(EP 4) Running PS3 Games from an External Hard Drive (NTFS/FAT32)

[@andrasjoo3462]

Informative, straight to the point, shows actually whats in the title. A real gem if you ask me. Thanks, you helped a lot!

[@Cynocles]

1 Final note for this video which MW missed, MAKE SURE THE DISK IS FORMATTED AS "BASIC MRB" If you use the same tool he does theres a convert button right at the top you can use to convert from GPT or what ever its down as.

[@Cynocles]

@TheLegend use the tool he shows there’s a button to convert from one to the other like my comment original says

[@michaelyapkf]

@@Cynocles I kept trying but ntsf DRIVE not detected. So I checked and found my drive is GPT and not MBR. Is this the reason for PS3 not able to detect the drive?

[@AndreiB617]

@@michaelyapkf yes. You need to use MBR, not GPT.

[@aldrich94]

Dude thank u so much I almost gave up

[@GamerDan89]

@@AndreiB617 bit that mean, that you can only go up to 2tb. Higher is not possible with mbr then and you also cant do 2 different partions sadly.

[@luizhenriquecarvalhodesouz7201]

Thanks a lot, gentleman!! At first, i tried in the NTFS format, but somehow it didn't work. On the second time i tried in the FAT32 format, it did work smoothly. Now i'm gonna get some nostalgia in the Call of Duty 3. S2

[@HowToFixIT404]

Drive needs an MBR partition table and it needs to be less than 2TB total

[@matthewmillward3927]

Love these tutorials, made jailbreaking my PS3 slim a breeze. Enjoying life with RetroArch and CFW

[@brianburwick]

I'm enjoying life with cocke and balls

[@marcodubs]

@@brianburwick do u think you are fucking funny

[@honler380]

What external hard drive did u use mine doesn't appear in ps3

[@juaquindeanda3316]

Guys an easier way would be to format as FAT32 (so it's natively supported) and use ps3 ISO tools to create an ISO but check the box next to "split for FAT32" and it won't have to copy the files to the internal drive when you try to play it will just play from the external.

[@Daevid11]

@TeamHP Gaming I wil try either :D

[@adve9373]

@@Daevid11 did it work?

[@bs190413]

Yeah did it work?

[@sagas070707]

Amazing tutorial. Very easy to follow up. Thanks for your help. I still love my PS3

[@mikakoivisto6504]

Yeah, Ps3 is the best console for me

[@MiX0195]

Yo do you know how to update games with the external hard drive

[@somebody69747]

@@MiX0195 Just press triangle on your console and select Check for updates or a setting of that name while you are having internet connection on your ps3 ofc

[@alisalih2031]

How do I find links to game files?

[@somebody69747]

@@alisalih2031 superpsx

[@m4rksmani]

Bro you helped me,i just change my pc hdd with a ssd and turned the hdd into external and i started search for something and your video come out , thanks bro

[@m4rksmani]

@Geez, people these Days yes

[@m4rksmani]

@Geez, people these Days yes

[@m4rksmani]

@Geez, people these Days diff ps3 have diff memory

[@m4rksmani]

@Geez, people these Days for games you need to watch some videos on yt how to jailbreak succesfully ps3 and install multi man, later you need a pc and a usb to put games from pc to ps3

[@ady199]

I have a 4TB external drive formatted as NTFS and the PS3 is not detecting it. Is there a size limit? Thanks in advance

[@jeffrey1296-rl1mi]

u need to split it in 2 partitions, ps3 isnt designed to go past 1tb can be finnicky at 1.5tb

[@NuBoko]

Took like 3 tries but it finally showed up on my system, very nice video.

[@familieboss4862]

where can you download iso files?

[@NuBoko]

@@familieboss4862 You must be new.... here is some sound advice, You don't ask that question. You can create ISOs by inserting your legally owned copy of whatever game you have into a PC and creating a disc image using deamon tools lite or something similar.

[@familieboss4862]

@@NuBoko thank you

[@MyNameIsMyName11]

@@NuBoko so we cant just download a game and put it on either mmCM or webman? I'm trying to download guitar hero & dej jam & no luck .

[@taemorrow1]

My game is in a folder on a FAT32 but MMan is saying there's nothing there when I refresh games.

[@stixwrld2741]

same, did you ever figure out why?

[@mk2267]

Excellent guide! Looking forward to more ps3 videos. You really do seem professional when you make these videos.

