Will a portable hard drive work with a playstation 3?

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vikingbone

I was thinking of getting a portable hard drive to connect to my playstation 3 (to watch movies etc) and as they usually get their power via the usb cable I'm not sure if this would work on the ps3
If this will work any tips or recommendations would be happily received

Thanks

Answer
Yes, I have a 500gb ext hd that stays connected to my ps3. I have all my music and movies (divx) that I listen/watch using my ps3. It's a lot better now because I used to have a laptop connected to my hdtv. Getting an internal one is good too but carrying around the ps3 would be a little too much imo. I like to share files w/ friends so the ext hd is the way to go!

*edit - to the post above - in order to access your files on the ext hd you go to music/movies>go to the ext hd name [hit triangle] (i think) to bring up the "display all" or "information" options and hit display all. the folders you already have on your ext hd will show up and you can open up whatever you want from there. i was a little confused too as to why whenever i highlight my ext hd name nothing popped up but you have to display all.

How do i back up my PS3 onto my portable hard drive?

Mark

my pse is 80 and and my portable hard drive is 80. so im good on space. how can i back up my ps3 onto it thoe?

Answer
There is a feature on your PS3 to create a backup for your HD. It is under system settings and you can back it up from there.You will need to make sure that your external HD is formatted correctly (FAT32) or it will not read once you connect it to your PS3 via USB.

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