How do you format to FAT32 for PS3?
1981109
Hey, I found really good instructions online.. It's already formatted in fat32 but it needs to be set up on a laptop first.. After you do the setup you just plug and play. It's been a great storage device so far.. Feel free to get back to me.. Oh yeah, it was on ehow.
1981110
Hook up the external hard drive to your computer and when you open it inside, there should be the FAT32 program inside which you install to your computer. It should give you further directions to format the drive after you install the program to your computer. I bought it last year so that's the best I remember. You can also look it up online or in the manuel that came with the drive.
1981111
I did not try formatting to FAT32, but the instructions say to simply use the FAT32 Formatter software that comes on the drive and shows up when you first plug it in. It specifically mentions using it for the PS3. Hope that helps.
313827
The FAT32 format is normally limited to 4Gb file sizes and you will not be able to see "all" of a big drive it is formatted FAT32 from windows. In order to get around this, you need to use a tool that can format the drive to FAT32 but with extra large partitions. The easiest tool for this something like CompuApps Swissknife, which is a freeware app that can setup an ultra large FAT32 drive:http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm
316068
For it tk recognize the whole drive you'll need to reformat the drive in FAT32.
838530
Yes. You can pretty much format any drive you like to a FAT32. You can find many freeware programs that will do this. It still is going strong as my Wii U storage device.
1577968
I use mine in my xbox 360. It works just fine in mine. Will it let you format it? If so see if you can format it to a fat32
1614389
Video How To:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-O_9VrCw-oNTFS - Windows Exclusive FormatMS-DOS (FAT) or FAT32 = Windows or Mac or Linux (NOTE: FAT format does not allow moving files larger than 4GB)You can also format it in about 3 different "mac exclusive" formats, if you will only use it on a mac.
297962
I only use it for my ps3 but im sure u could its set up as fat32 so your computer would recognize it as a flash drive.
58973
I don't remember for sure. I think I used 'Convert e: /fs:ntfs' and it only took a few seconds, so even if it's not it's no big deal
1204209
You can change the file system guy. Just format it to NTSF as it is Fat32 by default. NTSF can hold any file over 4GB while Fat32 is limited to 4GB and under.
2261723
The drive must be formatted as a fat32 and avi is the only file format I could get to play on my thumb drive.
1179299
yes, you can't format it to FAT32 it must be formatted to NTFS - there is a dropdown menu and that option is there when you format the drive.
946874
It should, I bought it to back up my PS3 since I have a 1 TB inside. I formatted it to FAT32 using a program (because you can't do it regularly) and it backed up perfectly.
2064921
No, its not already formatted. But its extremely simple to format. You just need a flash drive that is formatted to FAT32 which you can do under the properties for the flash drive. Then you create 2 separate folders on the flash drive and download the update from PlayStation website. There are tons of YouTube videos that can show you step by step how to do it.
581510
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16822242002 on this link under a con it says its formatted to fat 32 which is what the PS3 can read.
534113
Yes it is formatted in Fat 32 but you can reformat to exFAT or NTFS if you would like.
178866
Connect in MTP or MSC mode.Right click the player under My Computer and select FormatIf using MSC mode, select FAT16 format.
1137409
I've had it for a while now, so I can't remember for sure. I believe it comes as FAT32 for complete compatibility across OS's, but formatting it to NTFS (which is what I did) takes all of 10 seconds by plugging it in, right-clicking on it and selecting "Format..." from the list. I like to use NTFS because it doesn't have the same file size restrictions of FAT32.