mike56gte
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well i have one of the original ps3's the 60GB ones and the memory is full on it so looking to get some sort of external hard drive. not needing anything massive.
20GB or something.
any suggestions? thanks
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Matty W
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i dont think its as simple as just plugging an external in and away you go.. most externals come formatted to NTFS but ps3 needs to be FAT32 and its not as simple as just plugging it into a pc and re-naming it
link here http://community.us.playstation.com/thread/1662488?start=0&tstart=0
FAT32 pre-formatted ones are available from amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/BIPRA-250Gb-External-Drive-Portable/dp/B004LGLL6G/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1325818231&sr=8-3
[Edited on 06-01-2012 by music1990]
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mike56gte
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fuck sake! sounds like a load of pissing about!
be easier just deleting my little brother account 
cheers mate 
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Matty W
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well you can get 250G ones in the correct format off amazon. tbh i wish id had one and backed up gt5 instead of losing everthing  .
i took all the save data from games i dont play anymore and that free'd up a load. i also traded the games in and got battlefield for free
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mike56gte
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quote:
Originally posted by music1990
well you can get 250G ones in the correct format off amazon. tbh i wish id had one and backed up gt5 instead of losing everthing .
i took all the save data from games i dont play anymore and that free'd up a load. i also traded the games in and got battlefield for free
so i can get a 250g one from amazon and just plug it in? its gt5 that takes up all the room! its like 10gb
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Matty W
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i believe so, although im not sure if the voltage from the PS3 usb is enough to power it.. cant find any individual reviews.
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mike56gte
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right al look into. cheers mate
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Matty W
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i think they only put out 2.5V whereas a pc would put out 5V. probably just better off removing some data
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John
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Why would a ps3 only put out 2.5v?
USB is 5v, it's the current that might be a problem.
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adiohead
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My ps3 is saying it's out of space..... but there's hardly anything on it. I'm confuseded. Maybe it's all the MGS4 data or something
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Balling
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You can easily just buy any drive and format it to FAT32. Don't see any issue with that!?
Granted, unless you have a Mac you'll need third party software.
Just do what I did though and buy a new 2.5" internal drive and swap it over. Piece of piss to do. SONY even offers an official manual for it.
Remove HDD tray.
Remove old HDD from tray.
Place new HDD in tray.
Reinstall tray.
Boot PS3, it will reinstall.
Done.
You will need an external FAT32 drive to back up all your saved data, but still a miles better solution than constantly having an external drive plugged to the console.
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