|
11-17-2012, 09:08 AM
|
#1 |
|
Man of Steel
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: NJ, USA
Posts: 4,772
|
I Want To Buy A Backup External HDD...
so I can backup my PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game saves. I found this one and I want to get the 1 Terabyte Model on Black Friday. I plan on using a Backup External HDD to backup my PS3 and 360 game saves, and backup my iTunes Music Library. Is it possible to save all three things on one HDD? If so, is this a good HDD to do it with? Thanks in advance for any help!
|
|
|
|
11-18-2012, 10:20 PM
|
#2 |
|
Side-Kick
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 42
|
Re: I Want To Buy A Backup External HDD...
I'm not sure if you can save all 3 things at once but I've used that drive before and it always worked well for me.
|
|
|
|
11-18-2012, 11:53 PM
|
#3 |
|
The Funky Homosapien
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Returning some video tapes...
Posts: 4,398
|
Re: I Want To Buy A Backup External HDD...
Drive has pretty good reviews on newegg and others, so I'd say pull the trigger on it. The only thing that bothers me is the price. How much is the 1TB going to be on BF?
__________________
the DOG, the MAN, the GOD |
|
|
|
|
11-19-2012, 07:10 PM
|
#4 |
|
Side-Kick
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 42
|
Re: I Want To Buy A Backup External HDD...
There should be a good few 1TB drives around $50 on Black Friday. They had some 3TB ones at about $100 a couple days ago at Amazon.
|
|
|
|
|
11-28-2012, 07:05 PM
|
#5 |
|
Side-Kick
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 399
|
Re: I Want To Buy A Backup External HDD...
As far as I'm aware, to make PS3 saves, the HDD has to be formatted to FAT32. Dunno if you're aware of that too, but if not, that's something to know. So with that in mind, if you wanted to make any other kinds of saves on there, the file sizes won't be able to exceed 4GB or so.
|
|
|
|
|
11-29-2012, 08:24 AM
|
#6 |
|
Scrawny gaunt & anorexic?
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Hertfordshire, UK
Posts: 1,326
|
Re: I Want To Buy A Backup External HDD...
If the above is correct, then just format two partitions, one FAT32 and the other NTFS. The NTFS partition will not have the 4Gb file limit.
__________________
Si hoc legere potes nimium eruditionis habes For crying out loud, after nine months of intermittent, random and unrelated PC crashes. Changing the RAM got rid of the last of the crashes! It was a good excuse to go to 32Gb... Got 64Gb now! |
|
|
|
|
11-29-2012, 11:03 AM
|
#7 | |
|
Side-Kick
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 399
|
Re: I Want To Buy A Backup External HDD...
Quote:
 Would probably want a bigger disk capacity then I'd say, to give each partition a fair amount of data storage.
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-08-2012, 12:09 PM
|
#8 |
|
Scrawny gaunt & anorexic?
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Hertfordshire, UK
Posts: 1,326
|
Re: I Want To Buy A Backup External HDD...
Or get two 1Tb external hard drives...
__________________
Si hoc legere potes nimium eruditionis habes For crying out loud, after nine months of intermittent, random and unrelated PC crashes. Changing the RAM got rid of the last of the crashes! It was a good excuse to go to 32Gb... Got 64Gb now! |
|
|
|
 |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Linear Mode
