Ps3 Windows

Installing windows on the Ps3 is not a easy task and due to having to follow many steps which all them can go completely wrong we recommend that you use the detailed easy to follow guide which is known as Ps3 Magic.  As you may already know you need to Install Linux on the Ps3 first in order to get Windows or Windows XP running in the Ps3. A lot of people ask me why would I want Windows on my Ps3?? I simply reply why would I?

Lets look quickly at the reasons to use Ps3 Magic and get windows on the Ps3:

Ps3 Windows – Unlimited Formats:

This is the main reason for me, Since the normal Ps3 operating system can only run a limited amount of formats. Generally I like being able to run any program and use any file type on my Ps3.. Installing windows on the Ps3 will allow you to do this. For example your Ps3 will be able to run quick time movies and WMA files which is real useful and turns the Ps3 into a full media centre. These two are two of over a hundred different formats that your Ps3 will be able to run when you have used Ps3 Magic.

Ps3 Windows – Surfing Speed:

Another great reason to install Windows or Linux on the Ps3 is the amount of time you will save when browsing the Internet, Although the Ps3 Internet browser is OK any Linux or Windows browser such as Firefox or Chrome will out power the normal Ps3 Browser by miles making your Ps3 much better to use when surfing the Internet.

Ps3 Windows – Microsoft Word:

With Windows on the Ps3 you will be able to create, edit and print out Word Documents which is great for when you need to get anything work related done so you can carry on gaming on your Ps3. The best thing about it is that Ps3 magic shows you how to get this running and you will not even have to connect up your printer.

Ps3 Windows -Unlimited Applications and Programs:

Having Linux and Windows installed on your Ps3 will massively increase the amount of applications and programs it can run. Basically anything you can run on a PC your PS3 will run ten times better. The possibilities are endless really…. I like to use emulators to play games from different and older consoles. It goes without saying that you can also play any PC games on your Ps3 which I find amazing.

Ps3 Windows – Operating System Choice:

Ps3 magic shows you how to set this up, Basically you can choose which OS you want to run on Start up. So you can have the choice of using the normal Ps3 operating system, Ps3 Windows and Ps3 Linux. This basically is the best of both worlds so you have the freedom to use whatever the hell you want on your Ps3.

Ps3 Windows – 100% Safe:

The Ps3 Magic guide is the only guide of its kind and will show you how to keep your warranty intact when you install Windows on your Ps3. The method in Ps3 Magic is 100% and so easy to follow! Even your gran could install Windows on your Ps3 for you!

Ps3 Windows – Supercomputer:

I am sure you already know that the Ps3 has a 8 core CPU which is amazing since the most advanced PCs are only really up to 4 cores now. Having Windows on the Ps3 really does make it a super computer which puts anyone you knows real PC to shame!

Using Ps3 Magic is the best way to get windows on your Ps3, If you didn’t already know then you need to install Linux first on your Ps3 in order to install windows. Ps3 magic does most of the work for you and believe me it does get complicated even for people that have a slight knowledge with technology

Please Read Below to Manually install Windows on your Ps3

Or carry on reading to see what Ps3 Magic can do for you.

Ps3 Magic

Although installing Linux and Windows on your Ps3 can be done by yourself we HIGHLY recommend you get a software based guide to help you do it correctly and safety. Also Ps3 Magic will help you uninstall Linux and Windows from your Ps3 if you ever wanted to.

Benefits of Using Ps3 Magic

• Turn your Ps3 into a PC although you may find some programs will not run on your Ps3 most will!
• Running your own OS on your Ps3 will allow you to customize your consoles system
• Run MAME – This allows you to play all your favourite games from the past including games on the SNES and Sega Megadrive
• Play loads of different types of media including DVD, ROMS and CDs allowing you to watch movies and listen to music on your Ps3 you will never find a file type you can not use on your Ps3!
• Use IE, Firefox, Opera etc
• Use over 2000 applications make your Ps3 a PC
• Use Emulators to Install Windows on your Ps3
• Networking on your Ps3 will become easier allowing you to save your stuff eslewhere and access it from your Ps3 saving you loads of room on your Ps3’s HD.
• Get Free Lifetime Updates
• 100% Tested and Safe This will never damage your Ps3 in fact it will install windows safely without voiding your warranty.

