How do I format my Sony PSP Memory Stick?

I got a Sony PSP two days ago and when I got it, it said I had 30 MB. Now it says that I only have 900 KB (and this is after I deleted everything, my games and songs, so it should have a clear memory)?

I then tried putting MP3s on it but it won't accept any of the songs I drag into my music folder. It always says that I don't have enough memory (this is also when I deleted everything so my PSP has a clear memory)

Help!

Dave's Answer:

I get a lot of questions from people who don't fully understand how to work with the PSP Memory Stick devices, and I believe that this is exacerbated by the fact that Windows really likes to hide files from regular users when browsing devices.

As a result, what you're seeing is that you have files that aren't being shown in a regular Windows (or Mac, for that matter) file view, but are clearly still on the Memory Stick.

Or, a simpler possibility: you're dragging things into the trash, but you aren't actually emptying the trash and deleting them from the device!

In any case, I recommend that every so often, and particularly when you first buy a memory stick, reformat it on the Sony PSP so that anything added by the memory stick manufacturer is removed, along with any hidden files you might have accidentally added.

You can format any size Memory Stick Duo in the Sony PSP by doing this:

Push the little HOME button on the bottom left of the face of the unit.
Use the arrow keys to move to the SETTINGS area, then move the up and down keys until you get to System Settings.
Once you are there, click on the "X" button and scroll up and down as needed to find Format Memory Stick. Click on "X" again to select that option.
The Sony PSP will now confirm that you want to reformat the memory stick (which removes every file and game save thereon, of course): choose yes and it'll format in just a few seconds.

Now you have a pristine new Memory Stick to work with and should have no problems with music, photos or other material you might seek to copy onto your PSP.

Reader Comments To Date: 322

Alan said, on September 6, 2005 11:48 PM:

Dave,

Do you know if I am better off buying my Sony PSP in the UK (where I live) or the US where I am off to in 5 weeks time, also can I charge any USA bought PSP in the UK & vice versa, I assume yes through the travel chargers?

Many thanks,

Alan.

Dave Taylor said, on September 7, 2005 6:07 AM:

Alan, I'd buy a UK PSP if I were you. Overseas versions are cool until they break and then you're in a very tough position.

Ryan said, on October 13, 2005 5:56 PM:

In my Sony PSP I have a 256mb pro duo memory stick and I just formatted and it is saying that I only have 237mb of free space, where are my other 19mb?

Russell Wildermuth said, on December 11, 2005 5:25 AM:

Hello! I read your passage about the memory stick pro but still am having a problem. I have come to a point where my memory stick doesn't allow me to format through the PSP, it says that the disk can't be accessed... it is plugged in.

Please help!

HydrosaK said, on December 11, 2005 11:05 PM:

I upgrade my firmware to 2.6 but now i want to go back to 1.5 . I was wondering if i format my stick can i get 1.5 firmware back on my psp?

Dave Taylor said, on December 12, 2005 6:25 AM:

Russell, sounds like you might have a Memory Stick that's not compatible with the Sony PSP. Did the unit say explicitly that it was PSP-friendly?

Hydrosak, no, reformating the memory card won't help you go to an earlier version of your firmware. Please read:

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/can_i_roll_back_my_sony_psp_firmware_upgrade.html

Jake said, on January 2, 2006 2:13 PM:

Hi, I just bought a memory stick with 512 megabytes and when I put it into my psp it says it has only 468 megabytes of free space. I'm wondering were the other 44 megabytes went because i havent saved anything onto it yet.

PS : I've already tried reformating the memory card and it still says 468 PLEASE HELP !

Dave Taylor said, on January 2, 2006 9:43 PM:

That's a classic problem, Jake, and one that makes me wish these companies would actually make 530MB cards so you'd end up with the 512MB available that you expect. The fact is that the actual layout of information on the Memory Stick (card, disk, etc) eats up a few percentage points of the available space and there's nothing you can do about it. When you bought a 512MB stick, it was really just a 'raw' measure: once you have it formatted, add a few necessary folders, etc, it's suddenly smaller. Very frustrating!

George Waterman said, on January 16, 2006 12:28 PM:

Put a SanDisk 1 GB Memory Stick Pro Duo in my granddaughters PSP. Loaded music to it via Media Player. PSP says "No Tracks" and we can't play them. Using Windows explorer, they show up on the PSP and if clicked, Media Player comesup and they play. Any thoughts?

