ps3 60gb to 500gb

**zin0099** · 12-29-2008,11:28 PM

i bought a 500gb hdd for my ps3 and fully formatted it for about 32hours and was wondering whaT gives it work for a while then said it coudn't read the hard drive and turned it back on and repeats it some times! i'm so confuzed as to what to do!!

**james_guapogi** · 12-31-2008,05:05 AM

format it in FAT32 it should be fine

**zin0099** · 01-02-2009,02:14 AM

how do it do that? if it has to be formatted in the ps3? its internal not external

**james_guapogi** · 01-02-2009,03:56 AM

if you are using mac, it directly formats using fat32, but if you are using windows chances are you formatted it in ntfs, but you can still format it in windows in fat32 using 3rd party software or freeware somewhere

**mann75** · 01-02-2009,11:03 AM

Originally Posted by zin0099

i bought a 500gb hdd for my ps3 and fully formatted it for about 32hours and was wondering whaT gives it work for a while then said it coudn't read the hard drive and turned it back on and repeats it some times! i'm so confuzed as to what to do!!

what HDD do you have that is 500gb? i thought the largest size availible was the 320gb.

**james_guapogi** · 01-02-2009,11:30 AM

nope, there are 2.5" hdd`s available already with more than 320gb in capacity, i have a buffalo 620gb external hdd which the largest capacity i saw yet for its size, but unlike the portable ones like 250gb, 160gb etc, it uses its own voltage source and not powered through usb source

**mann75** · 01-02-2009,01:41 PM

now you really have my interest sparked. i do know you can use larger HDD's that are through the usb BUT the only HDD you can fit into the ps3 is up to a 320gb. that is with OUT modifications. but you mentioned that they are others can you show me a link or even the name of the internal hdds that are availible? thanks

**james_guapogi** · 01-03-2009,04:14 AM

sorry, i didn`t mean to misinform, what i mean is i`m using a bufallo 2.5" 620gb hdd as an external, but i haven`t tried putting it in my ps3, so i have no idea if it will fit on the ps3 or not, i only assumed that all 2.5" sized hdds will fit on the ps3

**zin0099** · 01-04-2009,02:22 AM

Originally Posted by james_guapogi

sorry, i didn`t mean to misinform, what i mean is i`m using a bufallo 2.5" 620gb hdd as an external, but i haven`t tried putting it in my ps3, so i have no idea if it will fit on the ps3 or not, i only assumed that all 2.5" sized hdds will fit on the ps3

i was wondering does anyone know if my hdd isn't getting any power cuss i did put it in right it runs once in while!?

**zin0099** · 01-04-2009,03:54 AM

found the problem i needed to 1st push hard drive in all the way then move it to the left to make sure it's in then i has worked for me and also maybe another fan blowing just so system cools would be suggested plus after you turn it off wait at least 5-10MIN for it to cool cuss i notice hdd won't load after a period of time only cuss you didn't let it have time to cool for a short period

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