BDemu Drive Format

How to split up ext. HDD to make it contain both BDemu and NTFS/FAT32 partitions

* Format ext HDD on ps3 to BDemu, '''DON'T''' use ps3gen to do so!

* Connect the HDD to your PC;

* Start a HEX edit of your choice;

* In WinHEX, from the menu bar select “Tools -> Open Disk Drives”

* Now select the ext HDD that you just made BDemu

* Go to '''‘Offset “1CA”''', you can use the command ALT + G (with WinHEX)




1 sector = 512 bytes
Size my HDD = 500107862016 bytes
500107862016 : 512 = 976773168 sectors
Convert 976773168 into HEX = 3A386030
Reversed bytes 3A|38|60|30 -> 30|60|38|3A Maximum size of partition 2TB

*. Now using the above procedure we can choose the size that we want to give our PS3 partition.
Example(these exact value's work on any drive that is larger than 300GB, as it allocates precisely 300GB for BDemu on the drive):
My HDD is 500GB and I want to dedicate the 300GB PS3, so I will do so
a. Size that I want to give to the partition = 300GB -> 322122547200 bytes
b. Transform the bytes into sectors 322122547200 : 512 = 629145600 sectors
c. Convert sectors into HEX 629145600 -> 25800000
d. Reversed bytes 25|80|00|00 -> 00|00|80|25
e. Finally, I replace it and save the changes.

* Now open a partition manager/tool to allocate a NTFS or FAT32 partition on the left over free space