Domo Kun Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Hello! I have a Seagate 250gb external HDD and I want to use it with my PS3. I don't really understand what any of this means, but it's currently in NTFS format which is not recognised by the ps3, I need to reformat it to FAT32. How do I do this and what are the implications of doing this? I've read (and not reaaaally understood...) that NTFS is better than FAT32. Could I format it again afterwards back to NTFS again if I wanted? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Hello! I have a Seagate 250gb external HDD and I want to use it with my PS3. I don't really understand what any of this means, but it's currently in NTFS format which is not recognised by the ps3, I need to reformat it to FAT32. How do I do this and what are the implications of doing this? I've read (and not reaaaally understood...) that NTFS is better than FAT32. Could I format it again afterwards back to NTFS again if I wanted? Thanks! Formatting it will delete all the data on the drive. Other than that theres no realy reason not to, NTFS may be better but FAT32 is compatable with more stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo Kun Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Ah nice! Any idea how I do it though? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 plug it into your PC open "computer"/"my computer" right click on the drive > format follow steps and select FAT 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo Kun Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Oh dear me... it doesn't say FAT32 anywhere. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Check the attachment for a screenshot please? Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 ok maybe you can't do it that simply (i was actually just guessing) in that case: right click on "my computer" click "manage" go to "disk management" under "storage" then right click on the drive and try it from there check it isn't FAT32 already from that screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo Kun Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 It seems I've hit the same problem again... any tips? Thanks so much for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo Kun Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Oh crap, I just selected 'Mark partition as active' on the external HDD to see what it would do but it seems I can't undo it... I don't know if that matters or not though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I thought fat32 could only go up to a certain size? Edit: Yeah won't create fat32 partitions any bigger than 32gb. the name makes sense then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Can't the PS3 recognize ext3 format? FAT32 is pretty compatible but it only allows for files of 4 GB. With ext3, there are plenty of free apps to format them and read them, and you don't have any limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo Kun Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Thanks guys, but I really don't understand... What could I do to format it with FAT32? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadKill Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 The 32GB limit is artificial, in Windows to stop you from using them (yeah, beats me too) but a FAT32 volume can be up to 8 terabytes in size theoretically. Anyway, that's not important. Basically you need a tool other than Windows' built in format to format the damn drive. You just have to google it here's some program that should do it: http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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