I've been using HDAdvance - which, according to Wikipedia, is a pre-pressed (and therefore more limited) clone of HDLoader - for years now in my FAT PS2 with an IDE HDD. It was done for me when I was a kid, but as someone with a love for modding, tweaking and customisability, I've been looking around at the other options, and they seem a lot better; they allow the execution of files other than PS2 ISOs, and the use of themes, as well as out-of-the-box UIs that aren't butt-ugly. I'm thinking of making the switch for these reasons, but Googling has left me overwhelmed at all the options out there and what they involve, so here I am.

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Could someone provide a high-level overview of what options are available for me to continue using the HDD I am now on my current FAT PS2? How easy/hard will making the switch to another softmod be, and will it be worth it, or a complete waste of time?

I'm currently using Winhiip and a USB-to-IDE adapter to transfer downloaded PS2 ISOs from my PC to the HDD. Will using another softmod solution require a different, harder process? Will I be able to plug-and-play the same HDD after I've made the switch, or will all the games on it (all are ISOs) have to be converted into another format like the HDLoader one?

Fisher Control Valve Sizing Software Firstvue Firefox there. I really appreciate any answers to these questions. Could someone provide a high-level overview of what options are available for me to continue using the HDD I am now on my current FAT PS2?

How easy/hard will making the switch to another softmod be, and will it be worth it, or a complete waste of time? I'm currently using Winhiip and a USB-to-IDE adapter to transfer downloaded PS2 ISOs from my PC to the HDD. Will using another softmod solution require a different, harder process?

Will I be able to plug-and-play the same HDD after I've made the switch, or will all the games on it (all are ISOs) have to be converted into another format like the HDLoader one? I really appreciate any answers to these questions.

Click to expand.1. Well, you could install FMCB/FHDB. This would allow you to use OPL instead of HDAdvance - you could expect more compatibility with PS2 games. And also use other apps - like you already said. Since you have a IDE HDD, I would recommend FHDB instead of FMCB - it has less limitations. Installing FHDB is quite easy - and you have everything you need.

The instructions you should follow are here: With this, you will install uLaunchELF in your PS2 HDD: when you start the PS2, uLE will boot. Then, from here, you will need to install FHDB (it will replace uLE). I recommend installing the newbie pack: (FMCB/FHDB installer + OPL + SMS + ESR + stuff I forgot). You can still use Winhiip - or you can also use network to transfer your iso to the HDD. I didn't even know about PS2 modding until the other day when someone was talking about it on Reddit: 'IIRC, my PS2 fat has a 500GB HDD and is modded with freemcboot. Hdloader has a ton of games on it.

Dead laser but I don't use it so I don't care haha.' 'It's really easy. I bought a freemcboot memory card on eBay for like 10 bucks and inserted it in my fat PS2 completely stock.

I bought the HDD adapter and installed a 500GB IDE HDD full of games and a few emulator elf files and lots of ROMs. I had an old fat model PS2 with a shitty laser on the drive but the drive doesn't matter because the hack is loaded at boot from the memory card and games are on the HDD so the drive status was irrelevant. You can still find freemcboot memory cards and HDD adapters for PS2 on eBay for cheap. Hdloader was the shit man. Shadow of the Colossus, God of War series, burnout games, GTA vice city. Good times' ' Freemcboot will boot backups on DVD but I wanted the convenience of a hard drive. Kids scratch/lose/break/put boogers on discs so I have always opted the hard drive route.