[@IlIAnubisIlI]

man you're the best!. i had a game over 32 gig and couldnt fit it onto my fat32 thumbdrive. but i had another thumbdrive thats 128 gig. this worked thank you so much

[@GameExploreYT007]

Hi i purchased jailbreak ps3 12 gb i can use my external HDD to play games ? Please replay ...

[@victormanuelespinalcaba2754]

Yes

[@aBdULAh1]

I downloaded the WWE game and it was 12.7GB on my USB drive which was 16GB. Eventually the game showed up on the multiman but when i try to enter the game it shows error 800100 so what i did wrong?, I even moved the game from the external drive to the internal drive and the same problem is there

[@anime.tv666]

Did you extract the zip file to iso format

[@MRJazzygameplay27]

I tred this with the fat32 drive for god of war 3 and copied the files to the internal hd, but i only get a black screen and the game closes after a while...

[@olivierrojo2003]

Thanks a lot. In case we've got a game with some DLC in FAT 32, can we put then in a folder named "packages" on our HDD where the game is in a folder named "GAMES" ? Thanks

[@gn8737]

Hi there, I've tried the steps but still can't get the PS3 to recognize the NTFS hard drive/jump drive any suggestions what are the missing steps?

[@itztaha5961]

Thanks for making this video, this will solve the issue of having small storage capacity.

[@zoongtang69]

Great video love how you didnt skip and explained everyting

[@lucasshutdown1456]

Does anyone know what to do that they also load ps2 iso ? i wannt my ps2 games and ps3 games on that external

[@roberts5368]

Cheers bro👍 got to be one of the smartest guys ever when it Comes to this sort of stuff

[@Hdieienjdks]

Hello, can anyone tell me why my FAT 32 2tb USB wont register, but my FAT 32 2gb does?

[@reewazkhadka4918]

I have a question. Can we transfer our games to PS3 main home screen (XMB) ?

[@Robbie1872]

yes if you go on multiman go to your hard drive and the games you want to move will be in the ‘game’ folder move them to the folder called ‘GAMES’ the folder should have a multiman symbol beside it

[@fortnotegamer6449]

can you add ps3 games to your external hard drive and plug it into your ps3 slim/super slim?

[@rayferrer1709]

How do you install the dlc if doing the ntfs iso method? Will you be transferring over 2 iso files--1 being the main game and the other iso the dlc?

[@naughtydog9843]

Hi Ray, did you ever find an answer to this? I'm in the same boat myself. Thanks.

[@rayferrer1709]

@@naughtydog9843 Haven't found the answer yet. If you find it let me know. Thanks.

[@naughtydog9843]

@@rayferrer1709 Will do Ray. :)

[@prodzombar]

1:00 for NTFS & 3:53 for FAT32

[@MRsilver410]

When I do NTFS way how do I go by installing dlc and manual updates for games I want to play from ntfs drive?

[@naughtydog9843]

Hi Silver, did you ever find an answer to this? I'm in the same boat at the moment.

[@retrovideogamejunkie]

Questions. How big in size can be the external hard drive for the PS3? If I download games thru pkgj (in the ps3), can I transfer them to the external hard drive n play them from there? What format need to be that hard drive? (I guess you have another for the case of missing raps, right?)

[@familieboss4862]

where can you download iso files?

[@shawnsowers4063]

Ps3 keeps turning off once I play one of the games for a little bit? Any fix?

[@zidanethelegend4307]

Thanks for your tutorial. By the way, to install DLC pkg need to create a folder too?

[@demjidasa5184]

jeez man you are really good at this

[@017fatimamunir7]

what to do with the DLC and UPDATE folders that were extracted?

[@naughtydog9843]

That's what I'm wondering Fatima, did you ever find out?

[@chickenghost8023]

btw you can copy games from external hard drive to internal and vice versa with multiman just select a game from games menu and hit Triangle and choose copy. This easier way than using file manager.

[@manikashop]

cant be done when the file is in ISO

[@leonardferguson6314]

Do you have an episode where you transfer files from PS3 HDD to an external HD? I don't really understand how to use the interface for the multiman files.

[@nicholaslandkamer5951]

Not exactly the answer to your questions but if your PS3 is on your network, the easiest way to move files is to use an FTP program (like FileZilla) to connect to your PS3 and move them like that. Much less clunky than trying to use the PS3 interface to move files.

[@the_scraggler]

Came here to learn what to do with DLC, updates and pkg files. None of that is covered, he shows them but doesn't mention them and he doesn't respond in the comments. Still trying to figure it out.

