PS3 EXTERNAL memory..

[AceStallion]

ok so i'm going to return my PS3 bc its frozen a couple of times and i just got it in may..but i want to keep all of my saved data..can someone please post a link to the EXTERNAL memory product i need to purchase to transfer my files...i tried to do it myself but got confused on which item to buy..thanks!

 

[gorcorps]

Any FAT32 formatted USB device can hold your saves... BUT there are quite a few games that have the saves protected by console. So there's a good chance that even if you transfer over everything properly some saves still won't work. There's nothing you can do about this AFAIK

 

[AceStallion]

can you post a link for me please..or PM me one?

 

[purbeast0]

Any FAT32 formatted USB device can hold your saves... BUT there are quite a few games that have the saves protected by console. So there's a good chance that even if you transfer over everything properly some saves still won't work. There's nothing you can do about this AFAIK

can you post a link for me please..or PM me one?

you serious or just trollin?

 

[AceStallion]

i dont know what trolling means :-/

...and i'm serious..i looked on amazon but there are more than one and they are expensive..im looking for a small, cheap one bc i dont have much saved data but i dont want to lose it when i trade my ps3 in for a new one.

 

[fatpat268]

i dont know what trolling means :-/

...and i'm serious..i looked on amazon but there are more than one and they are expensive..im looking for a small, cheap one bc i dont have much saved data but i dont want to lose it when i trade my ps3 in for a new one.

LOL

Seriously, just search for "USB Drive" on amazon. A 4gb is ~$10, and 8gb is ~$20. Anyone will work fine. Just pick one you like. Not that difficult.

4gb should be plenty.

 

[Kromis]

I don't know what's wrong with me but I keep laughing at this thread everytime I look at it :awe:

 

[AceStallion]

ohhhhh. you can just plus in any USB device? i thought you had to have a special PS3 one or something..nvm. sorry

 

[fatpat268]

ohhhhh. you can just plus in any USB device? i thought you had to have a special PS3 one or something..nvm. sorry

Yep.

So, if you already have a USB drive (which most people do), then you can use that to back up saves.

 

[AceStallion]

lol ok cool..yea i just bought an Iomega 1TB external hard drive...so it sounds like that will work

 

[purbeast0]

ohhhhh. you can just plus in any USB device? i thought you had to have a special PS3 one or something..nvm. sorry

lol did you read the FIRST reply in the thread, the one your 2nd post in this thread was in reference to, or my post where i asked if you are trolling or not?

 

[pontifex]

make sure the drive is formatted in fat32 though.

i used an old drive i had in one of the Blacx devices to copy my stuff when i installed a larger drive into the PS3.

 

[AceStallion]

yea i read the first response..but i didnt then, and still dont know what FAT32 is...can someone pls explain

 

[Kromis]

yea i read the first response..but i didnt then, and still dont know what FAT32 is...can someone pls explain

Anyone wanna link him to lmgtfy? I'm pretty lazy :awe:

 

[smackababy]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=FAT32 - there you go

 

[AceStallion]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=thank+you!

 

[SphinxnihpS]

yea i read the first response..but i didnt then, and still dont know what FAT32 is...can someone pls explain

FAT32 means your new Iomega drive isn't going to work. You don't want to format a huge new external HD in FAT32. Just get a 1-2GB USB thumb drive.

 

[AceStallion]

THANK YOU SPHINX...so any 1-2MB thumb drive will work?

 

[pontifex]

FAT32 means your new Iomega drive isn't going to work. You don't want to format a huge new external HD in FAT32. Just get a 1-2GB USB thumb drive.

He can format it in FAT32 to begin with and the reformat it to NTFS or whatever he wants after he's done with the PS3 stuff.

 

[Kromis]

1-2MB hahaha god damn

 

[AceStallion]

hahaha..my B. i meant GB

 

[biggestmuff]

This guy's a troll.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

This guy's a troll.

Or a tech n00b.


...making you the troll.

 

[destrekor]

FAT32 means your new Iomega drive isn't going to work. You don't want to format a huge new external HD in FAT32. Just get a 1-2GB USB thumb drive.

I formatted my 500gb Seagate 2.5" USB HDD as FAT32 - no problems.

I bought it to use as a large storage drive to hold things for both my laptop and PS3, and was at the time, completely unaware of the PS3's refusal to cooperate with NTFS. I was upset, but then realized the more recent FAT32 formatting could easily handle large drives.

Only issue with FAT32 formatting, is while it can handle large drives, it will not allow files larger than 4GB.

So the issue with formatting a 1TB HDD, is while you can, you will have to remain aware of the file size limit.

 

[AceStallion]

i'm not a troll..i honestly dont know crap about formatting or anything along those lines...