Comments on: Connecting an external hard drive to the PS3 (PlayStation 3)

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:50:02 +0000

Would it be possible to have a file larger than 4GB on an external hard drive and copy it over to the internal hard drive and play it that way?

By: Dale

Dale — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:11:04 +0000

I connected my harddrive to ps3 , at first it recognized it,,,but when I reconnected later it didnt work,,,,,what chaned I wonder

By: Tom Doyle

Tom Doyle — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:27:46 +0000

Hi Dale,

Yes create the folders as per above in the root directory of your hard drive.

Tom

By: Dale

Dale — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:19:29 +0000

when you say set up folders like ps3,,do you mean just create new folders and label them as you specified , where do these folders stay ,,
not very savy with this stuff

By: Carlos

Carlos — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:46:56 +0000

Hey, so i just bought a Sony Blu Ray player, and it has a USB port, so i plugged in my 500 gb external hard drive to it, but the problem is. i wasnt able to watch ANY of my movies on it. im not sure if you know anything about this, but i thought i’d give it a try. If you have any ideas just let me know, thanks!

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:51:16 +0000

Thanks Tom!! Been screwing around with my 2 terrabyte external drive for hours… Got it! thnx again

By: Tom Doyle

Tom Doyle — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:54:39 +0000

As far as I know it’s possible – however, I’m not sure you’ll find many decent games less than 4GB – but not 100% sure.

By: spankrocket

spankrocket — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:17:19 +0000

hey hows the going ? very interersting article . seems better than internal hdds. my question is if i got a ext hd say 500gb. and connected it my 40gb ps3,can i store downloaded games on the ext hd?and play them off the hd ? i saw a deal for a 500gb external hd for like 79 euro , so il probery get it once im sure what to do . any help would be appreciated:)

By: Tom Doyle

Tom Doyle — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:19:59 +0000

@sunny firstly, if you can’t tell the difference, you either don’t have a HighDef TV or you haven’t got it set up correctly!!!

But yes you’re right, you can do it exactly as you say – this way just wasn’t a solution for me.

By: sunny

sunny — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:44:14 +0000

i dont see what the big deal is with blu ray and hi definition, if im honest i cant even tell the difference!!! yeh i said it, hi def is a waste of money, just do it this way, buy a hard drive usb external one, and format it to fat32, then load it up with all your blu ray movies converted to mp4, and then copy paste,, converting it to mp4 reduces size, and probably quality but if it bothers you that much, you can split your movies into 2, and place them in a seperate folder, and turn the play through option on, so you can be sitting there watch half of your movie, then have the other half start automatically, theres no lag time, seems like its playing it all in 1 go