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Just going to buy an external HDD so I can use it for the PS3 and PC to store my MP3s and Videos etc. Any suggestions to a good large external HDD. I'm also keen to hear from you all on the dummies guide to setting up the right directory structure so the PS3 can recognise the files? Many thanks in advance. 
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Just make sure it's FAT32 format. The files don't nessicarily need to be filed correctly, but if their not you just need to access them with the triangle button instead of X.
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PSN: Astrolite
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hmm I thought they had to be in a certain directory structure like PS3 --> MUSIC or MOVIES etc???
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Astrolite said: Just make sure it's FAT32 format. The files don't nessicarily need to be filed correctly, but if their not you just need to access them with the triangle button instead of X.
Even if its not FAT32 you can always format it to FAT32.
drady said: Just going to buy an external HDD so I can use it for the PS3 and PC to store my MP3s and Videos etc. Any suggestions to a good large external HDD. I'm also keen to hear from you all on the dummies guide to setting up the right directory structure so the PS3 can recognise the files? Many thanks in advance.
I recently got a maxtor 500gb for $119 from msy
so far im pretty happy with it or if u want something bigger than 500gb you can buy the 1tb for $240
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drady said: hmm I thought they had to be in a certain directory structure like PS3 --> MUSIC or MOVIES etc???
Yeah its good to organize your stuff by putting them in there respective folders, so that when you open your ps3, you access all your videos under VIDEO.
But you can also just press the triangle button and select display all to view all your files.
sorry for the double post
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drady said: hmm I thought they had to be in a certain directory structure like PS3 --> MUSIC or MOVIES etc???
We'll take music for example. If you place your music in X:\MUSIC\, then the PS3 will find the files if you press X when the HDD is highlighted.
If you didn't place the music files in X:\MUSIC\, you will need to press Triangle when the HDD is highlighted, and click on "Display All". Then your music will appear in a list.
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So if I was to put in a directory structure for dummies sake on the new external hdd, what would the ps3 auto pickup?? Also the MSY external hdd etc, I've got vista, so how does one format the fat32 500gig/1TB drives??
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drady said: So if I was to put in a directory structure for dummies sake on the new external hdd, what would the ps3 auto pickup??
Yes. X:\MUSIC\, X:\VIDEO\, X:\PICTURE
drady said:Also the MSY external hdd etc, I've got vista, so how does one format the fat32 500gig/1TB drives??
Is it new? If so, it's usually already FAT32.
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wutang01 said:
Is it new? If so, it's usually already FAT32.
Not always i got a 500gb external hard drive a week ago and it was NTFS
but most of the wd HDD are FAT32
drady said: So if I was to put in a directory structure for dummies sake on the new external hdd, what would the ps3 auto pickup?? Also the MSY external hdd etc, I've got vista, so how does one format the fat32 500gig/1TB drives??
I used a program called swiss knife google it its free and works great 
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gamer405 said: Not always i got a 500gb external hard drive a week ago and it was NTFS
but most of the wd HDD are FAT32
Ohh, oopsy haha. I've always bought Western Digital products (internal hard drives, Passports and My Books) xD
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If however you want to organize your movies or songs into catagoires (because you've got so damn many) then you can put them into whatever file you wish. For example you can dump most of your movies into one file and the new releases you've yet to watch in another for easier finding.
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So has anyone bought a 1TB hdd external and got it to work on the ps3, if so link to product would be nice
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You can download some kind of program that let's you format any sized HDD to FAT32. It was mentioned here about a year ago.
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hmm just can't find a link etc that has someone who has hooked up a 1TB external HDD to a PS3, only 500mb. Anyone seen links to this and can provide?
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download a program called fat32format it's easy as pie! 
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drady said: Just going to buy an external HDD so I can use it for the PS3 and PC to store my MP3s and Videos etc. Any suggestions to a good large external HDD. I'm also keen to hear from you all on the dummies guide to setting up the right directory structure so the PS3 can recognise the files? Many thanks in advance.
Personally I'd suggest avoiding an external hard drive which requires an external power source (power point).
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is there anyway to get files larger than 4gb on a ps3?
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Kjt15 said: is there anyway to get files larger than 4gb on a ps3?
yes...
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WC_Loc said:
Kjt15 said: is there anyway to get files larger than 4gb on a ps3?
yes...
explain yourself?
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Just transfer it using a portable storage device of some kind.
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drady said: does that run in vista?
yeah it's just a small command prompt program.Kjt15 said: is there anyway to get files larger than 4gb on a ps3?
Any HDD that is formatted with the FAT32 system WILL NOT be able to have individual files over 4GB
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^That sux
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AussieM8 said:
drady said: does that run in vista?
yeah it's just a small command prompt program.Kjt15 said: is there anyway to get files larger than 4gb on a ps3?
Any HDD that is formatted with the FAT32 system WILL NOT be able to have individual files over 4GB
Thats what I thought
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i use TVersity on my PC with my Xbox360 (i guess PS3 would be the same) to act as a media server and it's working great. Can download and watch 4GB .mkv files of HD content without any problems. It looks great, and HDD file system is irrelevant.
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