how do i get my portable hard drive to work on my PS3?

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I have bought a 'WD Elements 500GB USB 2.0' portable hard drive. it is formatted in NTFS and i cant get it to work on my PS3 slim.i tried to format it but windows cannot format it to anything else. i am using windows vista

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I remember installing a new internal HDD on my ps3, and if i remember right i did it on windows xp, in fat32 format.. maybe.. i really can't remember. but vista blows.. personal opinion of course.. check out xp black. Also make sure your cables are correct? a lot of HDD externals come with a 3 way usb.. try using the other usb maybe? sorry i can't be more help

Hard Drive swap on PS3...?

My 60 GB PS3 is dead, but the hard drive works fine. I have an external hard drive, but my PS3 won't turn on so I can't back up the hard drive. If I put the hard drive in my friends PS3 or bought a new one and put it in that, could I then make a backup of all my data for use on my new PS3 and new HDD?

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Yes you can just unscrew that little box and pull the hard drive forward then out then unscrew the case and take it out.
Then Buy a new ps3 or use somebody Else's and put yours in and go to settings system backup and plug in a portable hard drive and backup. then buy a new PS3 and in setting up there should be restore system and make sure the drive is plugged in. then it should restore then your done!

You could then keep the hard drive as a spare or sell it on Ebay or another site

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