What external drives work with the ps3 slim?
steveOooo
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So after getting the slim, I was delighted to find out it has issues with some external drives, by the looks of it, WD USB 3 drives.
See my moan here - http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-3-Technical-Help/New-Slim-wont-recognise-external-WD-2TB-USB-3-drive/m-p/18178036/highlight/false#M29361
I do want to keep the slim rather than return as faulty (more 'design flaw' than faulty, which of course sony deny any knowledge off!)
What external harddrive are you using with the Slim? Ideally I'm looking for a 2tb usb2 drive
See my moan here - http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-3-Technical-Help/New-Slim-wont-recognise-external-WD-2TB-USB-3-drive/m-p/18178036/highlight/false#M29361
I do want to keep the slim rather than return as faulty (more 'design flaw' than faulty, which of course sony deny any knowledge off!)
What external harddrive are you using with the Slim? Ideally I'm looking for a 2tb usb2 drive
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Until putting it inside the slim a couple of months ago I was using a Western Digital 320GB drive in a USB case which I originally used to upgrade my old Phat 60GB. When I can get around to it I will be using the old 120GB drive from the Slim in the case the 320GB was in.
I have never recommended a WD HDD to anyone whether it's for a PC or PS3 (just personal preference). If someone is looking for a 2.5" SATA, it's Samsung or Seagate. If they're after a 3.5" SATA, then usually all of the big names (Samsung, Seagate, Maxtor etc) except for WD.
The largest partition supported by FAT32 is 4TB however I have never tried connecting an external HDD larger than 1TB to a PS3 and mine is a launch model.
Sadly I have no idea what you problem is it sounds like you have tried all the obvious steps of using different software to format. (For the record I used the "Disc Utility" program on Ubuntu to format my drives).