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How to Format a 2 TB to a PS3

The Sony PlayStation 3 hard drive that comes with your system is not always large enough to accommodate your games, save data and media files, especially if you have multiple movies saved on your hard drive. You can replace the hard drive in your PS3 with a much larger one up to 2 TB in size, which is the maximum drive size supported for the FAT32 file system. Prepare the hard drive on your computer before inserting it into your PS3.

Instructions

Easeus Partition Master
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  Download and install Easeus Partition Master Home Edition. It's a free program for personal use.
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  Right-click on the 2 TB hard drive you're using for your PS3, then click "Create New" to create a new partition.
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  Click "FAT32" from the drop-down menu for the partition type. Click "Create Partition" to make the hard drive usable by your PS3.
CompuApps SwissKnife
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  Download SwissKnife, a hard drive partitioning tool designed to make hard drives readable on Windows, Mac and Linux.
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  Click the hard drive you want to use for your PS3 from the available hard drives on your computer from the left panel.
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  Click the drop-down arrow next to "File System" and then select "FAT32."
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  Click "Create" to create a new FAT32 partition on the hard drive.
FAT32 Format Tool
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  Download the FAT32 format tool.
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  Open the tool, then type "fat32format X:" where "X" is the drive letter you want to format and partition.
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  Press "Enter" to begin the process. Since the tool is not graphical and works by command prompt, it completes the process faster than other methods.

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