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removable hard drive

  • 18-02-2010 6:37pm
    #1
    gav86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭


    Want to store films and music on a removable hard drive (Seagate Expansion Drive). New 1TB harddrive. However when i plug it in the PS3 does not recognise it at all!! I read online that i might have to format it to FAT32 which i have done but no luck, any idea's? Maybe this is more a tech problem.
    Thanks anyway.


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  • #2
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    if you successfully made it fat32 it would show, i'm guessing you didnt, you cant do it in vista or 7 without a third party program, this is a good one that convert it in one click to fat32

    http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html


  • #3
    twinsen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 735 ✭✭✭twinsen


    Hmmm. this one works fine on vista/win 7 home premium
    format <drive letter>: /FS:FAT32

    Just open command line , put in this command where drive letter is the name of the drive you want to format and it will be fine. if it is 1 tb might take a while

    check if that drive works at all, if it is seagate , you might find seatools on their website to test it


  • #4
    tonydude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭tonydude


    ive a seagate hdd too, put into fat32 format as stated. A quick format will do then u need to put the folders that the ps3 can recognise . Which are Game,Music,Picture and Video. A folder for each , itll work then no problems


  • #5
    gav86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭gav86


    Cheers lads, got it sorted, had the drive formatted in FAT but not FAT32. All sorted now!!!! Delighted


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