Craig said, on January 16, 2006 12:32 PM:

Media Player can't sync properly with the PSP, whatever it's telling you. You need to use a different solution. Check out:

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_psp_music.html

gerry said, on January 27, 2006 11:19 AM:

Is it possible to run a windows operating system off a 2 gig memory stick. My hard drive tends to fail because of heat and dust. I'm only using a little over 1 gig on the hard drive.

Suzanne Dearing said, on February 10, 2006 2:22 PM:

I have tried formatting my memory stick pro duo gaming edition in my PSP following your advice and each time it tells me that 'there is no memory stick inserted'.

Please help.

Dave Taylor said, on February 10, 2006 2:33 PM:

Gerry, no. The PSP is not a PC. :-)

Suzanne, it sounds like your memory stick is not PSP compatible. Can you take it back to the store and replace it with one that explicitly says "PSP compatible" on the packaging??

Suzanne Dearing said, on February 10, 2006 2:42 PM:

It states on the packaging that it is 'compatible with sony PSP' and even has a picture of a PSP on the packaging. It also states 'magicgate' at the bottom of the packaging. What is this?

Dave Taylor said, on February 10, 2006 3:09 PM:

Hmmm... sounds legit to me. Maybe it's just a bad individual unit?? Are you sure you're putting it into the PSP properly and getting it 'seated properly on the connector?

Suzanne Dearing said, on February 10, 2006 3:17 PM:

What is the procedure for getting it seated properly on the connector?

Dave Taylor said, on February 10, 2006 10:11 PM:

Take it out, then carefully line up the edges and push it back in. Push firmly on it. That should, theoretically, do it.

Bruce said, on February 16, 2006 12:25 PM:

I some how accidentally formatted my memory stick, which is stupid, I know. However, is there any way I can get the data back?

Dave Taylor said, on February 16, 2006 4:57 PM:

There are some commercial apps out there that can help recover data from a memory stick or other flash device - just Google "memory stick recovery software" - but I can't say whether they'll work or whether they'll be worth the money. Good luck, and if you do try one, do pop back and let us know how it went!

Eric said, on February 28, 2006 10:20 PM:

I have a similar issue with a 1 gig card. When I format it using the format tool on the psp, it will only recognize 236 MB of space. The real kicker is when you look at it with a USB card reader XP recognizes at as a 1 gig card. Any ideas?

Eric

Naresh said, on March 23, 2006 6:00 PM:

2GB Sony PSP had the same problem as Suzane,
I removed it and shook the contacts -- the gold ones -- a bit and put it back again and bingo it started working! Thought i should share with you guys.
Thanks

Marsha said, on April 7, 2006 8:52 AM:

I must say thanks so much you have helped me greatly in understanding my PSP!!!

joseph said, on April 17, 2006 8:44 PM:

Hi i used a hack that wrote on to the psp flash
memory and i screwed up along the way and now when i turn on my psp it wants me to set the date and when i do and press enter it goes to my psp screen but freezes and truns off. I was wandering is there any way of formating my psp like by opening or something? Please Please if you know anything or anybody that might know please please tell me thanks.

james lavalley said, on May 7, 2006 8:57 PM:

dear dave i have a slight problem with my memory card wen i bought i didnt no anything bout em so i put it in and nothing would save so i called the game store and they said i need to format it so i did and i worked for about 1 save and then i went to go save again and it said error so i took it out and no wen i turn my psp on these 2 red lights keep flashing and it says no memory card inserted and i even tried to reformt it agian but its like its not connected HELP!!! ME PLEASE SOP I CAN SAVE !!!

Dave Taylor said, on May 7, 2006 11:47 PM:

Joseph, sorry to hear about your troubles, but I have to say, that's exactly why I don't recommend or encourage people to use unknown hacks. :-(

James, I surmise that your memory stick device isn't PSP compatible, which is why you're having all these problems. I'd take it back to the store and/or replace it with one that explicitly says "PSP Compatible".

greg said, on May 31, 2006 6:34 PM:

Hey dave,

I try to format my memory card (2 gb sony memory stick pro duo) but it dosnt reconize it. How could i fix this. it clearly has a piture on the box of a psp.

