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Originally Posted by D_Skids
I am guessing it is not formatted as Fat32 as Fat32 can only format up to 32Gb drives. But the PS3 needs a Fat32 drive to backup to.
I just read your previous thread about what do people use to backup their data, I didn't think there were other options apart from the one built into the PS3 OS but even if there were I would use the PS3 one as thats what it is there for!
I upgraded my PS3 to a 320Gb drive last night and it was completed in about 1 and a half hours which includes the time it took to backup and restore my data.
Everything is back as it was but with all the extra capacity.
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That is not correct
XP and windows 2000 had that limitation built into it by design. FAt32 drives can be much much larger
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Windows XP and Windows 2000 limit partition creation to no larger than 32GB on FAT32. This limitation is by design: Microsoft wants you to use NTFS for large drives. If you use Windows Me or Windows 98 to format a drive, XP and Win2K can use a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB; however, these OSs can't create the partition. Also, keep in mind that when you use ATA/IDE hard disks larger than 127GB, you might need to update your computer's or hard disk controller's BIOS to properly support those larger drives.
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http://windowsitpro.com/article/arti...s-and-fat.html
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The maximum possible number of clusters on a volume using the FAT32 file system is 268,435,445. With a maximum of 32 KB per cluster with space for the file allocation table (FAT), this equates to a maximum disk size of approximately 8 terabytes (TB).
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http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;184006
Just cuz an OS does not allow it does not mean it can not be done
