How To Add An External Hard Drive To A Playstation 3

USB ports resemble thin, rectangular slots on your computer’s casing.

On a laptop with a trackpad, use two fingers to tap the trackpad rather than right-clicking.

If the “File System” value does say “FAT32”, skip forward to connecting your hard drive.

Formatting your hard drive will erase any files on it.

This process’ length will vary depending on your computer’s age and the drive’s size.

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If you want to add music, photos, or videos to your hard drive before attaching it to your PlayStation 3, place them in the appropriate folders (e. g. , music goes in the MUSIC folder).

USB ports resemble thin, rectangular slots on your computer’s casing. Some Mac computers don’t have USB ports, although you can buy an adapter.

If the hard drive does have “FAT32” listed next to “Format”, you can proceed with attaching your hard drive to your PS3.

You may also need to add a name to your hard drive in the field below this one.

Naturally, this will erase your hard drive. If you have any sensitive information on your hard drive, first copy it to your computer.

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You can also press the power button on the PS3 and the controller individually.

You can’t run games off of the hard drive, but you can back up your existing game files to the hard drive and then delete the games from your PS3’s internal drive to clear up space.