TPTaylor said, on June 10, 2006 2:22 AM:

I have purchased a Sandisk MS Pro Duo card, which I know is PSP compatible.
512MB

I am getting the error where it says no disk is inserted whenever I try to format. I have tried to format both in windows, and on the PSP. I'm assuming it's a bad unit.

For those people who think your memory card is less than you bought, you are wrong.
Windows measures size differently to sony, which is why it is less than it advertised.

Chris said, on June 26, 2006 9:04 AM:

hey dave i know u said that james probally had a memory stick that wasnt psp compatible, but i have the same problem with my memory stick and it is DEFINATLY psp compatible, i put it in and it says no memory stick detected, im guessing i messed up the stick itself, but if anyone knows why it would do this, let me know

Megaman33M@aol.com said, on July 10, 2006 4:37 PM:

my computer is windows 98 and it wont realize my PSP what do i do HELP ME PLEZ

bob said, on July 20, 2006 4:09 PM:

ok i hear a lot of omg!!! its only 238 i bout a 250 ok heres the anwser just bcuz u bout that thats not really the exact amoutnt ur guna get so theres the anwser

amit said, on July 28, 2006 1:16 AM:

i have sony 128mb magicbyte memory stick duo but now i have a problam my card is changed in raw format so it access so any way to recover it in fat format or not, plz answer me i'm in big trouble

martin said, on August 2, 2006 11:58 AM:

how to move any data or video corectly into my psp memory?

Adam said, on August 12, 2006 10:51 AM:

I have 2 psp's both using v2.80, a 32mb memory stick and a 1gb stick they both work in my old psp but my 1gb stick wont work on my new one, I have tried formatting using windows and the old psp. The unit either doesn’t recognize that I have a memory stick in it or it just says I have 0kb free, when I go into USB mode and look at the card on my computer it comes up with the “removable drive��? but asks me to insert a disk into it, any ideas would be aprechiated.. thanks

Lindsey said, on August 15, 2006 3:14 PM:

Hiya Dave, i also have been having trouble storing mp3 files on my psp. I think i may have to format the memory stick, but ive got games saved on it, and it took me all my time to get to where i am at the moment on the games, is there any chance i could save the data on my pc and transfer it back when i have formated the memory stick?

geoff said, on September 16, 2006 9:10 AM:

i have just bought a 2gb memory stich pro duo for use in a psp when formating the stick it comes up as no memory card inserted

James said, on October 20, 2006 4:59 PM:

Hey dave,

I try to format my memory card (1 gb sony memory stick pro duo) but it dosnt reconize it. How could i fix this. it clearly has a piture on the box of a psp

bob said, on November 4, 2006 4:12 PM:

Can I use a Sandisk memory stick on my psp? I will just have to format it right?

Erica said, on December 5, 2006 8:07 PM:

I am trying to decide which Memory Card to get for a PSP and need help. Is there a difference between the Sony 2GB and the SanDisk 2GB ? Also, is there any benefit to the High Speed Sony 2GB vs the Sony 2GB ? Would you get the Sony 2GB or a 4GB SanDisk ? Any help you can give me would be helpful. Thanks.

will said, on December 14, 2006 8:27 PM:

i down load music to my psp only half the song plays the full time is in the corner when it gets half way thru the song it goes to the next song and does the same thing please tell me what to do

Joe said, on December 30, 2006 9:29 AM:

Hi, i have a 2gb sony high speed ms pro duo works perfect with psp but put it into the computer and it wont read ? whats wrong?

G Posillico said, on January 4, 2007 6:51 PM:

Dave, My son would like to download music(from limewire) to his psp. He does not want to reformat as per your directions because he wants the games he saved.Can you tell us how to reformat without losing this data or could you tell us how to store this data on our pc to retrievce later? thanks for the help. G.Posillico

Lisa Montemayor said, on January 8, 2007 9:40 AM:

Hi Dave,

My son's PSP will not recognize the games he inserts. The UMD icon does not show up when he inserts a game into the PSP. It did this once before , but after a several days it worked again. What caused this to happen and how do we get it working again?

