Can i plug my external hardrive to my ps3 for itunes....?

can i plug it into my ps3 with my itunes media folder and play my movies off that?? will it do anything to it? like erase it? thats why im asking just to make sure something won't happen to my drive

I know 0 about PS3, but if it offers similar support as Xbox360, you should be able to plug it in and play non-protected music and video.
Give the PS3 site a search for External Drive/Music Playback.
Another solution is to do that kind of thing across the network. If you are interrested in that, look at this.

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