hey tony, i just put the usb drive into my sisters pc..and deleted the partition. But now the pc wont let me just plug and use the drive.. so when i put it in i right click manage drive to check the 2nd drive.. and it says unallocated. I tried using winhiip to format the drive..but says something like invalid ps2 master boot record. THe drive is in master mode, and this usb enclosure drive i bought off a ps2 site and it said it was compatible with all versions.
Ok, well that's good it should say unallocated space. It's good you have it in master mode that's also corrent... The program you said you tried formatting it in "winhiip" I'm not familiar with :-/ Anywayz try formatting using windows in the device mangaer where you were before and took away the partition, now you should re add it but when it asks which filesystem you want to use it should also give the option of not formatting it. Doing so and completing the wizard will leave you with allocated space with no filesystem. Now format it with the USB Extreme software that you can download from their homepage which you use to install the games with... ;-) Before adding any games make sure it's using FAT32 after the format using usb extremes software. Also to answer a question I posted earlier, I found a solution to bring your games back to one big solid .ISO after having installed them... just google simple file joiner then download their freeware spyware free program. I was then able to burn out my games and worked perfect with swaps magic 3.3
Hey i did the adding drive without formatting successfully. Now when i put the usb drive into the ps2.. it won't recognize or make any attempt at it unlike last time, where it said invalid format or something.
How do u transfer ISO images on the computer to your usb HD? It wont let me drag them in there.. says not enough HD space..when i right click properties says i have 151 gb free.. and how do install games using usb advance.. and using Swap Magic to load up your backups.
for everyone that has trouble getting their usb hd read by their ps2. I've done a lot, and this works. Pretty simple actually. Connect the USB hd to pc .. right click my computer --> manage then single click disk management on the left. One of the drives on the bottom of your screen is the usb drive it should be unallocated, and if it's not just right click on it and delete partition (make sure its the USB HD.. and that your not deleting the main hd or something) Then just simply format it to NTFS by clicking next next next.. blahh.. and then it the drive should appear on your my computer next to C drive. Then download this program.. http://www.hdadvance.com/download/ get the second one for windows unless if u prefer ms DOS. open the program and you can format the drive to FAT 32. Once complete, connect to ps2 and USBadvance will read it.
Ok guys, for a while I was trying to get the usbadvance I downloaded to work with my chiped ps two. It just went black during booting. I found the solution to turn of the macrovision fix in the chips boot menu(matrix infinity). Then I got all working, but I`m not impressed. I suppose this is a good solution for riped games with no vid`s an such goodies...Usb 1.0 is what I can see, fast enough for playing, but too slow for animated flix. I have not tried many games, but I belive that if you got a chiped ps Two the best solution is to get youre hands on an dvd burner. For those of you with no chip and that wants to keep the warranty I think this is an genial solution.. Minus factors: 1. Much work time. Transfering games to usb hdd is real slow even with usb 2.0. 2.Expences, because you need a realy big hdd if you want to store many games. 3.Only Usb 1.0 support in the ps two makes great graphics go choppy..Only a problem for intros an vids in games an stuff..But realy anoying in games where good graphic-videos is the prize for getting through a level for instanse. Plus factors: 1. Handy with games stored in one place instead of all those dvd`s. 2. Laser saveing...(instead of playing burned games) 3. Ability to backup and play youre original games. 4. It works..
i took out the hd out of the usb enclosure and put the drive in the back of the ps2 because many ppl said there were a lot of compatibility issues. Im just wondering how do i convert backup ps2 games using swap magic 2.0 onto the HD using HD advance or HD loader? THanks.
Hi there, I have just recently got usb extreme and a external hdd hooked up to my slim ps2, I have got gta san andreas and fight night 2004, I have noticed during the video sequences at the start of gta and during training mode in fight night is very slow, is there anyway this can be made quicker, so it is normal? Sometimes when playing gta san andreas, it crashes and you have to restart the game and when you try to save it, is also crashes. I am new to this and would be grateful if someone could provide new games that work and those that dont. Thanks!
Hi, is there ayway you can put dvd movies onto your hdd so it can play off the slim ps2? I have got a pal version ps2 and would like to watch movies from any region Thanks!
Working with USBextreme: Primal [PAL] Psi-Ops [NTSC] ICO [PAL] Flipnic [NTSC] GhostHunter [NTSC] Extreme G3 [NTSC] Simple2000 Vol.81 [JAP] Maximo Ghost To Glory [NTSC] Lego Starwars [NTSC] Airborne Troops Countdown To D-Day [NTSC] CT Special Forces [PAL] Shadowman 2 Digimon Rumble Arene 2 [NTSC] Spawn Armageddon [PAL] Altered Beast [PAL] Silent Line Armored Core [PAL] Narc [NTSC] Mc Farlanes monsters Evil Prophecy [NTSC] Transformes [NTSC] Darkwatch [NTSC] Destroy All Humans [NTSC] Colosseum Road To Freedom [PAL] Viewtiful Joe [NTSC] Vietcong Purple Haze [PAL] Castlevania [PAL] Savage Skies [PAL] Devil May Cry 3 [PAL] Hulk [NTSC] X-Files Resist And Serve [PAl] Tekken 5 [NTSC] Dynasty Warriors 5 [NTSC] Killer7 [NTSC] Resident evil Outbreak [PAL] The Getaway Black Monday [PAL] Mercenaries GTA San Andreas [PAL] Kinetica [NTSC] Gunslinger Girl Vol.1 [JAP] most of the games have problems with the intro movies, but the gameplay and ingame movie`s are working fine. ohyea, all are PS2 copy`s/ISO... Edit: http://www.xafiers-home.com/ps2/gamelist.php games that work or not with USBextreme.
PS2 v12 so far working: Tekken 5 Tekken Tag FFX with choppie movies DBZ budokai 1/2/3 Evil twin not working: God of war Splinter cell 2 Soul Calibur 2 Worms 4 mayhem Conflict global storm NHL 2006 Burnout 3 Starwars battlefront
Who knows why some games work and some dont. But there must be a reason why they dont. The only think i know for sure is that the reason why the intro movies are choppy is cause the USB port on the PS2 is only 1.0 so the transfer rate from the HDD to the PS2 is slow. If you can some how convert the USB port to a 2.0 then there wouldnt be a problem.
Oh by the way I think xafier's site is awsome ....great list of compatible games. Theres one think i think its weird tho. His site says Prince of Persia: Warrior Within works but i couldnt get mine to work. It hangs after the Ubisoft logo. Is there a way to make it run that i dont know of???
i got POP - warrior within PAl but it didn`t worked for me, on Xafier`s site it says that the ntsc version is working but he got the information from this thread: http://www.ps2hd.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1487 so i think he just copyed it. i got a couple of games in ntsc and pal and i think if one version doesnt work the other one will also fail.
You guys should read information on psxforum website program you must download is winhip 30% of the time a game hangs its because of the mode of the game winhip gives you fast, with usb 2.0, transfer and a lot of options on patching and organising the other problems you get is double layer dvd, god of war, gt4 even with the originals its hard to get them to work good luck
Anyone knows how to delete games on the HDD? I deleted it from the HDD in windows but it still shows up on USBextreme. And when i tired to start the UL program windows didnt know what programs to open it with. Also how do you add mp3s and emulators onto the HDD??
