[capostef]

on a dex has everyone tried to install bdemu2.pkg ???

[HipHopStyler]

Originally Posted by Harryjoe I automatically got 4 Partitions on an external 160GB HDD

I have a 1 TB external HDD on which are 450GB in use.
So my question is, do I lose all my data on the external Harddrive if I create a partition on the empty ~500GB space ?

[xCrashdayx]

I have a 1 TB external HDD on which are 450GB in use. So my question is, do I lose all my data on the external Harddrive if I create a partition on the empty ~500GB space ?

if u partition a harddrive the data which is already on the HDD will be lost so sry mate :/

[carldenning]

u could resize the hhd then make another partion with EaseUS Partition Master

[oPolo]

Originally Posted by carldenning u could resize the hhd then make another partion with EaseUS Partition Master

I doubt it. It seems it takes the whole harddisk(the first bytes = the partition table also) and makes four designated partitions for you. It probably needs to change the layout of the partition tables on the harddisk as well... So its completely proprietary and won't accept MBR, GUID Partition Table, or similar partioning scheme you were thinking of partitioning the HDD with.

What I just hope, is that this proprietary partioning format will be uncovered, so we perhaps could format it to allow more than 4 games

[xCrashdayx]

as i said before, partitoning any HDD with data on it will corrupt this data because of the new partition. had to make this experience on my own with my ext. hdd with many backups on it
only possible method would be to copy your data somewhere else, partition the HDD and put the data back on it

[carldenning]

Originally Posted by oPolo I doubt it. It seems it takes the whole harddisk(the first bytes = the partition table also) and makes four designated partitions for you. It probably needs to change the layout of the partition tables on the harddisk as well... So its completely proprietary and won't accept MBR, GUID Partition Table, or similar partioning scheme you were thinking of partitioning the HDD with. What I just hope, is that this proprietary partioning format will be uncovered, so we perhaps could format it to allow more than 4 games

dame

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[oPolo]

Anyway.... I checked Sony's game update servers, for which games that are in my interest that have had patches released... If any of you, have the same game taste as me this might be relevant to you (the same game taste is mainly platformers... I miss the banjo kazooie days.. Should buy a wii for zelda and mario, and 360 for banjo kazooie,tooie,threeie..), so you know if you should hurry out ASAP and buy the game, since you can play it now. Or, if you should feel down a little more, for now at least.

The games I checked are:
Ratchet & Clank HD Collection(BCES01503): Failed...

Ratchet & Clank All 4 One(BCES01141): Patch exists.

Jak & Daxter HD Collection(BCUS98281): Failed...

Rayman Origins(BLUS30836): Failed...

Skylanders Spyro's Adventure(BLES01272): Failed.

Skyrim: Patch is out (both for BLUS30778 and BLES01330)

Twisted Metal: Patch is out (both for BCES01010 and BCUS98106)

Metal Gear HD: Patch is out (both for BLUS30847 and BLES01419)

[poorguy]

Originally Posted by DEFAULTDNB Nice, thanks @GregoryRasputin I now have everything I need, except for a simpler (preferably non linux) solution to convert from CEX to DEX

Same here. Installing otherOS++ just so I can flash my NOR dump is a little painful. Hope we get an even more improved solution. After all, good things come at a price. Oh, and I hope someone makes a video tutorial as well.

[oPolo]

Originally Posted by xCrashdayx as i said before, partitoning any HDD with data on it will corrupt this data because of the new partition. had to make this experience on my own with my ext. hdd with many backups on it only possible method would be to copy your data somewhere else, partition the HDD and put the data back on it

Sounds odd(or well, it is odd since), you can always add a partition to an already partitioned harddisk. No problem, if you keep the same partitioning scheme system (MBR, GUID Partition table, ...). You dont have to format or lose the data of the already existing partitions if you add partitions. The only rule is that you must have free space on the harddisk(And I am not talking about free space in a partition), and with that I mean unallocated space, not taken by any partition. You can always convert that into a partition.

Keep in mind that if you have no unallocated space, you can also always (although its alot harder/unadvised to do with the boot partition), shrink an existing partition(if it has any free space, else you ofc cant shrink it), so you can make a new partition out of the now unallocated space.

The only rule here is that if you shrink two partitions, you cannot (without making some changes on the hdd) make one big partition out of that, as the unallocated space needs to be sequential.

Its easier to illustrate.
We disregard the facts that harddisks is actually made up of platters, which are segmented into tracks and cylinders. We just say that a harddisk is one big sequential line that can store data.

Data from partition 1 is illustrated as a:
Data from partition 2 is illustrated as a
unallocated space is a:

If your hdd looks like this:
[]
Then no, you cannot add any further partitions, as there is no free space.
However, if only half the partition is full, you can shrink it:
[]
and then make another partition from that free space:
[

Only thing you cannot do, is if your harddisk looked like this(for instance after you have shrinked two partitions):
[]
Then make the unallocated space(the question marks (>,<)), into one partition, as the partions needs to be sequential logically on the harddisk. You could move the second partition up next to the first with some trouble, or you could delete the second partition (that wouldn't affect the first) and then make 1,2 or 3 partitions out of the now free space.