can PlayStation 3 able to identify External 3TB Hard Drive ?

**sorrowrock** · 02-13-2011,07:08 AM

can PlayStation 3 able to identify External 3TB usb3 Hard Drive western digital or seagate go flex?

**bitsbubba** · 02-13-2011,07:33 AM

Originally Posted by sorrowrock

can PlayStation 3 able to identify External 3TB usb3 Hard Drive western digital or seagate go flex?

I believe it's been tested and the largest external HDD that you can have for PS3 is 2TB

**sorrowrock** · 02-13-2011,07:48 AM

Are you sure?
so if I buy 3 TB external hard drive does not detect?
Even if I partition and fat32?

**Mbb** · 02-13-2011,07:55 AM

and if you make 3 partitions from each 1TB, will it work?

**bitsbubba** · 02-13-2011,08:10 AM

Originally Posted by sorrowrock

Are you sure?
so if I buy 3 TB external hard drive does not detect?
Even if I partition and fat32?

Originally Posted by Mbb

and if you make 3 partitions from each 1TB, will it work?

possible but I believe the PS3 will only see the first partition

Edit: it has to be formatted fat32 for PS3 to see it

**cookie42** · 02-13-2011,01:18 PM

No. PS3 can only see fat32, fat32 can't be larger than 2tb.
I'd have a 2tb fat32 partition, and the rest ntfs for storing large files >4gb, but ps3 will only see fat32 partition.

**sorrowrock** · 02-18-2011,04:02 PM

can some one help me?
Finally I got confused which makes detection or No
visit here
Is it true?

**chesh** · 02-18-2011,04:04 PM

Take the answer in this thread, or go elsewhere. What the above people have said is true. PS3 only accepts FAT32 partitions, and max size of a FAT32 partition is 2TB.

**sorrowrock** · 02-18-2011,04:24 PM

Why are some website that explains detection?
With this program you can format
guiformat
Sorry my English is not good

**chesh** · 02-18-2011,04:29 PM

It will detect 2TB of the 3TB. That's all it's saying. You can create another partition w/ the extra 1TB, but the PS3 will not be able to see it.

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