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External NTFS HD with FAT32 partiti
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Name: leetleo
Date: August 8, 2008 at 15:45:41 Pacific
Subject: External NTFS HD with FAT32 partitiOS: PS3/VISTA/UBUNTUCPU/Ram: cell/core2duoManufacturer/Model: sony/dell |
Comment: Hi! I recently purchased a 750GB external USB HD. I plan to use it as a primary storage device for movies/music/isos etc. While I prefer to use NTFS for a variety of reasons (my computers run Vista and Ubuntu), I would also like to play movies off of the drive via my PS3, which only recognizes FAT32. I was wondering if setting up this external drive with a relatively small (~50GB) FAT32 partition for the purpose of using it with my PS3 is a viable solution so that I can have the best of both worlds in one drive? Are there any problems or downsides to this approach? I appreciate the help!
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Name: Cobra_R
Date: August 13, 2008 at 14:00:15 Pacific
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Reply: No, the only down side is the PS3 won't read your NTFS partition. I'd make the FAT32 drive at least 100gb considering movies on a hard drive will eat up 50gb fast.
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