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Formatting external hard drive for ps3

  • 10-04-2010 8:23pm
    #1
    dsane1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 413 ✭✭


    Apologies if this question is already asked.

    I have a 1Tb external hard drive almost half of it is full, mostly with films. At the moment if I am using my laptop connected to my tv to view these films on a large screen. Recently I bought a PS3 and was hoping to play the films through it. However it seems the hard drive needs to be formatted to Fat32.

    Is it possible to do this without deleting everything on the hard drive?


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  • #2
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    Nope, not possible at all

    Converting FAT to NTFS is a piece of piss, but it just doesn't work the other way around

    /edit
    Might be worth a shot with a program like partition magic mind you
    * Speaking as someone who lost irreplacable photos thanks to partition magic, I would strongly advise against using it for something like this!


  • #3
    dsane1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 413 ✭✭dsane1


    thanks. Is there a way to split the hard drive so that any new files going onto it are formatted in Fat? But still keeping the existing files.


  • #4
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    If you're using vista\w7, right click on computer icon > manage > disk management. Right clicking on the drive there should give you the option to resize the partition (it can take a while for it to complete!)
    When that's done, use a program like swissknife to create a FAT32 partition and you should be in business


  • #5
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    another easy option is stream the stuff from your pc/laptop over your wireless if you have it, install this bad boy http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/

    plug hard drive into pc, run ps3mediaservder on pc, turn on ps3, youll see new green triangle type icon on xmb
    then just go to the path of your movies

    ie: dsane1PC>g:>videos>transformers

    and it'll suck the movie off your harddrive and out your telly !
    magic :D


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