External Hard Drive question... - Blu-ray Forum

davidxiphoid · 06-14-2008, 03:33 PM

Hello everyone. I know this has been touched upon but I'm not sure if it has been fully answered.

1. Im looking to do a few things. Free up my PC of all the music, video and picture files I have.

and

2. put them on an external Hard Drive that I can then hook up to my PS3 so that I can access all those files from there.

Can you guys reccomend a good external HD (150GB - 300GB) that would be good for this purpose? Also Is FAT 32 partiton necessary and are ther any models that already come partitioned that way?

thanks!

JasonS · 06-14-2008, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidxiphoid

Also Is FAT 32 partiton necessary and are ther any models that already come partitioned that way?

thanks!

FAT 32 is required for the Playstation 3 to be able to read it. Windows can read both FAT 32 and NTFS.

Mikeblu · 06-14-2008, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidxiphoid

Hello everyone. I know this has been touched upon but I'm not sure if it has been fully answered.

1. Im looking to do a few things. Free up my PC of all the music, video and picture files I have.

and

2. put them on an external Hard Drive that I can then hook up to my PS3 so that I can access all those files from there.

Can you guys reccomend a good external HD (150GB - 300GB) that would be good for this purpose? Also Is FAT 32 partiton necessary and are ther any models that already come partitioned that way?

thanks!

I got this 500 gig

you can even get 2TBs

Kyo28 · 06-15-2008, 12:11 AM

Western Digital My Book externals are very good.

You can then just format it yourself in FAT32 using a tool called FAT32format.exe. Look for that on google and you should be able to find it. It's a DOS-command exe but it works fast and perfect on empty drives.

Paulness · 06-15-2008, 12:26 AM

Most of the WD "My Book" drives actually come formatted as FAT-32, so it will work with the PS3 right out of the box.

...and if you put the files into a VIDEO and a MUSIC directoy off the root directory of the drive the PS3 will view them when you click the drive (without having to click "view all").

davidxiphoid · 06-15-2008, 01:19 PM

Thanks for all the help guys. I just purchased a WD 500 GB my book external drive this morning online at BB.com for $120

Good deal IMO. Will pick it up in a few hrs.

brett_day · 06-15-2008, 02:19 PM

i have the my book 320 from western digital and i love it! it already comes formatted as fat32. i have not got mine connected to the ps3 though. i have mine connected to my pc. It has all my movie and music files on it and i just stream them across my network to the ps3 by using nero media home! works amazingly well. Got the MyBook 320 for $87 from target as part of their fathers day sales that was going on!

Whatstreet · 06-15-2008, 04:55 PM

You might consider a network drive such as the Linksys NAS200, it has some media server capability but is currently running an old revision of Twonkyvision and will not not share videos of any kind with the PS3, there is no problem sharing photos, music is OK as long as the file is MP3.

It shares files with PC's on my home network great as I usually use it as a network drive. The best home media server is a PC because of the selection of software. UNIX type OS is ok but Windows still has the most drivers and such for media applications.

06-14-2008, 03:33 PM	#1
davidxiphoid Special Member Member since:May 2007 Location:I live in D.C. Blu-ray collection:88 Trading Score:47	External Hard Drive question... Hello everyone. I know this has been touched upon but I'm not sure if it has been fully answered. 1. Im looking to do a few things. Free up my PC of all the music, video and picture files I have. and 2. put them on an external Hard Drive that I can then hook up to my PS3 so that I can access all those files from there. Can you guys reccomend a good external HD (150GB - 300GB) that would be good for this purpose? Also Is FAT 32 partiton necessary and are ther any models that already come partitioned that way? thanks!

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06-15-2008, 12:11 AM	#4
Kyo28 Power Member Member since:Jun 2008 Blu-ray collection:446 Blu-ray reviews:12	Western Digital My Book externals are very good. You can then just format it yourself in FAT32 using a tool called FAT32format.exe. Look for that on google and you should be able to find it. It's a DOS-command exe but it works fast and perfect on empty drives.

06-15-2008, 12:26 AM	#5
Paulness Active Member Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Denton, TX 4K collection:160 Blu-ray collection:724 DVD collection:118	Most of the WD "My Book" drives actually come formatted as FAT-32, so it will work with the PS3 right out of the box. ...and if you put the files into a VIDEO and a MUSIC directoy off the root directory of the drive the PS3 will view them when you click the drive (without having to click "view all").

06-15-2008, 01:19 PM	#6
davidxiphoid Special Member Member since:May 2007 Location:I live in D.C. Blu-ray collection:88 Trading Score:47	Thanks for all the help guys. I just purchased a WD 500 GB my book external drive this morning online at BB.com for $120 Good deal IMO. Will pick it up in a few hrs.

06-15-2008, 02:19 PM	#7
brett_day Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Moore, Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:45 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	i have the my book 320 from western digital and i love it! it already comes formatted as fat32. i have not got mine connected to the ps3 though. i have mine connected to my pc. It has all my movie and music files on it and i just stream them across my network to the ps3 by using nero media home! works amazingly well. Got the MyBook 320 for $87 from target as part of their fathers day sales that was going on!

06-15-2008, 04:55 PM	#8
Whatstreet Active Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Fremont, CA USA	You might consider a network drive such as the Linksys NAS200, it has some media server capability but is currently running an old revision of Twonkyvision and will not not share videos of any kind with the PS3, there is no problem sharing photos, music is OK as long as the file is MP3. It shares files with PC's on my home network great as I usually use it as a network drive. The best home media server is a PC because of the selection of software. UNIX type OS is ok but Windows still has the most drivers and such for media applications.

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