[itskamel]

Originally Posted by arcadekidflo When you format your HDD with ps3gen , does it take up all it's space or you can just format a pre-defined partition ?

I think it splits all the space into 4 parts

[benzinjiq]

OK, I have kind of problem. See th pic:



Which offset do I have to change exactly? Because in this tutorial as well as the other one I saw, the zeroes offsets are different. I tried to make it just like this tut, and it indeed showed another partition in ps3gen, but said - Image broken. Then I decided to format the "image" and everything went fine. After this I builded my GT5 image and the process went smoothly. However the PS3 didn't see the default fifth partition, so I formated the whole HDD, to make everything how it was. That's why again I have 4 partitions and the offsets are 00 00 00 01 (no games in them, which is normal, since the format). So now I wanna start over. Any suggestions how to make it right this time?

[HipHopStyler]

I hope one day we will be able to use any ext.HDD without formatting with PS3 HDD Utility.

The reason is :
I dont use my 1TB ext. HDD,because I dont want to lose my files.
Therefore I use my 250GB HDD from my Netbook formatted with the PS3 Format thingy.
But before school starts , I have to install WIN64 BIT back on the HDD from my Netbook or my teacher will KICK ASS me ^^.

[benzinjiq]

Lol, I formatted, because I don't care about what I had on the HDD, and it was easier for me to start over.

[baargle]

Originally Posted by HipHopStyler I hope one day we will be able to use any ext.HDD without formatting with PS3 HDD Utility. The reason is : I dont use my 1TB ext. HDD,because I dont want to lose my files. Therefore I use my 250GB HDD from my Netbook formatted with the PS3 Format thingy. But before school starts , I have to install WIN64 BIT back on the HDD from my Netbook or my teacher will KICK ASS me ^^.

Is this one of those times where people say "Cool story, bro"?

Pretty sure it is.

[HipHopStyler]

Originally Posted by baargle Is this one of those times where people say "Cool story, bro"? Pretty sure it is.

Why should I lie? It is a true story.
I made a backup from the 250GB HDD on the 1TB ext.HDD before I formatted it with the Ps3.

[benzinjiq]

Originally Posted by benzinjiq ...

I've made it. Just had to re-format my HDD again, and then everything went fine. Added 2 more partitions.

[baargle]

Over at ps3crunch someone is saying that this works to some degree at least for 5 games (wow! ), he\she tried 10 games but got errors as soon as data starts being written to the drive.

@benzinjiq any chance you could give this a thorough go with more games to see if it works?

thanks.

[benzinjiq]

@baargle
Well, as a matter of fact, I indeed tested first with 10 games and it gave me writing error, too. Now I've made 6 partitions for games and put games to two of them - no problem so far. Will try more and report.

[a$h x]

Ultimate development for this would be:

1) Windows/linux tool that asks how many partitions you want.
2) Prompt for same size for each partition, or different size per partition.
3) Does not destroy pre-existing data on partitions when re-sizing (this may be difficult).

That would be awesome.