Post: External Hard Drives - Partitioning and Formatting?
03-15-2011, 10:22 PM #1
Koyasan
Little One
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I have a 400-something GB NTFS external, using about 150 gb for old files is there anyway I can create a partition in the NTFS that would be FAT32 and therefore able to run backups from external? Also, if I create a FAT32 partition (if possible), will I lose any data in the process?
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03-16-2011, 05:28 PM #11
Koyasan
Little One
Originally posted by Prodigyz View Post
Yessir, just put in appropriate folders.


Could you explain?
I plugged my HDD in (NTFS), hit Start+Triangle to enter NTFS mode (as it says in the changelog) but nothing happens. It's plugged in but nothing comes up - it doesn't even come up as a directory at the bottom or in File Explorer on Multiman. I tried to copy to hdd by Pressing O, then 'No' to 'Save to internal hdd?' in the hopes that it would come up 'Save to external?' like it did when I had a memory stick in but it didn't. Do I need to do anything else to make it read? Sorry for being nooby at this :(

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Does it matter about the size of the HDD btw? 'Cause it's about 540gb I think.
03-16-2011, 08:32 PM #12
ρrodigyz
Cool story bro!
Originally posted by Koyasan View Post
Could you explain?
I plugged my HDD in (NTFS), hit Start+Triangle to enter NTFS mode (as it says in the changelog) but nothing happens. It's plugged in but nothing comes up - it doesn't even come up as a directory at the bottom or in File Explorer on Multiman. I tried to copy to hdd by Pressing O, then 'No' to 'Save to internal hdd?' in the hopes that it would come up 'Save to external?' like it did when I had a memory stick in but it didn't. Do I need to do anything else to make it read? Sorry for being nooby at this :(

---------- Post added at 05:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:28 PM ----------

Does it matter about the size of the HDD btw? 'Cause it's about 540gb I think.

Sorry I can't help further.
03-17-2011, 12:19 AM #13
Donstickygreen
Do a barrel roll!
Originally posted by Koyasan View Post

Does it matter about the size of the HDD btw? 'Cause it's about 540gb I think.

You need to change multimans USB.CFG have a look You must login or register to view this content.& as far as i know you cant run backups from NTFS or even copy to it when in multiman all you can do is copy backup from it to your ps3
Hope this helped.

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03-17-2011, 01:50 AM #14
ρrodigyz
Cool story bro!
Originally posted by Koyasan View Post
Could you explain?
I plugged my HDD in (NTFS), hit Start+Triangle to enter NTFS mode (as it says in the changelog) but nothing happens. It's plugged in but nothing comes up - it doesn't even come up as a directory at the bottom or in File Explorer on Multiman. I tried to copy to hdd by Pressing O, then 'No' to 'Save to internal hdd?' in the hopes that it would come up 'Save to external?' like it did when I had a memory stick in but it didn't. Do I need to do anything else to make it read? Sorry for being nooby at this :(

---------- Post added at 05:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:28 PM ----------

Does it matter about the size of the HDD btw? 'Cause it's about 540gb I think.


Let me link you to this thread concerning this problem.
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