It has now become possible to get windows on your ps3 allowing you to run thousands of applications like media player, iTunes, live messenger, Internet explorer. If this is something that interests you then you have come to the right place since at Ps3 Windows we are going to show you how to get windows on your ps3.

If you are not very tech savy then we recommend you check out Ps3 Magic

Ps3 Magic will help you every step of the way to installing Linux then windows on your Ps3 using emulators, It is a software based guide which does most of the work for you taking out the risk of damaging your Ps3.

The Ps3 can run nearly every version of windows including windows vista although we recommend that you install windows XP on your Ps3 rather than vista due to a few minor problems with windows vista on the Ps3. The main problem with vista on a Ps3 is the booting time, some people have had to wait nearly 25mins for vista to boot up on their Ps3 which is not that useful!

Installing Windows XP to your PS3

Please follow the instructions carefully.

What You Need:

PS3
Usb Keyboard
Usb Mouse
Ethernet Cable
Windows Xp Install CD
Nlite
Computer with Internet (semi fast because you need to download a 700mb iso file)
CD or Dvd Burner
CD or Dvd
Patience

Is a different distro already installed? If so then skip step two of preparing your ps3 part 1.

Prepare your PS3 Part 1

1. Plug your PS3 into your tv, plug in the power cable, plug in your keyboard, mouse, and plug in your ethernet cable
2. Turn on your PS3 Scroll Left, Go to Settings> System Settings> Format Utility> Format HDD , Read Note on Next Line
(This deletes all savedata on your PS3 backup your data before hand with the backup utility if you don’t want to lose your saves.)
Now select Either Option it doesn’t bother I recommend only giving 10gb to Linux and keeping the rest for the PS3’s side.

Obtain your Linux Disk:

1. Download your favorite version of Ubuntu I recommend Xubuntu 7.04 Feisty
found here http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/ports/releases/feisty/release/xubuntu-7.04-desktop-powerpc+ps3.iso
2 Burn the iso to a disk either a cd or dvd, using a program such as imgburn, nero, clone cd, etc

Preparing your PS3 Part Two:

1. Put in your Newly burned Linux Cd/ Dvd in the PS3
2. Scroll Left go to Settings> System Settings> Install Other OS, it will search and install otheros.bld off the disk
3. Scroll Left go to Settings> System Settings> Default System, Select Other OS, select otheros, and press x to reboot

Important Note:

Your console now won’t boot to that XMB you’re aware of, it will load kboot instead, if you want to load the XMB again just hold down the power button when you turn it on and it will change the default system to the xmb.

Installing Xubuntu:

1. Press enter at kboot
2. Wait for it to load the live distribution of Xubuntu (About 5 min)
3. Click the install shortcut on the Desktop
4. Follow all the prompts, when the window exceeds your tv screen, hold alt and left click to slide the window around.
5. Remember your username and password, it’s real simple just follow all the prompts, it should take about 30-40 mins

Here’s the install prompts:

1. Select English, Forward
2. Select the city with the time zone you want, forward
3. Select your Language (English), and Keyboard (US English)
4. I recommend to Select Guided Use Entire Disk, forward
5. It’ll complain hit continue (don’t worry it’ll work)
6. Hit forward, you shouldn’t have any accounts to import
7. Enter your Name, Login Name, Password, and what Network Name you want your PS3 to be
DO NOT FORGET YOUR LOGIN OR PASSWORD, or you will have to reinstall Linux, click Forward
8. Click forward to accept all your settings you provided, it will now start self installing
9. Go find something to do for at least 30 min I think mine took 45 min to do this step.
10. When finished it will pop up a window, just click restart now

6. When it reboots take out the cd, press enter at kboot, wait, then login at the login screen with your username and password. (If it didn’t reboot right and it just displays a flashing underscore, just take the cd out, and flip the power switch in the back off then on, and it should load kboot.)

