ps3 external hdd

tonydude

Hi, i recently bought a 2.5 inch external hdd case for a spare ps3 120gb hard drive. I connected it too the ps3 and nothing happened apart from the case having a red light. I then connected it to my laptop and it installed drivers but still couldnt access it. Has anyone got any ideas ?

eddhorse

So the 120GB hard drive was from a previous PS3?
You need to format i'd say.
If you go into computer management can you see it?
ie Right click on "My Computer" and Left click on Manage.
Then go to Disk Management.

CombatCow

Yeah and format it in FAT32 if you want it to be recognised by the ps3.....

tonydude

eddhorse wrote: »

So the 120GB hard drive was from a previous PS3?
You need to format i'd say.
If you go into computer management can you see it?
ie Right click on "My Computer" and Left click on Manage.
Then go to Disk Management.

i did as u said it says disk 1 111.79gb unallocated wat now lol? it also says not initialized

CombatCow

Right click and select delete volume I think, you wanna delete whatever partition is on it neway and then format the disk as a whole.

tonydude

its formatting now how do i get it into fat32

CombatCow

You select FAT32 before the formatting, you can re-do it again after that format is finished.

tonydude

thxs 4 that but i dont think my laptop can format to fat that way ill c when the formatting is done.thxs

amacachi

tonydude wrote: »

thxs 4 that but i dont think my laptop can format to fat that way ill c when the formatting is done.thxs

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Fat32Formatter.shtml Use that to format to FAT32.

tonydude

Thxs guys i got it to fat32 and then popped the music and other necessary folders into and now its working away . Thxs again