Through homebrew software like and prepISO (formerly known as prepNTFS), the PS3 can easily map raw storage sectors from exFAT and NTFS partitions. However, scanning massive multi-terabyte drives with hundreds of games on every boot can cause system slowdowns or homebrew memory crashes.
You will see two main options:
Ensure the drive is not currently holding temporary cache files from other applications. Step 2: Preparing the Drive (Maintaining Structure)
Move your heavy files, ISOs, or data to the root of the freshly formatted drive.
Through homebrew software like and prepISO (formerly known as prepNTFS), the PS3 can easily map raw storage sectors from exFAT and NTFS partitions. However, scanning massive multi-terabyte drives with hundreds of games on every boot can cause system slowdowns or homebrew memory crashes.
You will see two main options:
Ensure the drive is not currently holding temporary cache files from other applications. Step 2: Preparing the Drive (Maintaining Structure) prepare exfat ntfs drives 130 hold to keep existing cache
Move your heavy files, ISOs, or data to the root of the freshly formatted drive. Through homebrew software like and prepISO (formerly known