Freeing Up Some Ram:

1. Click Application> System> Services, type your password in
2. Uncheck everything but Cpu Frequency Manager, Graphical Login Manager, Hotkeys Management, and System Communications Bus
3. Consider Installing Fluxbox (Only if you feel ok with the risk of having to reinstall linux.)

Changing Screen Size: This step is not needed if you have just a regular non hdtv as there won’t be other screen options available.

1. Discover what type of TV you have, is it a lcd, a plasma, crt, old tube, and become aware of different screen sizes available. Mine is a 32″ Lcd Flat Screen, supporting at highest 720p

2. Open Terminal (Applications> System> Accessories> Terminal)
3. Type sudo apt-get install ps3pf-utils, this will install the ps3videomode command
4. Now type ps3videomode -v, this will provide all options for the command
5. Now you want to discover which video modes work, just start guessing. Personally I use ps3videomode -v 3, if you try an option and it garbles your text press the up arrow delete the number and type 1 and press enter. This should bring it back to the way it was if not press enter, and type ps3videomode -v 1.
6. Keep trying your options, if an option garbles your text it probably works but you just need to change it in the kboot.conf file before linux boots. If it displays just a black screen it’s probably a bad mode, try another.
7. Now to assign our video mode at startup do the following.
8. type sudo su, you should now be root be careful in this mode as you can screw some stuff up and have to reinstall
9. type nano /etc/kboot.conf, This opens the kboot in a text editor. Add ps3fb:mode:xx at the end of each quote, it should look like the following. Remember to change the xx to whatever video mode you decided upon.

Linux=’/boot/vmlinux blah blah blah quiet splash video=ps3fb:mode:xx’
Old=’/boot/vmlinux blah blah blah quiet splash video=ps3fb:mode:xx’

11. Now Press Control-X, y, save as kboot.conf by pressing enter
12. Now type sudo reboot

Installing Qemu

1. Open Terminal (System> Accessories)
2. type sudo apt-get install qemu, press y

Installing Windows XP

1. Create a folder on your desktop labeled Windows or whatever
2. Open the folder, right click in the blank space, and click open terminal here

Create HDD Image for Qemu:

1. In terminal type qemu-img create xp.img 2G, this creates a 2gb hdd for use in qemu

Create Windows Xp Install Disk with Nlite
1. Google around for a good guide for making a decent Nlite iso with minimal system requirements. My disk is down to about 95 mb in size, but it can go much further lower in size, this is just with some of the minor crap removed.

Moving your finished Nlite iso to your PS3:
1. When finished copy the ISO to your PS3 either by usb stick, ipod, burning the iso file to a disk (not the iso), or whatever means you got.
2. When done put it in the Windows folder you made on the desktop, this should be the same folder as xp.img
3. rename it to something simple such as xpinstallcd.iso

Running Qemu
1. Open the Windows Folder, right click, click open terminal here
2. type qemu -cdrom xpinstallcd.iso -hda xp.img -m 64M -boot d , Note the 64 is the amount of ram you would like to reserve for Qemu, remember you’re running Linux already and more isn’t always better
3. A new window should open running a virtual machine (emulation) of a X86 Processor which can Run XP
4. After XP is installed all you need to do to run XP is to type qemu -hda xp.img -m 64M

Transfering Files to XP

1. Make a iso of the files with a tool such as poweriso, magiciso, etc
2. Copy the file to your ps3 put it in your Windows folder on your desktop, and mount it as a cdrom. Here’s what the command may look like: qemu -cdrom files.iso -hda xp.img -m 64M
3. Copy the files off your CD drive in XP

Performance from XP on the Ps3 is much better than Vista but this trick does not only work with Vista you can do it with Windows 95 If you like. The older version of windows of you use the better performance you should get, Although using a old version of Windows will seriously limit the amount of new programs you can run on it.

We Highly Recommend Ps3 Magic for doing this since it makes the whole process very easy and a lot quicker than doing it by yourself.

Read more about Ps3 Magic HERE