PS3 Harddrive upgrade question. - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

wesnah · 03-16-2010, 06:19 AM

I have a Hammer external 160 GB USB drive that I use to do a monthly backup with. Now that I want to start putting some movies on the HDD I am going to need the space. I've just started seeing 1 TB laptop drives. But I couldn't ever see myself needing that much space. Thanks everyone. I think I'm going to go with the 320 gb 5400 rpm.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136197

BDestroyer8418 · 03-16-2010, 07:13 AM

Yea that's a good drive I have the 500GB version. Yea those 1TB won't fit inside the PS3 theres a 640GB that was pointed out a few post up that's the biggest you can get to fit inside the PS3 right now. I waiting for a 120GB SSD to drop down to a good price and then I'll toss my 60GB SSD into my PS3. And then that 500GB into a older laptop.

Hey NewEgg just sent me a Email use this code for another $10 OFF that 320GB WD HDD EMCYPZT32 LINKY it was in the specials count down timer right now just over 47hrs left so give them a email if you already bought it.

wesnah · 03-16-2010, 11:15 AM

Thank You for the promo code. You

I just brought the drive using it. $50 is a steal for that much space.

BDestroyer8418 · 03-16-2010, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by wesnah

Thank You for the promo code. You

I just brought the drive using it. $50 is a steal for that much space.

Yea it is wish I would have waited 4 months I spend $100 for 500GB and now I feel like they just took my money and ran

ckenisell · 03-16-2010, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Army Of Dorkness

No just enough space.

Good to know. I've got that!

doctorsteve · 03-16-2010, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by wesnah

Thank You for the promo code. You

I just brought the drive using it. $50 is a steal for that much space.

One thing I haven't seen anyone mention is that the system allocates a certain amount of space for it's OWN use, not yours. So when you load the drive - even though it's (for example) 320GB, you only get to use - let's say - 280GB. The system says: "Well, there's 320 here, but I want some of that space in case there are files I need to store/copy - So I'll take 40GB, you can have 280". Happens with hard drives, SD cards, USB thumb drives, etc. You'll see it upon installation as 280GB Free of 320BG. It's not that the system doesn't "see" it. It absolutely does - it's just greedy and wants some of the space for it's own use.

As to whether you can change that - I don't know.

Cheers,

Doc

Beazy · 03-16-2010, 01:23 PM

Yea I have had my ps3 "slim" since christmas. Gift from my lady. Day afterchristmas went out bought a 640Gb running at 7200RPM. Not a single problem yet. Mind you the only thing I use the ps3 for are to watch blu-rays. Just keep that in mind.

richieb1971 · 03-16-2010, 02:22 PM

No matter the size of your drive you can still only put 4GB files on it.

There isn't much legal you can do with all that space. Since I put a 320GB drive in my machine I've not used but 2 3rds of it at any one given time.

SinnerSe7en · 03-16-2010, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Beazy

Yea I have had my ps3 "slim" since christmas. Gift from my lady. Day afterchristmas went out bought a 640Gb running at 7200RPM. Not a single problem yet. Mind you the only thing I use the ps3 for are to watch blu-rays. Just keep that in mind.

You interested in selling the Hard Drive that came in your slim?

owa · 03-16-2010, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Wingman1977

FYI (for those not in the know), the biggest hard drive for the ps3 available is now 640GB:

Western Digital - Scorpio Blue 640GB Internal Serial ATA Hard Drive for Laptops - Silver/Black $109.99

640GB laptop hard drives available on newegg.com.

Thanks for the info and links. I recently filled up a 320 gig drive and was looking to upgrade. Figured I'd try to get the max this time around and was wondering what that was.

owa · 03-16-2010, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by richieb1971

No matter the size of your drive you can still only put 4GB files on it.

There isn't much legal you can do with all that space. Since I put a 320GB drive in my machine I've not used but 2 3rds of it at any one given time.

That seems like a silly statement to me. I don't do anything illegal with mine and it only took me a few months to fill a 320 gig drive. Not everyone uses their PS3s the same way.

