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

jeroen said, on March 29, 2009 6:18 PM:

We bought a 8GM sony pro duo memory stick while we were travelling as out 4GB stick was full. When we are trying to upload our pictures onto the computer, we were asked to format it. we dont remember being asked this question when we had a 4Gb stick. We have lots of our baby pictures and video with families on the memory stick. how do we save the pictures now? if we format it, we will lost everything. we got pictures of our son with his great grandpa....

help us please.

bobbydigital said, on March 30, 2009 5:50 PM:

For everyone having trouble about reading the max on the Pro Duo with it connected with a USB reader, connect the PSP directly to your PC using the connector on the top and the cable that came with your PSP.

I had the same problem "I Buy a 16GD for my PSP when I connect to my computer the D Disk whant to format it 4GD what should I do."

But when I connected my PSP directly the full 16GB was read...well.. more like 15 and change.. but your PSP will work just like the USB connector and you can transfer files to and from without any software.

Hope this helps

bobbydigital said, on March 30, 2009 5:59 PM:

I think some of the problems, if not most.. are from the USB reader itself. try connecting with your devices directly.

rani said, on April 3, 2009 12:16 PM:

i have formated the memory stick whith the psp and now the psp is putting the sentens there is no memory stick every time i enter any folder like music or games so what should i do please help

sam said, on April 3, 2009 8:31 PM:

how do I get my picture from sony memory stick...when I put that in computer it says please format the card.

Ann said, on April 13, 2009 4:25 PM:

I would like to find out if you could help me. I ordered a 4GB memory card awhile ago and it wouldnt work in my sons psp. So I sent it back to get reformatted and it worked just fine. I recently purchase a new PSP and the card will not work. Do you have any steps to correct this problem. I do not have a memory card reader. I have a computer but I dont know anything about the requirements. Can you please help me out with this?

wesley said, on April 16, 2009 4:50 PM:

on my psp i prese :memory format at the setting i anwsered the 2 quisions yes ands then on my psp it displays no memory stick inserted and i do have a psp memory stick its 512 mb and i put it in the psp but it still said no memor stick inserted ive tried it hundrededs of times but it silll wont work ! >:(

please help!

aliyu said, on April 18, 2009 2:11 AM:

please,can i use both memory umd together

subash said, on April 18, 2009 8:32 PM:

thanks for the information!

Kim Reynolds said, on April 29, 2009 8:25 PM:

Dave, you rock! I'm a grandmother setting up a used PSP for my grandson who's 5, and you are really helping me out! Here's a (((hug))) from the Canadian prairie!

antoni said, on May 2, 2009 3:06 PM:

psp memory red light keeps blinking

KNEE said, on May 4, 2009 7:43 AM:

YO!

I've been using my Sony mem stick since I got my PSP. (note; my stick wasn't brand spanking new. I work at a games store and silly people leave their mem sticks when they traded in PSP's. So I have a one gig USED stick)
When I got it (About 10 months ago) i did all the necessary adjustments to the stick (format, blah blah), and set up proper file layouts and stuff. It worked well. I've moved music and pics and stuff onto this stick and it's all worked fine. I could never be bothered moving movies onto it until a few days ago. I downloaded and trialed a few Video converters specifically for PSP's and after testing out one and moving to the stick, it worked nicely. Since that video i've been searching for things to move onto it.
The thing is, I never had a suitable cable for my PSP to connect it directly to the computer, and since my mem stick wasn't bought, I don't have a card reader for it. Instead, I've been using my digital camera to read the card and move files, which has worked perfectly.

Also, I just managed to get around to updating the firmware to the latest (5.50).
So tonight, I had to move my stick around quite a bit to test which videos worked and which didn't, and when I tried to read the stick from the camera, the computer wouldn't pop up the autoplay. After restarting the comp it was still the same. I put the stick back into the PSP and it wouldn't read anything. Says there's no stick inserted. Needless to say, I'm kinda lost. It was literally working about 5 minutes ago, and now the stick can't be read on either the PSP or camera, and I'm thinking something must have corrupted. And right now i'm thinking it's the firmware that won't read my stuff, but me not being a guru, I wouldn't know if firmware would do that at all.
Just to make sure it wasn't my PSP dying on me (onoes, FFVII Limited PSP D: )i inserted the stick which belonged to the camera, and it worked fine. All the images opened. So I know it's the stick, but I don't know how it could have stuffed itself.

