Is it formatted to FAT32 or does the owner have to change format themselves? Need to know if this product will work for me with Linux or PS3.
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I concur with you; I was able to find a formatter program that did the job quick and easy - thank you for your advice.
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I haven't used mine yet, but it will come formatted in NTFS. It's kind of a given. Though you can virtually use any portable hard drive with the PS3 or Linux. All you need to do is download a little program called fat32format, and you can format the hard drive in FAT32 (Which the PS3 can read) regardless of size. I did this with a 500 GB and a 1 TB hard drive for my PS3.
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You can also format it as exFat. It will support Windows and Mac that way. Ironically, it will not support Xbox 360.
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Technically, YES, it can be formatted to FAT32, but with the filesize limitations, as well as the cluster size for the filesystem, I must beg the question of WHY format it to FAT32? If you want it to be read/write with Mac/PC, then format exFAT. If you want to install DOS/95/98/ME on it, why? Truly, your best option would be exFAT if NTFS is not suitable for your needs.
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It came formatted in FAT32, I reformatted it to NTFS as I use large image files on it and can not use FAT32 due to the file size limitation of 4GB for a single file.
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By default, the disk is formated for NTFS. If you want to use it with linux, you need to change the disk partition type to "83 Linux" and then mkfs.ext3 or mkfs.ext4 to create a filesystem for it. (The NTFS filesystem isn't fully supported on Linux because its proprietary/requires licensing/is patent-protected/etc. and besides, its really not that great.) Changing the partition type and formating the disk is beyond what can be expected of "ordinary" users, and so iOmega does not advertise Linux support. But its not at all hard if you know how to format a disk.
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Hi Kevin I have bought this hard drive, and when I plug in into my Linux machine it displays correctly the device but It cannot be mounted , because it is formatted in NTFS and it does not let to see what it is inside it only shows a kinda warning that says you do not have permissions to mount this hard drive , so if you want to open you have to do it in a terminal and do a forced mounting by command. I have found a way on the internet how to make this drive fully compatible with Linux OS and how to erase definitively the 70 Gb software that comes installed when you have never formatted the hard drive I have no tested this method , because I do not have much time to deal with (Need to do homework at the University and other stuffs) here is the link: http://superuser.com/questions/44318/how-do-i-remove-a-mybooks-wd-smartware-virtual-cd-from-my-desktop . Well thats all hope this info helps you ^^. I am non native english speaker I really sorry for my english. Greetings! from Venezuela.
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K. Khoeasa,You just need to make sure the SDHC card is formatted as FAT32 or the PS3 will not read it. Some SDHC cards come preformatted as FAT (ie FAT16), such as the SanDisk Extreme III that I bought :-)
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Yes, it comes from the factory formatted with FAT32 but you can reformat it with NTFS if desired or most any other system.
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yeah works fine if you format it right. Fat32 works good unless files are over 4gigs in size. also ntsf with macfuze installed is a good bet too..
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How? I hooked up my portable hard drive and it did not work! Problem is, its NTSF and not FAT32 formatted. Tried to reformat, and no go there either.
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I installed it inside an Apple laptop. Lasted almost a year and crashed... Was not a problem to format it to an Apple system.FAT32 should be fine, it might already be there...
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I'm certain it will work. Worse case scenario is you'd have to format it from ExFat (how it comes) to fat32. Then anything will read it. I've got one in my Asus tablet .I formatted it to fat32 just to make sure I never had any issues and it works great
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If it didn't accept a size that was bigger that would mean that it came formatted to FAT32, and it would need to be formatted to NTFS, the only downside of NTFS being that if you pull it out without safely removing, there is a bigger chance of corruption. To reformat it to NTFS just look up some guide on google.
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From my limited understanding, the PS3 uses a FAT32 file system and not a NTFS. Someone said the Iomega wont work with a PS3 because it uses NTFS. Not exactly sure what all this means since Im not a techie, but I am also hoping to buy this Western Digital if it works with PS3 rather the replacing and switching my 40g PS3 harddrive.
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I'm running it with a 4 TB drive right now. Works great. I'm running Linux. It all just worked "out of the box" without needing drivers, Disk Manager, patches, or anything like that. You just have to remember to format your drive with "gpt" partition table, because the default ("msdos") partition table maxed out at 2 TB and will no longer work.
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it depends how its formatted. If you have a PC, it might be formated for MAC (Mac OS Extended). To be seen and used by both a PC it needs to be formatted in PC version (Fat32 or ExFat). If your drive is clicking very loud its most likely dead.
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16822242002 on this link under a con it says its formatted to fat 32 which is what the PS3 can read.