How to Create a Game Partition on a PS3

The Sony PlayStation 3 comes with a hard drive ranging from 20 gigabytes to 160 gigabytes. This allows you to store games, music, movies and many other things on the system. If you plan on downloading PS2, and not PS3, games off of the Playstation Store, you will need to first partition the hard drive to have a PS2 game partition. This will allow you to store the games properly. You also need to partition the hard drive in order to install Linux onto the PS3.

Things You'll Need

• Phillips-head driver
• 2.5-inch hard drive

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Instructions

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     Turn on the Sony PS3 and wait for the menu to appear. Enter in the "Settings" section on the far left.

   • 2

     Select "System Settings" and a new group of settings will be displayed. Select "Format Utility." Select "Format Hard Disk" and "Custom."

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     Select "Allot 10GB for the Other OS." This will set up the game partition for the PS2 software. Select "Yes" and the partition will be created.