairns, Queensland [PSN: wc_loc]
 
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