As for me, I have:

Lots of PSN games
Lots of blu-ray games and I don't delete their data/saves after I've completed them since I like to revisit them. I also have all my games installed (if there is an installation), ready to play and like I said, I have quite a few.
Maybe a gig or so of music on it so I don't always have to have the PC on for streaming
Lots of themes
A couple of small videos (disk space wise), basically a demo for demonstrating blurring on a LCD and the Uncharted 2 comic that was on PSN.
Maybe a gig or so of photos/wallpapers
Several demos (maybe 6 or 7 at a time) of games that I like to check out occasionally but still haven't made up my mind if I want to buy them or not. Also, sometimes the demos are good enough and I like to play them like I would a PSN game since I don't have to put in a disc (it's instantly available).
I think I have Home reserving 5 gigs.

With that being the case, I always delete Qore after I've viewed it and since I filled up the hard drive recently, I deleted a bunch of music, all the demos and some of the photos just so I could uncompress/install a new demo and also not have to worry about space while playing Heavy Rain, FF13 and GOW3. Ideally, I'd prefer not to have delete stuff like that since if for any reason I want to revisit it, it'll take forever to re-download all that (demos, Qore, etc).

groovyone · 03-16-2010, 05:00 PM

My 7200 RPM drive runs great in my 60GB PS3. It depends on which 7200 drive you use. I have the WD scorpio 320GB.

Beazy · 03-16-2010, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by SinnerSe7en

You interested in selling the Hard Drive that came in your slim?

Sorry my man that harddrive was sent to my cuzo in CT.

groovyone · 03-16-2010, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Beazy

Sorry my man that harddrive was sent to my cuzo in CT.

I thoguht Sony suggested KEEPING your original HDD in case the system had to go in for service.

SinnerSe7en · 03-16-2010, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Beazy

Sorry my man that harddrive was sent to my cuzo in CT.

No problemo I just figured if you would like to get rid of it I'd make an offer.

Beazy · 03-17-2010, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by groovyone

I thoguht Sony suggested KEEPING your original HDD in case the system had to go in for service.

I dont know maybe I should have kept it !!!!!!!.

becomingwater · 03-17-2010, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ckenisell

Wasn't there a hard drive upgrade thread around here? I'm like SinnerSe7en, have the old 60 GB and it's almost full (Damn Rock Band 1, 2, RB downloads & Lego RB

).

My biggest question is, how do you migrate? Is there some way to mirror my current 60GB HD to the new HD?

What brand is everybody using and how much are you paying?

I did a backup from the PS3 menu and all of my RB files were there when I did a restore.

becomingwater · 03-17-2010, 08:26 AM

I had the 320G HDD in my old PS3 60G original and it got the red blinking light, doubt it was the HDD running at 7200rpm, so I doubt having a 7200rpm will overheat the PS3. Had the old PS3 with 7200rpm HDD since 2008. I played a lot..

ckenisell · 03-19-2010, 05:45 PM

So, my 640GB hard drive arrived from NewEgg yesterday and I was so psyched to upgrade the PS3.

Then, I find out that my external USB drive is currently NTSC. "No problem", I say to myself. "I'll just reformat it to FAT32". WRONG!!!! Microsoft sucks SOOOOO hard. I have a bunch of XP and Vista machines in my house. They won't format an external USB drive partition that's over 32GB.

That doesn't do me any good as I have over 50GB of info on the drive that's currently on my PS3.

So, here I am Googling how to format a hard drive to FAT32. I find a page that tells me and I am told to use a DOS command prompt, yada yada yada...So I do that. Takes an hour while it's formatting (no quick format in DOS) and when it gets to the end, it says, "Volume is too large for FAT32."

So, back to Google I go. "What is the maximum size for a FAT32 partition?" A wikianswer page comes up and tells me that it's something like 6 terabytes. Of 32GB for Windows. WHAT GIVES?! And it says to use a Windows 98 oe Millinium disc. WHAT?!

I don't have either of those! Why the freak did Microsoft limit this in newer versions of their OS? It's mind boggling.

So, now, I still don't know how to format this 250GB USB drive to FAT32.

I thought this was going to be easy. Of course, nothing with Microsoft ever is.

Any suggestions?

ckenisell · 03-19-2010, 05:55 PM

Nevermind. Downloaded & installed SwissKnife. Formatted the drive in a matter of minutes. A simple task that Windows should be able to do.

Microsoft = LAME!

