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Tips
of speeding up the installation with Windows XP
Since different computers
have different configurations, some old model computer may install the
games slowly. Here is a tip which make your computer speed up in
installing the PS2 games:
Go to My Computer->Properties->Hardware->Device Manager->Disk Drives->(select your
external one) >Properties->Policies->Optimize for performance.
Speed ups from 1MBps to about 10-15MBps, but do not forget to
unplug the device the proper way using the icon in your Systray to
'safely remove hardware'.
*NOTE*
USB Advance and USBeXtreme are
the same program, only difference is USBeXtreme is the retail disc
and USBadvance is the online version as a download file.
There are several
apps that will install games to your USB HDD.
USB
Extreme Win32 utility (Windows
GUI) - Allows easy installation from your CD/DVD drive to
your USB HDD
USBInsane (Windows GUI) - Allows you to install an
ISO stored on the PC HDD as well as the CD/DVD drive.
USBeXtreme
(DOS) - The setup program containing the format and install software
The DOS version is more stable and has a higher success rate for proper
installations, but is not as simple as the GUI version. So we
will guide you thru the DOS version.
USBeXtreme User Manual(MS-DOS mode)
Before Starting:
To use the USBeXtreme on your
PS2, you will need a USB Hard drive Enclosure with Hard drive installed
(both devices are sold
separately), either 3.5’’ or 2.5’’ USB Hard drive Enclosure with
Hard drive can be use.
*For the installation of a
Hard Drive into your USB enclosure, please refer to the user manual of
the USB Enclosure if its the removable type.
Hard Drive preparation
If you are using a new
hard drive, you will need to initialize the hard drive with Windows
2000/XP.(For Windows 98/ME
user, you will need other Disk Management software, like, Partition
Magic to initialize and format the harddisk) To initialize the
hard drive, connect the hard drive enclosure to your PC’s USB port and install the
driver if its
required, then go to Start
and right
click My Computer >
Manage
> Disk Management.
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For the driver installation, please refer to the user manual of the
hard drive enclosure*
After that you will
able to view all drives installed in your PC, select the newly
installed hard drive, right click and choose “initialize”, follow the on
screen instruction and the hard drive will be initialized by your PC
and assign a driver letter to it.
You can format the drive by
using NTFS format in order to use up the maximum space of the hard
drive. Create a Primary Partition of the max space available.
If the hard drive has
formatted and assigned a drive letter successfully, you will see a new
drive in “My Computer”
Formatting for USBeXtreme
Download the DOS software of
USBeXtreme from the link above,
unzip the file and run the USBeXtreme_setup.exe file, then the tools
will be extracted into the drive C. Please DO NOT change the default
installation path except you are familiar with MS-DOS command.
After extracted the
USBeXtreme Client software, go to “Start” then ”Run”,
Enter
“Command” or "CMD" to open a command prompt.
Change the directory to the root directory C drive by entering command cd\ and
press enter, you will see C:\> appear on the
command line. You can refer to the following picture.
Then you can enter the
following command.
ul_format X format
“X” is the drive letter of your USB hard drive.
The format action will take a
few minutes, it is depends on the capacity of the partition you
created, please DO NOT remove the hard drive or power off the USB
harddisk enclosure during this period.
Game Converting
To convert games from
CD/DVD drive to the USB hard drive, please connect the USB drive to
your PC, then go to command prompt “Start” > ”Run” > enter Command or CMD, change the directory to
the root directory C drive by entering command cd\ and press enter, you
will see C:\>
appear on the command line. You can refer to the
following picture.
This is the DOS command
required to install. [color
coded for easy understanding]
ul_install SourceDrive TargetDrive GameName Disc
e.g. if your DVD/CD-Rom drive is drive D,
and the USB harddisk is E,
and you are converting a PS2 DVD
game “Metal Gear Solid”, the command will be the following
ul_install D E MetalGearSolid DVD
you can refer to the
following picture
Game converting will take a
few minutes depending on the game disc size.
Game Playing
Connect and power on the USB
harddisk to your PS2 and boot your PS2 with USBeXtreme, when you see
the game selection menu, select the game and press X on the joypad, the
game will then run immediately.
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