Kane99 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 For those who don't know, the back of the PS2 is where the ethernet expansion is supposed to go. But, it is also where a HDD can be put. In fact, you could install a HDD with Linux on a PS2 and use it as a PC. May not work super great these days, but it was an option. The US to my knowledge didn't really utilize the HDD option, as I think support for it wasn't really there in the states. I know other countries even had HDD kits released or something. Anyway, has anyone here installed a HDD to their PS2s? And of so, were you able to install Linux or another OS somehow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Nope, My PS2 wasn't that big in fact it only had a 500GB 2.5 HDD stoage in the system at the time. Even the first one I had didn't even have that but saved discs slots to insert. The good old days 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Not at all - Mine was as stock as it can be but it did last me for a while until I decided to upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 On 1/30/2021 at 1:05 PM, Empire said: Nope, My PS2 wasn't that big in fact it only had a 500GB 2.5 HDD stoage in the system at the time. Even the first one I had didn't even have that but saved discs slots to insert. The good old days 🙂 Did the PS2 even support drives that size? I always thought it was a small drive that would only work, but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 9 hours ago, Kane99 said: Did the PS2 even support drives that size? I always thought it was a small drive that would only work, but I could be wrong. No, not the big sized edtion. Only 2.5 😉 same as what you get in Laptops. Can you get externel drives for it nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 i used this for a while, the issue is that, there is a sort of complicated process to have games running from the HDD directly in the console, but it's lot better than using discs as you have your whole games installed in one device which is the HDD in this case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 On 3/2/2021 at 6:37 AM, Empire said: No, not the big sized edtion. Only 2.5 😉 same as what you get in Laptops. Can you get externel drives for it nowadays? Yeah, I remember it being mentioned that 2.5 sized drives work. I know my bigger drive fit, but it wouldn't work with it since it's not the smaller sized HDD that is recommended to use. External drives don't work with the PS2. At least not to my knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 4 hours ago, Kane99 said: Yeah, I remember it being mentioned that 2.5 sized drives work. I know my bigger drive fit, but it wouldn't work with it since it's not the smaller sized HDD that is recommended to use. External drives don't work with the PS2. At least not to my knowledge. Try a SSD 🙂 they ae faster and same size of 2.5 🙂 I mean most new devices has SSD in them. killamch89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syntax Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 I didn’t even know it could support a hard drive..I knew the PS3 supported this aspect. Might have to see if I have a slim or regular size PS2 in my closet somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 3/10/2021 at 1:18 PM, Syntax said: I didn’t even know it could support a hard drive..I knew the PS3 supported this aspect. Might have to see if I have a slim or regular size PS2 in my closet somewhere Same here - I was totally unaware of that. At the time, I was only concerned with playing GTA Vice City & San Andreas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_skeith Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Oh wow, I never knew you could do that to the PS2, so yeah no I never upgraded mine or PS3. Did upgrade my PS4 with a 2 TB HDD though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 3/1/2021 at 6:42 PM, killamch89 said: Not at all - Mine was as stock as it can be but it did last me for a while until I decided to upgrade. Exactly, there was no way I could be able to install HDD in mine because of the size which was small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 5 hours ago, Heatman said: Exactly, there was no way I could be able to install HDD in mine because of the size which was small. At the time, I just didn't care about updating the HDD, I just wanted to play my games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 8 hours ago, killamch89 said: At the time, I just didn't care about updating the HDD, I just wanted to play my games. And there absolutely nothing wrong with that. It never stopped anyone from ever playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 I didn't install it earlier on, because I never knew such feature exist until I sold my PS2 off that's when I discovered that such feature is realistic, which makes it access the internet and access download as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
