[steveojp]

Hello

I need to purchase a bigger internal HD for my PS3 but for the meantime I am going to use my external HD to play my games with my ps3. I have a couple games backed up on my PC and I was just wondering the steps I first need to take so I can just transfer my ps3 game backup to my external drive.

I have this link
http://www.pshomebrew.net/wiki/PS3_B...atibility_List

and all my games will work via external. So it will be good just temporary though.

I know once the backup is on my external it will boot and play with MN right?

Any help is good! thank you!! =]

[Cheesethief]

Multiman will boot them. Just have the games in a folder titled "GAMES" without the " marks. Remember that the drive needs to be a FAT32 format and if the games have files over 4GB, they will need to be split.

[steveojp]

Originally Posted by Cheesethief Multiman will boot them. Just have the games in a folder titled "GAMES" without the " marks. Remember that the drive needs to be a FAT32 format and if the games have files over 4GB, they will need to be split.

Thank you for the quick reply. Alright I have this link

http://www.pshomebrew.net/wiki/PS3_B...atibility_List

if it says it will boot up in external that means each file is under 4gb right?

[Cheesethief]

Originally Posted by steveojp Thank you for the quick reply. Alright I have this link http://www.pshomebrew.net/wiki/PS3_B...atibility_List if it says it will boot up in external that means each file is under 4gb right?

No, it means that it will boot. MM boots split file games from external drives too. You will need a program to split the games if they have files over 4gb.

[steveojp]

Originally Posted by Cheesethief No, it means that it will boot. MM boots split file games from external drives too. You will need a program to split the games if they have files over 4gb.

How do I know if each file is over 4gb? Besides going through each file and checking

[Cheesethief]

Originally Posted by steveojp How do I know if each file is over 4gb? Besides going through each file and checking

I am sure there is a site that lists the games, but I do not know it.

You can manually check, or you can simply start transferring and an error will pop up saying it was not able to transfer due to size.

[Adamsville]

Originally Posted by steveojp How do I know if each file is over 4gb? Besides going through each file and checking

EDIT - looks like Cheese has you covered

the site u linked shows which games have 4gb+ files its under the column that says 4gb+

[steveojp]

Originally Posted by Adamsville EDIT - looks like Cheese has you covered the site u linked shows which games have 4gb+ files its under the column that says 4gb+

Oh I see it when I got on my pc but on my phone it didn't show. Anyways if it's more than 4gb I have to use a program to split the files right?

[Wolfie708]

Originally Posted by steveojp Oh I see it when I got on my pc but on my phone it didn't show. Anyways if it's more than 4gb I have to use a program to split the files right?

Or put it on your internal (FTP them across)

[Adamsville]

Originally Posted by steveojp Oh I see it when I got on my pc but on my phone it didn't show. Anyways if it's more than 4gb I have to use a program to split the files right?

yep.. a popular program is ps3 splitter... really simple to use