will a 2 TB drive work as external?

**kleptodathief** · 11-17-2010,04:59 PM

1)can anyone confirm or NOT that a 2TB external usb drive will work with a jb ps3?

2)if so is there fast prog to format this huge drive?
thanks

3)when using usb does it matter if its 7200rpms or not(speeds it up?) i know using esata connections speeds up

**ReyLinux** · 11-17-2010,05:02 PM

I have a 2TB Calvary working as my external right now it works like a charm and i use EASEUS Master Professional to partition and format it. I haven't seen any diffrence in the speed when using the usb but i have using my ESATA port.

**STI2NR** · 11-17-2010,05:13 PM

I am running a 2tb external as well. I used swissknife to format it.

**ReyLinux** · 11-17-2010,05:17 PM

Don't you have to have XP to use swissknife?

**kleptodathief** · 11-17-2010,05:33 PM

nice, how long will it take to format FAT32, 2tb drive using swiss knife

**Musad** · 11-17-2010,05:56 PM

I used EASEUS Master Professional to format 2TB drive in about a few mins. It should be empty when you buy it anyway that is why it was quick..

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**Blown Camaro** · 11-17-2010,06:00 PM

I use a Freeagent Desktop 2TB and it works fine. I used FAT32FORMAT.EXE to format it.

**kleptodathief** · 11-17-2010,06:09 PM

im on vista x64, that swissknife does NOT work for me, it keeps crashing when i open it! what works with vista x64? thanks

**Nostratomas** · 11-17-2010,06:39 PM

Originally Posted by kleptodathief

im on vista x64, that swissknife does NOT work for me, it keeps crashing when i open it! what works with vista x64? thanks

Awesome, I didn't know offhand how to format large sizes in fat32.

There is an e-sata port on the PS3?

As for your problem, try running it in windows xp compatibility mode.

**itsMoeyy** · 11-17-2010,07:27 PM

Yeah OP, 2tb do indeed work as externals

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