[@PurushaDesa]

Excellent video. Dumb question but can I simply take my physical copy of the game and still run an external drive as extended system storage for the PS3 in the same way I can for the PS4? And was that process simple enough not to warrant a separate video from you? Thanks.

[@chrissini5869]

thanks moded warefare your video is not only easy to follow they actually work been playing fight night champion since

[@DjIdea]

why transfering through FTP take foreveR?

[@DOCLOWE1988]

Use ethernet

[@ThePreciseClimber]

Surprisingly simple. Can you install PS1 games on the external HDD? Also, can you transfer PS3 ISOs from the external HDD to the internal HDD and vice versa with Multiman?

[@DOCLOWE1988]

Yes

[@GraveyardShiftGames]

Neither worked for me on 2 different hard drives. Not sure what went wrong. I have been following all the tutorials to the letter. If I go the iso route the games say they are corrupt and if I use the file versions they say an error code.

[@abbigail030398]

My ps3 is not recognising my hard drive at all.

[@imdrugdealing6592]

Sis out hea tryna jailbreak her ps3

[@stevestewart3816]

​@@imdrugdealing6592 this is my sister you jerk off

[@isa-mr9ky]

​@user-xm4em3gm5u didnt understand much from the top comments but 1 suggestion i could say is while having ur hdd connected , if you have installed multiman (i think its also called mmcm ) run it then go to the far left then downwards to an opinion about "switch to Multiman mode" or something along these lines, run it then after it restarts multiman go again to the far left (if it didnt do that for you) and click on the file manager It should open a computer like page, go to the bottom left corner (similar to where the windows icon would be placed ) Click O to right click Choose ntfs driver (not 100% if that what its called) It should do a scan and refreshed the page then you'll get 2 new files in the root folder which are usb port 0 and port 1 and you should be able to open ur hdd

[@vgffff68]

Mbr not gpt

[@jamieturnick]

ik this is really old and you probably already solved this issue but mine wasn’t reading it either all I had to do was put my hd in fat32 format on my computer

[@lee__1707]

Can you install a pkg game from ps3 package manager directly to external HD ?

[@lamenking420]

Yes

[@leonardferguson6314]

How?

[@psmith5573]

Crystal clear! Love all the episodes.

[@mjr4you]

I need help. The external hard drive will not show up/ I have a 1 and 2 tb and neither show up. My 120 GB does

[@Hdieienjdks]

My 2tb doesnt show up either

[@MrDavidRicketts]

It's not showing up for me. I've got an SSD in an SSD bracket and it's not reading the NTFS drive

[@GamerJayvee]

Can I put Two external drive in my gaming laptop like SSD and HDD please help and reply

[@michaeldunn5788]

Did you ever figure this out?

[@35sleepy]

For some reason MM isn't reading the games on my external hard drive. I've even tried copying games from internal drive to external and successfully copied it but it still won't show/ load. Completely hit a dead end.

[@ZaydKS]

Hi,i wonder if 4tb external hdd is supported?

[@stampinoasis]

Hi , can you tell me how to transfer a game from my JB PS3 to my external hard drive. I have followed your tutorials but may have missed this part as my PS3 does not have a big HD and so I do not want to keep deleting games from it. Thanks

[@hanslanda7319]

Install managunz to ps3 and use the file manager to copy external, or go to reddit and join r/ps3homebrew where you can ask for help and be guided.

[@thefg8302]

On multiman you can hover over the game you want to copy and open the options menu and there's a copy option, put it on your USB, simple as that.

[@tenshi051203]

the ps3 iso tool is not responding. any other iso tool that you can suggest? or is there anything that im not doing properly? please help

[@highoctanesynx7950]

I have an SSD external harddrive and i managed to convert it in FAT 32 but my ps3 for some reason doesn't even recognize the hard drive, what is it?

[@jumpingalaxies951]

Thank you so much. I'm an idiot when it comes to this kind of stuff, but this I can definitely do. THANK YOU.

[@burninglory2]

These tutorials are really helpful. Makes everything a breeze. Awesome videos :)

[@ionglisten1270]

alot of ps3 games are pkg format. i put persona 5 on external and it made me move to internal to be able to launch it.. i only have 10 gb left on internal :(

[@gazzaboy84]

Thx for this ❤ im new to the ps3 modding scene . Now im able to use my old ps 3 thats been sat in a cupboard for years that had a brken bluray drive.

