[Jitsuryoku]

I am wondering what am i supposed to see if i connected a working PS3 to a PC? Would i be able to see it as a storage with files or does PS3 have it's own format? Is there a way to read that format on windows based systems?

And a side question, i heard people brick their consoles by using a HDD which runs on different version. Is that true, and any way to avoid that?

Thnx in advance

[AsSiTcH]

Search is your friend. Ps3 hdd uses a proprietary file system, and is encrypted.

[itskamel]

no. but i think that graf had some tools that decrypted it. search around.

[hackoncrack]

Encrypted

[nzie]

haha i was just format the hdd with windows installation disc.

[Jitsuryoku]

Originally Posted by nzie haha i was just format the hdd with windows installation disc.

You can format with Windows partition manager.

That asi what about that ps3 brick rumor?

[FunkyGanja]

Don't forget that it utilises a linux file-system so u'll need some different software to be able to read the decrypted HD.

[arnes_king]

i think his question was, can we format the PS3 hdd in a PC and use it then in that PC like a normal HDD ?

[FunkyGanja]

@arnes_king

@Jitsuryoku said

"what am i supposed to see if i connected a working PS3 to a PC?"

but i'm not sure if u connected it via USB or Ethernet you would see anything without MFW/CFW through FTP.

[TizzyT]

Originally Posted by arnes_king i think his question was, can we format the PS3 hdd in a PC and use it then in that PC like a normal HDD ?

No reading the question, he is asking if the format on the ps3 hdd can be read on a PC....unless he stated it unintentionally wrong. The Bases of a filesystem is not "linux based" of even "ps3 based" so the ps3 hdd can be any filesystem as it is proprietary. Last I remembered graf was only able to disable encryption and not decrypt or bypass it. I don't know/remember if the PS3 used a hdd encryption or a filesystem level encryption, If I had to guess then Id say the disk is encrypted.