Use of an external HDD

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  1. odin24

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    What would be my best option for an external HDD. I would use it for Home videos and pictures... maybe DVDs as well. A 250gb or 500gb would be nice. Are they compatible with the PS3 or would there be some modding involved?
     
    odin24, May 27, 2007
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    Any EXHDD formatted as FAT32 will work with PS3.
     
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    A USB HDD should work fine as storage. Should come on up on PS3 XMB as Storage device or something.
     
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    My ps3 wont read my HD. how do i know if its formatted as FAT32
     
    G-4CE, May 31, 2007
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    Connect it to your PC, select My Computer then right click on the drive and select properties.
     
    Sudds, Jun 1, 2007
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    oh yey i see it now its NTFS so theres no chance of it working then?
     
    G-4CE, Jun 3, 2007
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    No, it needs to be FAT32 and have the folders, VIDEO, MUSIC, PICTURE, created and the correct files placed in these folders.
     
    Sudds, Jun 3, 2007
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    It does not give me the option to change it to FAT only NTFS
     
    G-4CE, Jun 10, 2007
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