the only way i can use my 2tb with smartware on my ps3 is to direct stream with a media server. i use twonkymedia server and it streams from my pc to ps3. all my movies music and everything is accesible. they have it for half off so its only 15 bucks. Before encountering this problem with connecting my drive to my ps3 i had no clue what the media servers exactly where but if you run across the same problem as me u might wanna resort to this!
yes my drive has been formatted to fat32 and the smartware disabled and my ps3 wont read it when i plug the usb in!
so unless wd can completely remove smartware which they say they cant because it is built in to the firmware i guess streaming is the only way for now if you bought your hd for your ps3
