Domo Kun Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 I have a little problem- How do I get my external hard drive to work with my ps3? I have death note in divx format and I wanna watch it on my telly... The ps3 won't recognise the HDD, but it recognises my PSP as an external storage device. I tried renaming folders to 'MUSIC' 'VIDEO' 'PHOTO' etc, but that wouldn't work. It's a seagate harddrive, if that helps...
Domo Kun Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Is it formatted to Fat32? I have no idea! Do I have to do that? How do I do it? Thankyou!
Caris Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Plug it into your computer. Put on the files on the desktop cause everything on your HDD will be wiped. Go to my computer then click properties on the drive, then format and set it to FAT32 and do a quick format. I think that's how you do it, I'm on a Mac atm so i can't fully remember.
Domo Kun Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Thanks! But I'm afraid I have another problem- on the Format Removable Disk thingy it only says: 'Capacity 232 GB' 'File System - NTFS' 'Allocation Unit Size - 4096 Bytes' 'Volume Label - Removable Disk' I can't find anything that says anything about FAT32, what should I do?
LegoMan1031 Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 With most of the games i have played for the first time it installs 'game data'. I'm just wondering what this is actually for? Coz when i played on Devil May Cry 4 for the first time it seemed to take forever to download this game data and it took the piss abit.
dazzybee Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Okay, I never thought I'd say this but I'm thinking of getting a PS3. Now bluray has won the format war I'm thinking of getting in on his HD DVD malarky!! To be honest I'm not THAT bothered about the games, have a 360 and rarely play that, though littlebigplanet is pretty exciting. Just wondered if anyone knew of any good deals to get and whether it's actually worth it.
Caris Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 It's the way the PS3 works, it loads data off the HDD as well as the Disk. Edit: Dazzybee check my thread in the Bargain Board. Anyone else have any questions haha?
LegoMan1031 Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 It's the way the PS3 works, it loads data off the HDD as well as the Disk. Edit: Dazzybee check my thread in the Bargain Board. Anyone else have any questions haha? Ok tar. Heres another one for you! What benifits does that bring if any? Or is it just the way it was designed. I'm a curious person.
dazzybee Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 On Play £300 with drakes and ninja gaiden. Prob gonna get this!!!!!
S.C.G Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Woot! USA PS3 60GB in as new condition get! managed to get one with Motorstorm, and one Bluray - Underworld Evolution, all for around £360 which I don't think is too bad considering the varying prices Pal PS3 60GB's are going for, the ones I've seen are selling for even more than I paid for my US one. :S Picked up a HDMI 1.3 a cable while I was at it and a cheap copy of Ninja Gaiden Sigma. A couple of questions though, is there anything I need to know about the US PS3 thats different to the Pal PS3? I went for a US one due to it's superior backwards compatibility, I know it's region free for PS3 games and region coded for PS2 games / most Bluray but is there anything else I need to know about it specs wise? Also, it'll have some data allready on it from the previous owner, he said he's updated it to the lastest firmware though, so I assume all I will need to delete is his PSN tag, game saves and net connection data and no need for a complete factory reset or anything?
Caris Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Ok tar. Heres another one for you! What benifits does that bring if any? Or is it just the way it was designed. I'm a curious person. Load times mainly as Blu-ray disks spin quite slow. Also S.C.G when you get it just format the Hard Drive, it should just take about 5-10 seconds and you won't have to worry about a thing. Next please.
LegoMan1031 Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Load times mainly as Blu-ray disks spin quite slow. Also S.C.G when you get it just format the Hard Drive, it should just take about 5-10 seconds and you won't have to worry about a thing. Next please. Tar again. Sorry mate i can't think of any more questions for u sorry. If i can think of any more i know where to come!
Guest Stefkov Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 We need an N-e Warhawk night. Seriously, we all join a server and go on the same team and kick ass.
S.C.G Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Ah cool, I guess that means I'll need to re-download all the firmware updates etc again though? But I'm guessing that shouldn't take long.
Caris Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Nah I'm pretty sure you don't. That's on the console not the HDD.
S.C.G Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Ah cool thanks one final (possibly stupid) question... would it be possible to stack my PS3 on top of my 360 without risk of damaging the 360? or is the PS3 just too damn heavy for me to be even considering that?
Caris Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 I wouldn't do that no, your 360 would probably explode.
S.C.G Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Ah, somehow I thought it might, just wanted some sort of confirmation, thanks, I'll do the sensible thing and give it a shelf of it's own with plenty of ventilation.
Portlett Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 Okay, I never thought I'd say this but I'm thinking of getting a PS3. Now bluray has won the format war I'm thinking of getting in on his HD DVD malarky!! To be honest I'm not THAT bothered about the games, have a 360 and rarely play that, though littlebigplanet is pretty exciting. Just wondered if anyone knew of any good deals to get and whether it's actually worth it. im in the same situation as you, was considering a 360 but now blu ray has won the format war ill prob get a ps3, prob not for a while though.
flameboy Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 the bluray winning kinda swayed me...I didn't want to get a console with a dead media. but it is mostly because of the great games due out this year...
LegoMan1031 Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 The next year does look good for my PS3. I traded my 360 in for it in january but i shall be re-buying a 360 probably at the end of the year when Gears of War 2 comes out... Gives me a chance to properly save up for it. If i had the money now i prob would of kept my 360 and got the PS3 also.
Columnar Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 I sold my 360 in January and got my PS3 after having been anti-Sony for years. I had a few wobbles last month where I was thinking of selling it and getting a new 360 but now I'm so glad I stuck with my Sony machine. Blu-ray winning the HD war has definately buoyed up my spirits and with PlayTV coming soon as well as all the great games to come through 2008 and beyond (and hopefully the end of 360-port-itis that we saw througout 2007) I think I've made the right choice.
Chuck Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 check the warhawk thread for the impending game that has started
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