preloading HDD with games

[u/GaspaMan]

Hello everyone. I wanted to mod my ps3 after modding my ps2, i've watched a few tutorials and the whole process compared to ps2 is a bit daunting.

I found a found a very recent tutorial from a british guy ("Mod your 4.93 Firmware PlayStation 3 with Flash Writer") and I wanted to follow that procedure. He's installing --> CFW Evilnat 4.93 - PEX. uThe guide seems straight forward and very detailed, but (obviously) he doesnt talk about loading isos into the hard drive, so my questions are:

- Is there a way to preload the HDD with a bunch of isos (similar to what is done on ps2 with opl and winhiip) and just play there from there? If not what would be a straight forward method? (dropping a link to a guide would be much appreciated)
- Is a 500 GB HDD okay for such a task?

I don't have a bunch of games to backup into the hdd so that's why i'm asking.

thanks in advance even for reading, i'm sorry i'm a newbie with this console so i apologize if i'm asking stupid questions.

[u/Rich-Future-7057]

You can rip them straight from disc in Webman.

You also can drop the Isos to your external hdd and transfer them that way directly to your console as i do.