They never had a 2 TB limit, neither MBR nor FAT32: both have a 4 terasector limit - it just happens that for most disks, sectors are 512 bytes (that's not true for 4Kn drives, for example)2TB is no longer the FAT32 limit,
the ONLY way to go is western digital mybook/elements external hard drives. they can easily be formatted into MBR/fat32 (with the help of Wd's format utility and gui formatter)
you can then use split isos and use huge drives for the ps3. I have a 4tb external myself and it works absolutely flawlessly. split iso fixes every single problem.
1.5TB for internal is the max
you can actually use NTFS for external , just read it using the file manager in MANAGUNZ game manager. There I have been able to read 2TB and
4TB NTFS drives. BUT transfer rates average from 10MB/s to about 12MB/s
For FAT32 I only go up to 2TB because more than that when using FAT32, it's a gamble. Maybe it will read it , maybe it won't. But Fat32 transfer rates like through multiman
for me are usually around 18MB/s to around 20MB/s so definitely faster but you gotta deal with the 4GB limit thing.
Folder format has one issue - which is that it sometimes contains single files that are greater than 4GB. Using a fat 32 formatted drive, it will not allow you to transfer the game into the drive. If you can get NTFS to work for you then great. Otherwise split iso and fat 32 all the way.Sorry for taking so long to reply. My games are not in iso format, they're in folder format. Do I still need to worry about the 4tb limit and split iso's?
Folder format has one issue - which is that it sometimes contains single files that are greater than 4GB. Using a fat 32 formatted drive, it will not allow you to transfer the game into the drive. If you can get NTFS to work for you then great. Otherwise split iso and fat 32 all the way.
I believe the newest multiman maybe supports it. I never tried.NTFS drives work for the PS3?
quoting myself from another thread...
you want a WD hard drive formatted MBR and FAT 32 (i posted an instructional somehwere in this forum) all in one huge partition. Reason being NTFS only supports ISO format whereas FAT32 supports all formats (folder or ISO). Only issue is that fat32 has a 4gb file size limit, so you have to use split isos. Use ps3splitter to do this after downloading games in folder format. Nearly all my games are in this format and they run flawlessly. I took advice from a brazilian guy who posted in one of these threads who also ran into tons of problems trying ntfs as well as pure folder format. SPLIT ISO IS THE WAY TO GO ON A HUGE FAT 32/MBR PARTITION.
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NTFS works but won't recognize folder format - that is why fat32 is superior. Just need to convert the games on your pc using ps3splitter.