[@AdepaGoldy]

MW , my game folder only have ps3 game and ps3 disc can i convert it to iso cux the Resistance i couldn't see any iso

[@2220Lukas]

For the ps1 and ps2 games os the same thing ? But the only change is to rename the paste on the external drive to PS2ISO and PSXISO ?

[@GenGamesUniverse]

Seems like the better way is via NTFS so you can "run" the ISO files off of the external.

[@antonino7100]

I actually found a way to run ISO’s off a FAT32 USB

[@fcwennekers7588]

@@antonino7100 How?

[@antonino7100]

FCWENNEKERS well at the time I thought I did cuz I was able to run a PSXISO off the FAT32 USB but it’s not the same

[@pupsiuspupuliukas2394]

FAT32 is probably better because it is supported by any ps3

[@at-cj2iy]

@UC7zNfRCo3D4gye3eIaG8wsg yea PS1 games jerkoff we know you full of shit You cant insall big ass games on fat32 formats

[@TJ-tx8zo]

I suppose 2 TB harddrives is the maximum external capacity? PS3 do not support GPT to my knowledge.

[@xthiefx7794]

i know its a old video but, is there a limit to the size for the external drive to be used on ps3/cfw?

[@METALFACEDOOM441]

2TB or less

[@85bearsfan34]

Great tutorial I downloaded a torrent this worked perfectly thanks bro

[@ibapreppie]

So can't make a PS2ISO directory and play PS2 games off external? I tried and it fails.

[@RockNRollDad88]

I don't have the webman subfolders? Why not? I can only find the games when i load up multiman

[@S1Iiz]

My comment it's a bit too late now... But what in the hell inside of that "Call Of Duty Blacks Ops II folder?" Because you didn't show up what it is inside of that folder if that is PKG or something....

[@priceamoahz9317]

So i had a split game and it installed on my internal and i went to delete from clear game cache and i did it however my ps is still low on gb like it is installed, i’ve looked everywhere else and i can’t find anything that would take up the space so i’m confused

[@jenovaizquierdo]

Awesome video man. I have a question can I use a 5tb external hard drive?

[@Johnny-up3yh]

Amazing Tutorials.....Thanks so much!

[@HowToFixIT404]

Forgets to mention even with CFW the ps3 wont read NTFS if its GPT partitioned and not MBR. Also needs to be smaller than 2TB

[@adrianpadilla2200]

Tried refreshing it. And the game doesn’t show up. Only way to play the game is when I open it on file manager

[@brkbtjunkie]

Can you do a video on best practices setting up ps3netsrv? I have a library on xfs format on an unraid server, it works okay but is not without issues, pertaining to box art not showing up, multiman has to refresh the entire list every time you go into it - (webman seems to work much better with it).

[@dexterlaborte591]

Hi i would like to ask what to do if my ps3 super slim hen doesnt show games from my external hardrive ntfs formatted it doesnt show like yours what am i gonna do?

[@turrinha9]

MOVIAN NOT WORKS FOR NTFS :( WHY ? CAN I HELP ?

[@athermahmood1065]

Cheers as always bro. Essential points all included.

[@sarmsgoblin]

I have a problem when i press to play the game on ntfs it says this operation is not allowed error 80010002 EINVAL please help

[@alandav8572]

Hey Modded Warfare, I followed the instructions precisely, but when I try to run the .iso game off my hard drive, the console just suddenly turns off

[@michaelolayinka441]

What about the GAMES in the game/ folder? How do one copy them and make them function from external HDD please. Help.

[@Isgood2beKing]

Thank you so much again You are the best by far , ny favorite, Working to get more knowledge since im a rookie on these mods

[@kodakk3014]

hey sir. my ps3 not detecting usb in multiman but its playing game from it. usb formatted to ntfs format.........helppppppp

[@anuradhasingh5459]

Everything is going well till I open the ps3. It shows my game (far cry 3) but when I open it, it says 'an error occurred in the start operation (80010017)' *****please reply @modded warfare******

[@rayferrer1709]

I don't know how you got your ntfs drive to show up but mine isn't showing up and I'm using a wd 2tb black p10. I might have to try managunz or irisman.

[@farrell174]

I though PS3's HDD is FAT32 but why can you transfer a 21GB iso file to it via FTP? I check on my PS3 it's success too.

