Backups on external drive?

[heavyrockerfin]

Hey! I'm in the process of taking care of my consoles, starting with the PS3 and I was wondering if I could backup the whole thing (with the backup tool) to the same external HDD (2TB) that I use with my PS4 Pro? Or should I use flash drives and what not?
 

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[AihaLoveleaf]

Just now, heavyrockerfin said:

I was wondering if I could backup the whole thing (with the backup tool) to the same external HDD (2TB) that I use with my PS4 Pro?

Definitely. I make full, periodic backups of my PS3 and PS4 to the same external drive. I also do periodic backups of my PS3 and PS4 saves to a flash drive, on the very low chance something happens to my cloud saves in the future.

[heavyrockerfin]

For some reason my PS3 couldn't recognize the external drive, meanwhile PS4 knows it's there. I assume they use the same FAT system? No matter, I'll probably just go and buy a flash drive so I can copy saves.

 

I've looked millions (not literally) of videos on how to open my console and clean the dust but aargh.. It's nerve-racking ?

[Ghost-Zeus514]

2 hours ago, heavyrockerfin said:

For some reason my PS3 couldn't recognize the external drive, meanwhile PS4 knows it's there. I assume they use the same FAT system? No matter, I'll probably just go and buy a flash drive so I can copy saves.

 

I've looked millions (not literally) of videos on how to open my console and clean the dust but aargh.. It's nerve-racking

Drive Has To Be Formatted to FAT32

[heavyrockerfin]

Oh okay! Then I'm off to buying flash drives. Too much hassle to start meddling with PS4 games & saves. Thanks for info!