Thank you

fomey said, on January 13, 2007 4:44 AM:

THAT is not true idiots

ant said, on January 14, 2007 1:02 AM:

ummmmmmmmmmm ok i really dont kno how to explain this but i was browseing the internet with my friend psp memory stick then i found a web site i wanted to save as my book mark so i took out his memory card and stuck my memory card into my psp and it shut off completely but after a few hours it cut back on but it didn read my psp memory card it says there no memory stick duo inserted can anyone plz help me :(

Chump said, on January 23, 2007 12:42 AM:

Sir, I have a problem similar to most posted on this page. I have a 2G memory stick duo (one from Sony). It has been with me for more than a month now and it used to work perfectly fine until a few hours ago. Now, the PSP won't even recognize the memory stick. I really need the documents I put in there. Please help me.

Chump said, on January 23, 2007 1:14 AM:

Additional information about my problem with the 2G memory stick:
The PSP read it again after a few trials, but only for a few minutes.
I tried the memory stick, a 32mb one, that came with the unit and it was read just fine.

Thank you, in advance.

Janice Schuman said, on February 10, 2007 7:40 PM:

I have a sony ICD-MX20 digital voice recorder with a 256mgb memory stick. The original capacity for the 3 settings was 4-11-22 hours. I've noticed that less than a month since I last used it that the maximum recording times have changed to 1-2-4 hours. Is there anything I can do to restore the original capacity, and why did it change? Thank you

Jack Amos said, on February 20, 2007 10:34 AM:

Hi Dave,
Do you know if the new sony 2gb high speed memory stick duo is compatible with the psp?

scott said, on February 21, 2007 2:10 PM:

i downloaded a game torrent off of bittorrent...is that an actual gam that i somehow put on my psp or is it just a pointless file?

tamsut said, on March 1, 2007 10:19 AM:

hi dave.
i have a 4 gb high speed card and i used it about 2 week untill i tried to format it on the comuter. now it's 256 mb... the psp also says : 246 mb.. i tried to format on the psp- the same! what can i do??? is it ruined?

logan said, on March 6, 2007 6:46 PM:

how do i get memory from one memory card to another i have pictures on my 2gb that i just bought but not my games saved data how do i do it?!

Locke said, on March 9, 2007 5:07 AM:

Dear friend,

Please help me.

I formatted a Sony Memory Stick Duo 2 GB, but something happened wrongly. After being formatted the Stick then was not accessible at all. It seemed to die.
Please help me !!!

Thank a lot.

Regards, LOCKE

Tomas said, on March 12, 2007 6:38 PM:

Here's a non-technical (mechanical) question.
My son managed to insert his PSP memory stick into
the E drive (it's in there)of my laptop. My laptop recognizes it and it can be opened.....but can't seem to eject it or otherwise remove it from the drive itself....he's bummed, I'm otherwise.

After the laughing stops...any suggestions (other than carry it in for service)?

Thanks

johnny said, on March 14, 2007 5:08 PM:

dear dave

i have a san disk 1 gb memory card but when i put it in the psp it would either say there isnt any in there i checked if i put it in right and i did it still said i didnt have a memory card in there please dave help me

michael said, on March 17, 2007 8:54 PM:

I just got a sony 1 gig memory stick and when i try to put files onto my memory stick it will stop the transfer right in the middle of it and give me an error message and will close the psp and i have to unplug the usb cord and try again but it will continue to do this everytime.
can you please help?

Merj said, on March 30, 2007 10:57 AM:

I have a problem with my mem card as well. i have had this card for about a whole year now and it never gave me any troubles until today. I wanted to format the memory stick because there was an unaccounted space of like 300 MB on my 1 GB stick. I checked all the hidden files and every folder to see where it has gone, and the psp even told me that i had 1 gig. I could not find what the 300 MB was. So when I formatted it, it gave me an error message and the format was incomplete. When I checked my music/vid's, they were all gone, but it wasn't back to the orignial state. when I linked the stick to my computer, it only shows 2 hidden files, and that's it. There is no folders for music or video, or any sort, plz help me out.

blade said, on March 31, 2007 1:31 PM:

i as most people have a problem with my memory stick. when i put it in the memory stick LED keeps on flashing on and on and when i try to format it, it says there isno memory stick inserted.

help anyone??

wayne said, on April 3, 2007 1:13 PM:

Hi Dave Formatted 2gb card for psp on computer then tried to down load data onto the psp which was asking to be formated, know an error code has come up formatted failed (8001001c)what have we done, what can we do to put it right? please advice.

tunde said, on April 8, 2007 12:59 PM:

formated my psp 1gb disc on my psp according to your instructions,yet it wont save my music and on my pc ,it is saying all my 1gb space has been used despite formting.

