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Slip-N-Slide 12/09/17 5:53:46 AM #1:	Don't currently have a computer and I'd like to just buy a drive and an enclosure to throw together for my PS4. Do I need a computer to be able to properly format it or install some kind of drivers or something? --- Get wet. http://i.imgtc.com/2q3z3TmhFO.jpg <cite>Slip-N-Slide posted [p:891873894] in Do I need ... [t:76078896]...</cite> <quote>Don't currently have a computer and I'd like to just buy a drive and an enclosure to throw together for my PS4. Do I need a computer to be able to properly format it or install some kind of drivers or something?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
coolpal23 12/09/17 6:06:22 AM #2:	Slip-N-Slide posted... Don't currently have a computer and I'd like to just buy a drive and an enclosure to throw together for my PS4. Do I need a computer to be able to properly format it or install some kind of drivers or something? No, the ps4 will format it itself --- Asus Z77\|Zotac 2Gb Gtx 770\| 1866 8Gb G.skill\| i5 3570K 3.4Ghz Steam: That Hero Luka "Fact and fiction, where do you draw the line?" <cite>coolpal23 posted [p:891874109] in Do I need ... [t:76078896]...</cite> <quote><cite>Slip-N-Slide posted...</cite> <quote>Don't currently have a computer and I'd like to just buy a drive and an enclosure to throw together for my PS4. Do I need a computer to be able to properly format it or install some kind of drivers or something?</quote> No, the ps4 will format it itself</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Slip-N-Slide 12/11/17 3:31:29 AM #3:	Alright I went ahead and ordered a drive and enclosure that should be here today. --- Get wet. http://i.imgtc.com/2q3z3TmhFO.jpg <cite>Slip-N-Slide posted [p:891993494] in Do I need ... [t:76078896]...</cite> <quote>Alright I went ahead and ordered a drive and enclosure that should be here today.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
legolas0008 12/11/17 4:29:39 AM #4:	IIRC, the PS4 actually has a semi-proprietary filesystem it uses, so it should in fact have to format the drive automatically before it can use it, like Coolpal said. --- Wubadubadub, is that true? <cite>legolas0008 posted [p:891994598] in Do I need ... [t:76078896]...</cite> <quote>IIRC, the PS4 actually has a semi-proprietary filesystem it uses, so it should in fact have to format the drive automatically before it can use it, like Coolpal said.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Slip-N-Slide 12/11/17 1:40:27 PM #5:	legolas0008 posted... IIRC, the PS4 actually has a semi-proprietary filesystem it uses, so it should in fact have to format the drive automatically before it can use it, like Coolpal said. Yeah I just got it and set it up, I had to format it before it would even show it as being available. --- Get wet. http://i.imgtc.com/2q3z3TmhFO.jpg <cite>Slip-N-Slide posted [p:892013220] in Do I need ... [t:76078896]...</cite> <quote><cite>legolas0008 posted...</cite> <quote>IIRC, the PS4 actually has a semi-proprietary filesystem it uses, so it should in fact have to format the drive automatically before it can use it, like Coolpal said.</quote> Yeah I just got it and set it up, I had to format it before it would even show it as being available.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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