I really need a solution, If there is one. I have a Crisis Core save game which has me on level 57 :( I'm so bummed, if anyone has a solution, please email me at kneenar@gmail.com
And if your solution works I will send cookies to your house and shower you with (virtual) gifts... >____>

~~Kneenar Halp :(

PS: Sorry for the long-winded message, I tend to ramble , especially when I'm flustered :(

scott said, on May 6, 2009 11:32 PM:

thank you so much for your helpful advice you saved me a trip to best buy

martin said, on May 11, 2009 4:43 PM:

i got a new 4 gb memor stick for my psp but my psp wont read it. i already tried formating it but it wont work

ace said, on May 13, 2009 10:14 AM:

hi there

i was trying to delete some of the games saved on my 8gb sony memorystick produo so i cud store other games, but it says cannot delete files/ corrupted etc..

then a friend tried scanning the memory stick but it took so long and he suddenly pulled it out from the card reader without cancelling the scanning process...

after a while we inserted it again but the memorystick can't be recognized either by the pc or by the memorycard reader...

what the hell happened? where did we go wrong?

the 8gb stick won't work even when inserted in the psp...all files gone!!!!

pls pls help

Jen said, on May 23, 2009 3:44 PM:

hey dave,
i have this memory sticj duo thats 2G
it worked in my psp for a while
and now its says that it needs to be
formated but i try to
format it plenty of time but
it just keeps saying format
failed (8022008B)my psp version is 5.50
what can i do..........:(:(:(:(
please help me
Thank You,

Jen.

ernest said, on June 3, 2009 9:27 PM:

thanks a million for the post on reformatting memory stick as it cleared the files that can neither be read nor deleted. Thanks a lot

Scott Ware said, on June 11, 2009 11:37 PM:

I'm trying to download FFVII off the PSN store on PSP. I payed the $15.99 or whatever, and it starts downloading. The orange memory stick light is flashing the whole time, and it works fine. Then it gets to about 80% and the orange light goes off. It says it's still downloading yet it stays at 80%. So I left it for an entire night. Checked it the next day, it still says 80%. It happens each time at around 80% and i've tried numerous times. I have a 2GB memory stick and the game itself is only 1326MB. I have the latest system software and everything as well. I tried restarting it and going into the GAME folder. it says "CORRUPTED DATA". I'm quite frustrated because I bought the game from the Sony Playstation PSP Store Site thing, I downloaded it from there...and it does not download. I do not know why and it's really really annoying. I want to know whats going on or if I'll need a new PSP which I will be very upset about.

Please write back.

Darius said, on June 15, 2009 6:17 PM:

i have an 8gb sandisk memory stick n wen i try to put music on it is says memory sitck not formatted and i do format it..it does the same thing

Tharik said, on June 16, 2009 2:07 AM:

i bring one psp momary card , but not working ,
give one this massages you can import contect from a ps3 sytem or a pc . for details,refer to the instruction for the psp system
psp 3004 model

ple sent

kenny said, on June 18, 2009 12:52 AM:

i accidentally format my memory stick how can i recover my video game? pls help me

maldita said, on June 18, 2009 5:49 AM:

Hi Dave! I bought psp slim almost 2 weeks , the problem was first: when I open it there’s no games and I called them I why there’s no games they told me that go there & they will fix & they told me that I deleted the games how come I deleted??. So they gave me new memory stick. Second: I played it and accidentally I hit the power then I turn it on there’s no games any more. My friend told me even thou you accidentally hit the power the games are still there so we put new games but it say there no games. I back where I buy my psp they fix & told me that no problem with the power. Third: still the same after I played that night & the next morning I turn on “there’s no games” ..
One more thing I notice it the controller is different normally X is enter why circle?? Please I need your prompt answer…tnx!!

victor ritesh said, on June 20, 2009 9:25 AM:

hi
my name is victor i have a damn serious problem i have a psp with a 16 g.b memory card i formatted my psp but now it shows only 3 m.b space not even a photo fits in my psp now.please help.......

tarun said, on June 22, 2009 5:33 AM:

well i have formatted my psp memory stick in my pc instead of my psp and now it shows mp3 files alone and nothing else how can i make it play my videos and my games as well

emor said, on June 22, 2009 7:47 PM:

thank u so much..now i can use my mem stick duo...

Chris said, on June 27, 2009 10:47 AM:

Dear Dave I am new to this world of PSP having just purchased a 3000 but how the hell do you format a memory stick because all the websites say you have to do this but none say how because the one I use in my sonyericsson phone has a film on it but the PSP say's there is no video on it your's a woss.

alex said, on July 4, 2009 5:44 PM:

hey i had this psp that had games on the memory stick and now i bought another one and i put the memory stick into the psp and it says that theres nothing in it but i can see that it says i only have a little memmory left. i know that the guy who put the games on the memory stick did something to the batterey to make it work but i dont know what. help me.

mairead said, on July 9, 2009 11:53 AM:

How can I get the time and date in it keeps saying put in date and time I press x sign but it does nothing what do I have to do get started. Nothing about putting date and time can someone help please

Help! said, on July 10, 2009 10:05 PM:

format failed (80220089)

thats what i get when i try to format it form psp.

i tried it on my pc but it still dosen't detect it.

the memory stick indicator light keeps blinking!

