Does anyone know very much about PS2 hard drives and saving your actual games on them so you don't have to
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theres a program you download on the HD first. and it takes you thru it step by step.
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if they are too large they will not ... generally if it is a game install, after the first disk is loaded it will prompt for the next when it is ready ... what u can do is open the individual nrgs' up in daemontools and copy all of the files off of each one into a single folder ... then open all of the files up into an iso-making app like iso buster or magic iso and save as a single iso .. then burn it to a dvd if its larger than 700mb ... this will usually work but not always .. so dont delete anything until u test it ...
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It depends on how the game was uploaded, Generally they are image files IE iso, so you will need a burning program such as Nero to burn the files to a DVD via a DVD Burner, but your PS2 will need a chip to play illegal copy's of games.
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your answer is here http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_basics.htm
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best thing would be to go t seagate's support site, and find out what they say you can do with it
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Yes, it is very possible to save your files. All you need to do is pull your hard drive, install it in another pc that already has a bootable hard drive installed (hook it up as a slave with the drive already in that system as the master)\n\nwhen you power up this other system, it will then boot into windows as it always does, (using its C drive, not yours)  and you can access the files on the secondary drive and copy them to whatever media of your choosing for backup. this way you are not having to utilize Your windows file system to get into your drive, ergo not lockup\n\nOnce you have backed up the files you wish to keep, reinstall the harddrive on your pc, wipe it clean (I recommend Dban from dban.sourcefourge.net, its very thorough and Free) and reinstall windows. then copy your files back to your drive. ta-da.\n\nonly other major thing of note is (and this is guesswork on my part) if you do this, be sure the system you do it with does not use an operating system OLDER than yours. In other words, it may not work if your hard drive was formatted NTFS and you try to do the rescue using a FAT32 win98 system. I'm just guessing here though as it's not something I have tried.\n\noh, and CLEARLY label your dban floppy..putting it in by accident and hitting enter could cause you unwanted stress down the road =)\n\nthere may be easier ways than this, but this is how I have done it in similar circumstances.\n\nif the problem is the hard-drive itself, it may be limited to the windows sector if you are lucky, still allowing you to follow the above advice. if it is a larger failure, you could need professional services.\n\ngood luck
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Find the file in "Program Files" then find the file called "Save". Copy it on to disc. On the other pc find the same file then copy the saved game on to the new saved game file. You should get a message like "File already exists overwrite?" and click yes.\nI had to format my hard drive the other week and I done this to all my games. When the pc was restored I put the old saves over the new one's and everything worked fine.\nHope this helps.
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delete all the the games out your computer then redownload them again
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I think they are called a portable hard drive.
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http://www.cheatcodes.com/ps2/4840/
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You really seem to have a need to get rid of the data on that hard drive. Hmmmmm.................
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The best thing to do with hard drives is prevent problems from occurring, rather than try to recover from problems after they occur.  You may want to look at Spinrite.
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Yes, but if you've already written over the sectors where the data was stored, it's most likely beyond doing it yourself. STOP using the drive immediately and you may still be able to recover some data. There is a free data recovery program called Zero Assumption Recovery that you can try. Another program called Getdataback For NTFS ($100) is a better option than a freeware program.
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You should have no problems whatever with current files, accounts, etc.  It is always a good idea to back-up your system on external media (data DVD, CD, External HD, etc...)  \n\nWhatever you do...do not turn off power (power-cycle) your computer while updating...even at the end of the instalation process...you must let it shut-down (it will prompt you at the appropriate time to do this or do it itself) and boot up or XP will no longer work.  It trashes the System32/config files.  you have to repair from the intall CD...and you then may loose the "my documents" portion of your system.  \n\nI don't mean to scare you with doom and gloom, but if you have a system that came with Xp on the HD on a "Secret Partition" then you will need find a viable copy of XP or Buy one...because Microsoft will laugh at you if you call them with this particular problem.
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yes its called back up disks
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No it is not safe either from a personal safety standpoint or an environmental standpoint. Anything on your hard drive can be recovered - most of the stuff that you have "erased" included and some computer components are toxic. Best to remove the hard drive and physically destroy it yourself and then check for someone who collects computers for safe discard.
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If it does I can't tell. I have a 120 gig Maxtor 10,000 rpm drive that I have wiped I know at least 10 times and I have never had any problems with it,so I think you'll be ok.Also a lot of cleaners also write over your free space when they clean your drive and if it would hurt your drive I'm sure they wouldn't include that feature.Hope this helps.