hamza akram said, on April 16, 2007 11:28 AM:

hi dave
i bought a sony memorystick 2GB one and formated using a memory card reader now when i use it in my mobile or psp its cannot be formated .. even its not being detected by it ........ please help please help me ny one who know what to please write me

hamza.theavenger@gmail.com

tirea said, on April 22, 2007 10:21 AM:

look i been tryna download music to my PSP for the last year i bought the USB cable and memory stick when i download music it says that the music is on my PSP but when i go to music files i dont see it what i doing wrong

Icey said, on April 26, 2007 4:48 AM:

I think it's probably safe to say that "Dave" isn't actually here as he hasn't posted a reply since May 7th 2006. I too am having the same problem with my sony pro duo 2gig stick (putting it in the PsP but it not recognising that there is a stick in the PsP, with the orange light continuosly flashing). Oh and if Dave does see this post, yes it is compatible with my PsP (I thought I would add that as that seemed to be your lame answer to the few you answered). Aside from that seeing as there are so many people here that are all having exactly the same problem, there has to be a site out there that can actually solve our problems.

Dave Taylor said, on April 26, 2007 8:49 AM:

Icey, didn't your Mom teach you that being pleasant gets better results than being hostile and sarcastic?

Understand that there ARE compatibility issues with memory cards from third party providers, even if they say that they are PSP compatible. Further, there are cards that are just outright mislabeled: go ahead and Google "counterfeit memory cards" and you'll see what I mean.

It's also the case that the quality control on memory cards / sticks seems to be lower than on SIMM and DIMM-style memory that you put into a computer: I have heard many, many stories of memory stick duo devices simply failing after a few days, weeks or months, never to be salvaged.

My general suggestion: pop out the memory card and put it in again. Plug your PSP into the wall. Try to let the PSP format the card. If it fails, take the card back to where you bought it and ask for a replacement and/or call up the manufacturer and ask for a replacement.

There's no magic "up-up-down-left" sequence that lets you override a flakey memory card, sorry.

Icey said, on April 26, 2007 3:54 PM:

Saying that my method didn't get better results pretty easy to argue when I was the 1st person you replyed to in a year but thats beside the point. Indeed I agree that there can be compatibility issues with THIRD party products, even though the main complaint has been about the sony pro duo, and again I agree that fake memory sticks can also be a problem. Saying that your general suggestion is to "take it back if your method fails" was never mentioned once in this whole page (not very general to me). If anyone else is reading this post, I suggest scanning the official forums on the playstation website as they are continously active. There range of information vast to help you sort your problem.

cris said, on April 27, 2007 8:44 AM:

i formated my memory card but my psp dosn't see the games in iso and cso what can i do?

cris said, on April 27, 2007 8:47 AM:

and the movies it dosn't see
help me please
what can i do?

ssian84 said, on May 7, 2007 3:23 AM:

cris, for the movies, you need to first convert it into psp compatible format before you are able to watch the movie through your psp... .mp4
Hope this helps you...

Sandy said, on May 8, 2007 4:58 PM:

Hey Dave..
I just bought a psp n tried over a dozen memory stickz..none o them seemed to work n it kept on saying that no memory stick is inserted..n yea..one o the cards worked for bout a few minz but when i took it out n re-inserted it,it wouldnt recognize it nemore...plz help..is my psp messed yp??..thnx..Ah

cesar d. said, on May 12, 2007 4:41 PM:

hello, I have a sony memory stick duo magicgate that doesn't want to format. without thinking i hit the home key on my psp when it was loading the memory stick. it must've done something because it erased everything. not only that but it says available memory 0kb, and it won't format. it states that it was unable to format. what's the deal?..

sandy said, on May 20, 2007 11:19 AM:

hello dave i just recently bought a psp...and i have no idea how to use the memory card i try saving music and images off my computer and then i try to put it in the psp...and it dosent work...HELP!!!!

abu said, on May 22, 2007 2:06 PM:

when i try formatting my 4gb memory card on my psp it says format error and then some letters appear after that. when i try formatting my memory card on my pc then it formats but 3.5gb is still used up an there is nothin in my memory card except a file which is named with funny symbols and letters and wont let me delete it. please get back to me im really stressing out.
thank you

Dave Taylor said, on May 22, 2007 9:08 PM:

Abu, I have heard a number of reports about having problems formatting 4GB memory sticks and my suspicion is that it's related to older firmware on the PSP. Those of you who are having problems with the 4GB card, are you running the very latest PSP firmware from Sony, or are you a few revs behind for homebrew capabilities?

