Testing an official 40GB PlayStation 2 hard drive

LGR Blerbs January 26, 2025
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A follow-up to this LGR video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMW05XnMNlM I've always been curious about the original IDE hard disk experience on the PS2 console, so let's try it out! Going into this blind, as mine didn't come with documentation and I haven't looked up anything. Just gonna like... plug it in and see what happens. 00:00 the PS2 HDD 04:11 installing it 05:41 first boot test 07:39 network adapter startup disc 13:22 Midnight Club II 14:04 Final Fantasy XI Online 15:52 Free McBoot 18:39 PFS BatchKit Manager 20:57 Need For Speed Underground 2 23:43 OutRun 2006 Coast 2 Coast

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