[@JubeProductions]

Great instructional video for someone that is new to PS3 CFW and Multiman. It was good that you showed how to play both ISO games and Games in folder format. What I don't understand is why would anyone want to use the folder format since it has to be used on a FAT32 partition? It just seems like it would be easier to use ISO's or convert folder format over to ISO's. That way you don't have to worry about splitting up files bigger than 4GB or formatting external drives into FAT32. I want to keep everything as simple, and as standard as possible. I would rather just use ISO's as my PS3 game format for all games. Because I am new to PS3 hacking there might be a reason for all that, but I don't know yet since I have only just started using a PS3 with CFW.

[@georgiolaroche6139]

whats the app? or software for this? how do you convert to iso? does iso means that you will have files lower than 4GB?

[@familieboss4862]

where can you download iso files?

[@JubeProductions]

@@familieboss4862 I use the Bit Torrent protocol. I can find most any games on the popular tracker sites. If you're not familiar with bit torrent, look it up it's not that hard but it takes a little more explaining than I can do here in the comments.

[@GamerDan89]

The plus on fat32 is that you still can use it for transfering music and movies natively on ps3 without multiman and bring it to another ps3 as well

[@JubeProductions]

@@GamerDan89 I never considered this. I only have one PS3, and I don't need to transfer music files between them. But I can see how that is a benefit if that's what you do.

[@josiahlee7999]

Say if I got a new faulty power supply for my ps3 how do I save my hen and webman that has games on it?

[@xxqtanimegirlxx]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE U U MADE MY DAY FINALY A CFW TUTORIAL THAT REQUIRES NO FTP

[@therealovidox]

How do you back up games that you've already installed on the hard drive? I've had a game disc that broke.. I got the PKG file from the internet the game installed and I updated it. It took me hours and hours to download, install and update the game. How do I now back up what I've installed again as a PKG file or ISO or whatever would be best to back this up on an external drive and then reinstall it later / on another PS3 system? P.s. I know I'm need the RAP file for my game but I'm fairly sure I've found a 13000 rap list file and I know how to install raps as RIFs in Apolo save tool or just store them on an usb/exdata folder.

[@dohner29]

ive got no problem transferring games in extracted from from the usb to my ps3s internal hdd then playing them but its only an 80 gb model so it can only fit so many of my games but i cant play them off of the usb itself. i wonder if its my usb drive, its just a shitty little flash drive.

[@gauravtiwari7724]

I followed all the steps as shown in this video , but unable to find my game and even the Pendrive (NTFS)itself. can you help please ?

[@frankwalsh5672]

I'm trying to use a 2 tb external drive and it wont work. Is there something else I'm supposed to do on the hard drive to make it work?

[@brkbtjunkie]

Which file system has the least drawbacks for ps3? Fat 32? Since it’s routed thru usb2.0, are there advantages to using a SSD?

[@ghazanfarali8591]

Hello dear lovely explained and what about HEN version ? Is it the same process. ??? Thanks

[@FranciscoSelma]

Hi, I can't get Multiman to detect my drive... No matter what I try... I tried with NTFS, with FAT32, with another drive... Nothing, it doesn't show up... The drive is configured to work as MBR, not GPT... But still doesn't work, the drive doesn't show up... Something weird also happens with webMAN... After installing it, I'd expect the folders "PLAYSTATION 3", "PLAYSTATION 2", "PLAYSTATION", "PLAYSTATION PORTABLE" to show up too... But that doesn't happen either... What am I doing wrong? Am I missing something? Thanks in advance!

[@rpelletier2771]

I went with the first NTFS straight .iso route but what would be the file structure to get PS2 and oe PS2 games working from the hard drive? Thanks!

[@thedavinchi]

create in the external drive file called PS2ISO and paste ps2 games in it.

[@judaeadlamini4492]

U taught me everything I will forever be grateful

[@keenancollison4740]

must the ntfs harddrive be empty? like must the ps3iso folder be the only folder on it??

[@bobspence5322]

ive only ever used the native fat32 and ive never gotten it to recognize an iso.

[@herokratos595]

It finds the game but it keeps saying the operation is not allowed and an error 80010002(EINVAL)

[@brojers1603]

Some game like GTA V and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood require the game to be installed or something and that takes the internal drive's space. Can we just do that installation on the external drive?

[@DeeDot0_o]

So I’m confused do I have to buy the game the disk and copy it and return it?

[@salahpausini5474]

My 4To Seagate HDD isn't recognised on my ps3. HELP :(

[@hangerhelsam7993]

PS3 system don’t read 4TB Hard drives It can only read 2TB or lower than that