Isabel said, on May 26, 2007 9:03 AM:

I have my daughers graduation Pictures in a SD memory card (Fuji Camera) and when I took it out of the Camera and put in a card reader is asking me to format the card. If I format the card, I will lose all my precious Pictures. How do I get my pictures back? Can I get my pictures without formatting the memory card? Please help me. Isa proud mother of Honor Graduate Mush.

marcus t said, on June 8, 2007 3:17 PM:

Hi dave i noticed you said you might need a new firmware to format a 4gb memory card. My psp is version 3.03 and i was wondering is that new enough or do i still need to upgrade?

ricky said, on June 13, 2007 12:47 PM:

hey, anyone know how to upgrade from a 1.4 to a 1.5??

vince said, on June 28, 2007 3:49 PM:

hi my son put my 1gb mc in a digital camra and it wont work on my psp it keeps telling me that thare is no card what am i to do

mohammed said, on July 1, 2007 7:13 AM:

my psp says that my memory card can not be read and that i shoukd format it but every time i tey to do it, it says format filed and number come up too and when i take it out is dosent work at all plz help me

JLinto said, on July 3, 2007 1:00 PM:

Hi Dave, wondering if you could help me out here....I have searched and searched the web for a helpful answer and have came up empty...though it seems hundreds of people seem to be having the same prob.

THE PROB:: I plug my PSP into my computer wanting to put music MP3's on my SanDisk 2GB memory card. In "my computer" it recognizes a removable disk e: but when I click on it it says it is not formatted and asks if I would like to format it. I click yes and it acts like its starting for format and goes through the motions and when its done it says it was unable to format. I found some of your other instructions on formatting it using the PSP in the setting tab, it says it formatted but my computer says differently when I retry to put on music. This is very frustrating I had all my games and everything on it that are now gone and its still not formatted.

Another thing I just got a new phone a motokrzr k1m and its memory card does the same thing, so I cant get music on it either. So im pretty sure the memory cards are good...and am even surer that the problem lies with a setting on my computer and was wondering if you could think of anything. Thanks much

Sweet said, on July 8, 2007 11:08 PM:

This is a classic err, but have formatted my memory stick thru windows and not thru the psp bec the stick has a virus that can't be cleaned. Now I have deleted everything! What to do now?

jordan waner said, on September 2, 2007 11:43 PM:

hi dave my mum just got back from overseas and brought me a memory card for my psp and it has games saved on to it and i t wont work in my psp but works in my brothers one that they brought

alfred dupree said, on September 6, 2007 2:04 PM:

Same problem, psp telling me there's no memory stick... still no solution, by the way, why you keep asking Dave Taylor? its pretty clear he cant help anyone around here...

Dave Taylor said, on September 6, 2007 2:34 PM:

Easy there, champ. The reason I am not helping each individual person is because I've already answered and the answer is always the same: if you're putting in a good Memory Stick Duo into your PSP and it's not seeing it, something's wrong with your PSP and you need to get it serviced. I have a couple of articles on how to go about that here too:

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_psp_repair.html

Good luck!

help pls said, on September 8, 2007 11:32 AM:

hi dave,
ure doing a gd job here on this site but can u plz help me ive got a 4gb memory stick pro duo for my psp its compatible with my psp its been working but suddenly stopped and now its either not recognised and the orange light keeps on flashing or it is but says 0kb free space i try to format it but it says 'format failed(80220089)' can u plz help me im running software 3.10 OE-A plz reply coz i noticd u only reply nowadays when u r offended and i dont think that is true but if u dont reply then i will know that u dont reply thnks anyway plz reply

Ariana said, on September 12, 2007 3:07 AM:

thanks for the info, this was bugging me a lot :)

Juatine said, on September 30, 2007 11:21 AM:

Hey i just moved from a 1GB memory to a 4GB memory stick but after I put ever thing on my 4GB it wont save any of my games any more it says the data is Corrupted so I have to start my game over...and just today when I went to play some games that I saved on my memory stick it said that there were no games there ....so just wondering how I might fix this problem

soldierp said, on October 2, 2007 10:21 AM:

i want to know how i can update my psp?