03-16-2010, 07:13 AM	#22
BDestroyer8418 Power Member Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Chicago,IL 4K collection:728 Blu-ray collection:3254 DVD collection:3 Digital collection:427 iTunes collection:13 Trading Score:231	Yea that's a good drive I have the 500GB version. Yea those 1TB won't fit inside the PS3 theres a 640GB that was pointed out a few post up that's the biggest you can get to fit inside the PS3 right now. I waiting for a 120GB SSD to drop down to a good price and then I'll toss my 60GB SSD into my PS3. And then that 500GB into a older laptop. Hey NewEgg just sent me a Email use this code for another $10 OFF that 320GB WD HDD EMCYPZT32 LINKY it was in the specials count down timer right now just over 47hrs left so give them a email if you already bought it. Last edited by BDestroyer8418; 03-16-2010 at 08:30 AM.

03-16-2010, 01:23 PM	#27
Beazy Active Member Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Tampa, Fl 4K collection:5 Blu-ray collection:812 DVD collection:28	640gb @ 7200rpm Yea I have had my ps3 "slim" since christmas. Gift from my lady. Day afterchristmas went out bought a 640Gb running at 7200RPM. Not a single problem yet. Mind you the only thing I use the ps3 for are to watch blu-rays. Just keep that in mind.

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03-16-2010, 06:19 AM	#21
wesnah Active Member Member since:Sep 2009 Location:Illinois Blu-ray collection:3 DVD collection:4	I have a Hammer external 160 GB USB drive that I use to do a monthly backup with. Now that I want to start putting some movies on the HDD I am going to need the space. I've just started seeing 1 TB laptop drives. But I couldn't ever see myself needing that much space. Thanks everyone. I think I'm going to go with the 320 gb 5400 rpm. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136197

03-16-2010, 11:15 AM	#23
wesnah Active Member Member since:Sep 2009 Location:Illinois Blu-ray collection:3 DVD collection:4	Thank You for the promo code. You I just brought the drive using it. $50 is a steal for that much space.

03-16-2010, 02:22 PM	#28
richieb1971 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:89 Blu-ray collection:706 Trading Score:16	No matter the size of your drive you can still only put 4GB files on it. There isn't much legal you can do with all that space. Since I put a 320GB drive in my machine I've not used but 2 3rds of it at any one given time.

03-16-2010, 05:00 PM	#32
groovyone Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2007 Location:PSNetwork: groovyone	My 7200 RPM drive runs great in my 60GB PS3. It depends on which 7200 drive you use. I have the WD scorpio 320GB.

03-17-2010, 08:26 AM	#38
becomingwater Power Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:New Mexico Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:526 Blu-ray reviews:13 Trading Score:3	I had the 320G HDD in my old PS3 60G original and it got the red blinking light, doubt it was the HDD running at 7200rpm, so I doubt having a 7200rpm will overheat the PS3. Had the old PS3 with 7200rpm HDD since 2008. I played a lot..

03-19-2010, 05:45 PM	#39
ckenisell Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Round Rock, TX Blu-ray collection:368 Blu-ray reviews:3	So, my 640GB hard drive arrived from NewEgg yesterday and I was so psyched to upgrade the PS3. Then, I find out that my external USB drive is currently NTSC. "No problem", I say to myself. "I'll just reformat it to FAT32". WRONG!!!! Microsoft sucks SOOOOO hard. I have a bunch of XP and Vista machines in my house. They won't format an external USB drive partition that's over 32GB. That doesn't do me any good as I have over 50GB of info on the drive that's currently on my PS3. So, here I am Googling how to format a hard drive to FAT32. I find a page that tells me and I am told to use a DOS command prompt, yada yada yada...So I do that. Takes an hour while it's formatting (no quick format in DOS) and when it gets to the end, it says, "Volume is too large for FAT32." So, back to Google I go. "What is the maximum size for a FAT32 partition?" A wikianswer page comes up and tells me that it's something like 6 terabytes. Of 32GB for Windows. WHAT GIVES?! And it says to use a Windows 98 oe Millinium disc. WHAT?! I don't have either of those! Why the freak did Microsoft limit this in newer versions of their OS? It's mind boggling. So, now, I still don't know how to format this 250GB USB drive to FAT32. I thought this was going to be easy. Of course, nothing with Microsoft ever is. Any suggestions?

03-19-2010, 05:55 PM	#40
ckenisell Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Round Rock, TX Blu-ray collection:368 Blu-ray reviews:3	Nevermind. Downloaded & installed SwissKnife. Formatted the drive in a matter of minutes. A simple task that Windows should be able to do. Microsoft = LAME!

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