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How to Add 100GB Memory to a PS3

Sony's PlayStation 3 comes in various models, each with different hard drive configurations ranging from 20GB to 80GB of space to save your games, movies, music and pictures. If you find yourself running out of drive space, you can easily increase the space with the addition of an external drive. Using a USB thumb drive or external hard drive, adding an additional 100GB of space to the PS3 is just a matter of properly formatting the device.

Things You'll Need

100GB USB drive -- flash drive or hard drive

Instructions

- 1
  Connect your 100GB USB drive to your computer.
- 2
  Open the Start menu, select "Computer."
- 3
  Right-click the 100GB USB drive, select "Format..."
- 4
  Select "FAT32" as the file system format. This is important because the PlayStation 3 is unable to read other formats. Give the volume a name. Click "Start" and confirm the action. You are warned that all data will be erased. This is necessary to format the drive.
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  Open the drive after it's formatted by selecting "Start," opening "Computer" and choosing the drive. Create four new folders in the drive. Right-click in the drive, select "New" and choose "New Folder." The the folders "Photo," "Video," "Music" and "Game."
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  Plug the newly formatted 100GB USB drive into the PlayStation 3 USB port. Once connected, you can access, view, use and save data to the USB drive, increasing the total amount of available drive space.

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