Oliver said, on October 3, 2007 1:12 AM:

Hi Dave i have a 2gb sandisk memory card for my psp and have just recentley upgraded my firmware to 3.52 m33-4 custom firmware so i can play downloaded games, i have downloaded a lot of games lately and when i put them into the 'ISO' file of my psp they are supposed to show up. but only some show up and then again only some work when i delete all my games off and put only 1 on it works but then i have to format my memory stick to make the next game to work.
its like when i use over 1gb of memory the games just stop showing up, what do you think? should i get a sony memory stick?

Thanks,

Shehab said, on October 25, 2007 6:56 AM:

Kl Dave,
Its me again wiv da messed up memorystick problem
I just found out da problem was dat da memorystick
reader in da psp is somehow messed. Nd i just wantid 2 say what do you fink da nxt step is i dnt wanna go spend big bux cos i may be buyin a PS3 soon so you know.

TRY ND GET BAK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PLZ!!!

Pavan said, on October 25, 2007 7:31 AM:

hi,

i have a 32mb memory stick and another 2gb one. the 32mb works just fine, but the other doesn't.

when i insert the 2gb memory stick the little memory stick light on my psp starts flashing and doesnt stop. when i try to format it, my psp says "there is no memory stick inserted". it also says on the memory stick packaging that it is for use with psp and that it is high speed.

ive noticed the little connectors on the back of my 2gb stick are shorter than my other 32mb stick... does this have anything to do with it?

pavan

shahrukh said, on October 26, 2007 4:40 AM:

i try formatting my 4gb memor stick and it keeps saying on the psp and on my computer this memory stick can NOT be formatted.
please help i am oing to get into a lot of troube.

HELP!!

BuyMePSPpls said, on October 31, 2007 10:11 AM:

its damages?? give a try! by using format from computer, right click properties-->> tools -->> error checking, automatic fix , bad sector all tick, if using win ME scan thorough then scan.. p/s : i dun have any psp MS or PRO .. maybe this will fix the MS as normal MS not PSP ms anymore but.. give a try format with Sony Erricson phone that can support 4 gig MS >=P

me said, on November 2, 2007 6:37 AM:

go to folder options and show hidden files, then delete them, its really that easy!

jesse said, on November 13, 2007 1:22 PM:

i got a psp and when i plug it in to my computer and try to look in the memory it says that it needs to be formated so i did then at the end of formating it says the formating could not be finished is there any thing i can do? I formated it using the psp and it still says it needs to be formated

Hody said, on November 18, 2007 7:51 PM:

hi, dave...
I just want to ask, why I could not format my memory stick duo, it said "format failed.(8001B006)" and also I tried format with card reader and other, it failed also.
it happened when i try to upload movie to it, and updated file via wireless.

alip said, on November 27, 2007 9:05 AM:

i accidently delete the vhs, module and font folder during revovery mode n currently my psp cannot get started.. eventhough i try to turn on my psp, the screen still blanked and suddently shut off after 3 to 4 seconds.. pls helpp...

ahmad hmdi said, on December 1, 2007 5:15 AM:

how do i get memory from one memory card to another i have pictures on my 512mb that i just bought and my games saved data how do i do it?!

ssa said, on December 19, 2007 10:43 AM:

i have a 1gb sandisk memory stick and want google video on it. how do i do that

wally said, on December 19, 2007 11:48 AM:

HOW AND WHERE DO I INSTALL GAMES ON TO MY MEMORY CARD, iso/cso ?
PLZ REPLY asap

Naser said, on December 21, 2007 7:28 AM:

Hi;
My Son's PSP have ver. 3.52 software.
I followed the same procedures descriped in this website.
http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP/About/SystemUpdate

I'm trying to install update Ver. 3.80, I keep getting the message the game could not be started (DADADADA).
do you think this is some kind of virus or am I doing something wrong.

Paddy said, on December 28, 2007 9:17 PM:

i have a psp bought in china with a 2gb memory stick and games on file (ISO). now i messed things up by trying to reformat the memory stick because a lot of the games didnt work. i have tried putting games on but all of the folders on the memory stick have gone, so they just take up memory without being able to use them. How do i make my psp recognise the games now? PLEASE HELP!
Thanks

I do have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but first I'd like to say thank you, Dave, for all your helpful information by buying you a cup of coffee!

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