PS3 not regconizing my seagate external hard drive?

my seagate external hard drive is fairly new, but my ps3 doesnt seem to recongnize it...

Is the ps3 suppose to read to all the files and put them in into the ctergory automatically or do I have to create folders like: music, video and pictures on the external harddrive?

because, when I connect my harddrive, the ps3 reads,but i cant find the files anywhere

It won't work if the hard drive is formatted in FAT 32, sorry814StopsToday

Good, then in which format does it have to be formatted? Because mine is in NTFS and does not work either.

Try this: Hit triangle (options) --> show all

[QUOTE="814StopsToday"]It won't work if the hard drive is formatted in FAT 32, sorryRFNeo

Good, then in which format does it have to be formatted? Because mine is in NTFS and does not work either.

he is wrong. The drive MUST BE formatted in FAT32 for it to be able to work.

Why on earth would anyone still use FAT32 formatting on any HDD internal or external???l34052

Perhaps because NTFS is propietary of Microsith? I am not sure.

[QUOTE="l34052"]Why on earth would anyone still use FAT32 formatting on any HDD internal or external???RFNeo

Perhaps because NTFS is propietary of Microsith? I am not sure.

both were created by Microsoft.

That's not what I said. I was wondering if NTFS was under some kind of restriction by Microsith.RFNeo

nope. FAT32 is good for using multiple OS's...so that could be one reason.

Try this: Hit triangle (options) --> show all

nuno_faria

what you mean? under music? hit triangle? tried it, doesnt work...

i had the same problem with my hard drive. your ps3 should know that it's connected, but like you said, it cant find the files in the storage device. so before you go into the storage device, press triangle while on it and it'll give you an option to display all files. it should be there.

[QUOTE="nuno_faria"]

Try this: Hit triangle (options) --> show all

Venz

what you mean? under music? hit triangle? tried it, doesnt work...

i've a problem. my 60gb ps3 it had the yellow light of death problem. i bought a 40gb one and i can´t recober my saves. if i insert my 60gb hdd into a computer it says i have to format it, if i insert it into my 40gb ps3 it says the same. and if i use an sata to usb adapter it doesn't recognize it. does anyone ones what i can do????

But my ps3 does see my father's external usb, i even made a back up of my 40gb ps3. i don't know wich brand it's, i only know it's not seagate

I have 4 external h/d and formatted all to fat32 and all work seamlessly

Whats a good drive?

Western Digial?

Seagate?

Does it matter. Do we hook it up the same way?

Ive got a 1tb WDexternal hardrivethats formatted to FAT32 works great. Just have your folders set up as others have posted above. VIDEOS, MUSIC, THEMES etc

Did you format the drive using XP? XP {I'm not sure but I think Vista as well] doesn't allow formating a hard drive to FAT32 if it is larger than 30 gigs. it will just format it to NTFS instead. You could either make multiple 30 gig pertitions or use third party software to format such as this http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197

It won't work if the hard drive is formatted in FAT 32, sorry814StopsToday