upgrading ps3 hdd

Jamesbcd · 13 Aug 2009 at 12:16

afternoon.

right.. i'm trying to backup my ps3 so i can upgrade from 80gb to 320gb. i've read the ps3 faq thread on how to upgrade the ps3 hdd and it says i need an external hdd which is formatted to fat32. i've managed to find 3 external hdd's which are all 250gb but when i try format them to fat32, the only formats available are ntfs and exfat.. :confused:

will the ps3 read exfat? what do i do?

rp2000 · 13 Aug 2009 at 12:25

Jamesbcd said:
afternoon.

right.. i'm trying to backup my ps3 so i can upgrade from 80gb to 320gb. i've read the ps3 faq thread on how to upgrade the ps3 hdd and it says i need an external hdd which is formatted to fat32. i've managed to find 3 external hdd's which are all 250gb but when i try format them to fat32, the only formats available are ntfs and exfat..

will the ps3 read exfat? what do i do?

No. You are using Windows which does not let you format FAT32 dirves over a certain size (32GB?).

Use any third party utility to format the drives to FAT32 and you will be fine.

I am 99% sure I have used this before: http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm on XP.

rp2000

Jamesbcd · 13 Aug 2009 at 12:28

thanks pal - will give it a go now

vanandjuanunited · 13 Aug 2009 at 12:31

rp2000 said:
No. You are using Windows which does not let you format FAT32 dirves over a certain size (32GB?).

Use any third party utility to format the drives to FAT32 and you will be fine.

I am 99% sure I have used this before: http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm on XP.

rp2000

As above Swissknife does the job.

ic1male · 13 Aug 2009 at 12:33

There was a DOS utility I used called FAT32FORMAT.EXE but the host website is offline. Try this GUI-based one.

http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/index.html

mcwildcard · 13 Aug 2009 at 12:35

ic1male said:
There was a DOS utility I used called FAT32FORMAT.EXE but the host website is offline. Try this GUI-based one.

http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/index.html

I used that, it works a charm.

Dutch Guy · 13 Aug 2009 at 15:09

I was wrong, forget this post

mcwildcard · 13 Aug 2009 at 16:20

OH!
It might be an idea to download the latest firmware from the PS website, when I upgraded my 80GB to a 320GB it required me to have the firmware on a memory stick (i'm sure a burnt disc would work as well).
I've no idea why it did this, I know it's happened to others, but it doesn't happen to everybody. *shrugs*

Better safe than sorry.

Fireblade2K4 · 13 Aug 2009 at 17:12

mcwildcard said:
OH!
It might be an idea to download the latest firmware from the PS website, when I upgraded my 80GB to a 320GB it required me to have the firmware on a memory stick (i'm sure a burnt disc would work as well).
I've no idea why it did this, I know it's happened to others, but it doesn't happen to everybody. *shrugs*

Better safe than sorry.

This is a good idea as this also happened to me when I upgraded my 40Gb to a 320Gb.

Stu

Cowell91 · 13 Aug 2009 at 18:00

You'll be glad when it's done.

I use Play TV on mine and I've got hours and hours of recordings

Jamesbcd · 13 Aug 2009 at 19:06

mcwildcard said:
OH!
It might be an idea to download the latest firmware from the PS website, when I upgraded my 80GB to a 320GB it required me to have the firmware on a memory stick (i'm sure a burnt disc would work as well).
I've no idea why it did this, I know it's happened to others, but it doesn't happen to everybody. *shrugs*

Better safe than sorry.

ha, a shame i only just read this!! when i first switched the hdd's around, it wouldn't show the reformat option! just the "reconnect controller, restart ps3? and locate update option".. i had a quick google and figured it out but i was quite stomped at first..

all sorted now.. - not sure what stuff i need to re-download from the psn store as it looks like it's backed up everything..

cheers guys