PS3 Harddrive

[R_J]

I have a Toshiba MK2576GS from a ps3 console I would like to use in a PC. I can only see 160 gig of this 250gig drive.
I suspect it has a hidden partition put on by the ps3.
Is there a way to remove this so I can use the full 250g of the drive?
Thanks

[9holly5wood4]

yes, the Playstation uses a 2.5" SATA hard drive, you need to format it, I was having dificulty getting a program to detect the hard drive with the playstation software on it, so I installed windows 7 over it and then I did a full format.

[R_J]

I did format it, to 160GB, I think the lables are misleading

it says
MK2576GSX R <------ should be 250GB
HDD2J95 H ZR01 B

but lower down
8455MB (CYL16383,H16,S63)
160GB (312,581,808Sectors) <----- 160GB

[9holly5wood4]

I have no clue, Im pretty sure when I formatted my 320Gb it showed 320Gb but Im not 100% sure

[brianriling61]

does ps3 come with a harddrive?

[R_J]

178492This is my drive

this is a link to the specs, http://storage.toshiba.com/techdocs/MKxx76GSX.pdf
I looked at the model and should have looked closser at the fine print. :)
here is a 250gb: http://www.donordrives.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1e5c5434d0f6c79c3d4b24d989016520/s/c/scan-121210-0043.jpg

[Frogger]

I have a Toshiba MK2576GS from a ps3 console I would like to use in a PC. I can only see 160 gig of this 250gig drive.
I suspect it has a hidden partition put on by the ps3.
Is there a way to remove this so I can use the full 250g of the drive?
Thanks

Go to control panel and go to folder options and select show hidden files or folders.

[Fool2cool]

Right click my computer, click manage, go to disk management. Make sure you format and repartition the right drive.

[Bann32]

Or go to adminstration tools computer management you will see the HDD in there and how It is currently configured