hard drive enquiry

jamsy · 10-25-2005, 03:45 AM

I'm not really sure if this is the right topic to post this and i'm also not sure if this will make sense as for you to understand what i'd like to do, but here goes. I currently have a 120gb hard drive partitioned into 90 and 30gb drives, the 90gb is full of music and films and i do not want to lose this and the 30gb is currently empty, I've been looking into a program called hard drive loader for the playstation 2, for people uinfamiliar with this it is essentially a program allowing installation of ps2 games onto a hard drive fitted into teh ps2 to allow quicker loading, i do not want to lose the pc data doing this with teh drive i have adn also do not think the drive is compatible to fit into my ps2, i have discovered an alternative to this called usb extreme which allows the ps2 to access an external drive connected by usb. ok tricky part, what i want to do is essentially creat a kind of virtual drive or something with the 30gb partiton of my internal hard drive in my pc so it can connect to the ps2 without haveing to move it or by a hard drive caddy or anything. is there any way you can achieve this, i want to essentailly hook my pc up to ps2 with usb and have the usb only recognise the hard drive partition as being there, not the entire pc, this would mean i could format the partition into ps2 format and insatll games onto it. thank you for any help anyone can provide! all ideas, links and suggestions are welcome!!!!

Trizoy · 10-25-2005, 10:23 AM

So are you asking for your computer to still have full access 24/7 to the drive while the ps2 does also? I dont think thats possible. I currently have a 160gb drive in my PS2, and it works fine. If the drive doesnt fit.. just get an old ribbon, and power cable and mod it yourself.

SubDude199 · 02-02-2007, 05:05 PM

honestly, even if you could, its not worth the time.. get Partition Magic 8 and extend the 80GB to the whole 120.. put it in your computer and store your porn on it .. then go spend $10 on a 30gb hard drive for your PS2..

StrangleHold · 02-02-2007, 05:10 PM

I dont think he will read it since he has not posted since October 2005?

SubDude199 · 02-02-2007, 05:12 PM

ohh wow.. lol.. it showed up on the list of related threads at the bottom on the page.. so I clicked on it.. lol.. didnt realise it was so old.. either way there my $0.02.. lol

10-25-2005, 03:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
jamsy New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1	hard drive enquiry - please help! I'm not really sure if this is the right topic to post this and i'm also not sure if this will make sense as for you to understand what i'd like to do, but here goes. I currently have a 120gb hard drive partitioned into 90 and 30gb drives, the 90gb is full of music and films and i do not want to lose this and the 30gb is currently empty, I've been looking into a program called hard drive loader for the playstation 2, for people uinfamiliar with this it is essentially a program allowing installation of ps2 games onto a hard drive fitted into teh ps2 to allow quicker loading, i do not want to lose the pc data doing this with teh drive i have adn also do not think the drive is compatible to fit into my ps2, i have discovered an alternative to this called usb extreme which allows the ps2 to access an external drive connected by usb. ok tricky part, what i want to do is essentially creat a kind of virtual drive or something with the 30gb partiton of my internal hard drive in my pc so it can connect to the ps2 without haveing to move it or by a hard drive caddy or anything. is there any way you can achieve this, i want to essentailly hook my pc up to ps2 with usb and have the usb only recognise the hard drive partition as being there, not the entire pc, this would mean i could format the partition into ps2 format and insatll games onto it. thank you for any help anyone can provide! all ideas, links and suggestions are welcome!!!!

02-02-2007, 05:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
SubDude199 Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sheboygan, WI Age: 22 Posts: 606	honestly, even if you could, its not worth the time.. get Partition Magic 8 and extend the 80GB to the whole 120.. put it in your computer and store your porn on it .. then go spend $10 on a 30gb hard drive for your PS2.. __________________ MoBo: Asus PK5 Deluxe WiFi Processor: Intel C2Q Q6600 SLACR G0 3.6Ghz Cooler: ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 20C Idle PSU:* PC P&C Silencer 750W 60Amp 12V Rail HDD: Dual WD Raptors Running Raid0 Case: Antec NineHundred OSS: XP MCE 2005 (With Remote) GPU: EVGA 7900GTO 720/880 Ram: 2 Gigs Corsair TWINX PC6400 DDR2 @ 900MHz 4-4-4-12 Screen:Dell 3300MP HDTV Projector (110" Screen)

02-02-2007, 05:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,473	I dont think he will read it since he has not posted since October 2005? __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600-3.3ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066-944mhz. 4gbs. PNY 8800GT/VD964 Cooler W/D Sata 3.0 500gb RE2 Humans are curious creatures and by nature insane. Lock us all in a room together and within hours we're dividing into groups, creating Gods and plotting on how to kill one another.

02-02-2007, 05:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
SubDude199 Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sheboygan, WI Age: 22 Posts: 606	ohh wow.. lol.. it showed up on the list of related threads at the bottom on the page.. so I clicked on it.. lol.. didnt realise it was so old.. either way there my $0.02.. lol __________________ MoBo: Asus PK5 Deluxe WiFi Processor: Intel C2Q Q6600 SLACR G0 3.6Ghz Cooler: ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 20C Idle PSU:* PC P&C Silencer 750W 60Amp 12V Rail HDD: Dual WD Raptors Running Raid0 Case: Antec NineHundred OSS: XP MCE 2005 (With Remote) GPU: EVGA 7900GTO 720/880 Ram: 2 Gigs Corsair TWINX PC6400 DDR2 @ 900MHz 4-4-4-12 Screen:Dell 3300MP HDTV Projector (110" Screen)

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10-25-2005, 10:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mountain View, Ca Posts: 4,663	So are you asking for your computer to still have full access 24/7 to the drive while the ps2 does also? I dont think thats possible. I currently have a 160gb drive in my PS2, and it works fine. If the drive doesnt fit.. just get an old ribbon, and power cable and mod it yourself.