Please help!!

john said, on July 20, 2009 2:23 PM:

i have a meamry card i just got when i slot it in my psp it says it cant reconize it and format it so i went and tryed formating it i pressed yes and yes again but my psp said it cant format it.so how im i surposed to format it and why wont my psp let me format it? and before i had a 1gb and i formated it the i lost it now i got another one bet it doesent let me format it.

RufflesBR said, on July 28, 2009 11:48 PM:

Dave, I am through the same problem than all later people posts above. I recently bought at BestBuy an Memory Stick Pro Duo Mark 2 16Gb that should work perfectly in my PSP Slim, as it is original Sony and is MagicGate certified. But the PSP corrupts the memory stick as soon as I attach the MS when it is loaded with more than 4Gb of data (PSP ISOs). After the corruption I must format (again) the MS either in PSP or PC (cardreader). I really don't know what to do anymore, as I already updated CFW from 5.00 M33-6 to GEN 5.50-B as a possible solution. My next step is to Format Flash 1 and restore settings. I appreciate your advice, as it seems you got a solution for previous people.
Thnaks a lot man.

nikhil said, on July 31, 2009 1:22 AM:

Hi Dave ,
I did get a cracked slim and lite psp 2004 .
it was working fine but after somedays i tried to add some games into the memory stick bt the memory stick happen to be empty.Nothin was visible in memory stick but i was still able to work with the existing games and videos in the memory stick.
Nw i formatted my memory stick in laptop .
So i craeted a folder by name "MUSIC",so i m able to play songs in it .
But i am unable to play games in it.
Can u cme up iwt sme solution ? ?

Nina said, on August 2, 2009 10:31 PM:

Hello, I bought a used psp and a new 2gb sandisk memory stick. I try to formatted it but my psp says there is no memory stick inserted. What is wrong with it?

Willy said, on September 4, 2009 3:36 AM:

Dear Dave

I've received a psp with memory stick with games. I've tried to copy music from my laptop to the memorystick. The procedure failed and now the psp can't read the stick. I'm afraid to format. What do I do. Please help!!!

Willy Poole

Shadow said, on October 3, 2009 10:06 AM:

Hey Dave,my PSP was ok before I accidently restore it to default settings,now when i plug in the USB connection,it doesn't work...So do I need to reformat my memory stick?

Jun Reyes said, on October 4, 2009 9:43 PM:

Dear Dave,

I bought an 8GB memory stick placed some games and mp3 and placed it on my sons PSP. It was working well, then my kid said he was having problems with it in his PSP. So I tried formatting it using my USB card reader. On the computer it wants to format it, but when i try to format the capacity available is only 1.06TB, so I stopped. Now when I place it back on my sons PSP it hangs. How can I format it to the right size which is 8GB? Please Help!!!

Thanks!
J.R.

frozendale said, on October 14, 2009 5:54 AM:

Hi, i downloaded a game on my memory stick that will only support the firmware 5 point something and my psp is only 3 point something. now the problem is when i turned it on, the memory card is just blinking and it won't get me to start up.. but if i removed the memory stick, the psp will work just fine and here's also a problem i can't format my memory stick

help me please! normal memory card without sony sign won't run on my psp pink :(

Ian said, on October 14, 2009 6:26 PM:

I haven't played my PSP in years because it refused to save and I didn't want to spend money to fix it.
Your explanation to reformat the memory card SOLVED the saving problem!

Thank you,
Ian

Kyle Acpal said, on October 26, 2009 11:36 PM:

My games in my PSP are lost. But i didn't reformat it. How may I make it come back.PLS. :)

SUKO said, on November 6, 2009 11:07 AM:

Hi Dave...

Why my Game not show in myPSP, i look in myMemori Card its there.....thxs for ur help

by dave

cheeersss

SUKO said, on November 6, 2009 11:14 AM:

Hi Again Dave...

my system Software is Version 5.03...it is Bad?????

Matthew Martin said, on November 9, 2009 3:14 PM:

Hey Dave!
I recently got a new 2gb memory stick for my psp 1000 to replace the 32mb stick that came with the psp. I already had lots of game files on the 32mb stick and was wondering if it was possible to transfer them over to the new 2gb stick.

C.J. said, on November 19, 2009 2:41 PM:

I have a 1 GB Scan Disk Memory Stick Duo for my PSP 2000 Series, which I just had it hacked. In order for me to put more games on it, I need a bigger Memory Stick, so I brought a Sony 4 GB Memory Stick Duo and tried to copy all my files to the larger disk. Everything appeared on there, but a problem came up when I tried to play my PSP game Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max that was downloaded on my PSP. It would not auto save and it keeps saying Memory Stick Duo not found. What should I do?

chetan said, on December 19, 2009 3:15 AM:

sir
i have sony memory stick pro duotm that size is 1GB but that show 8GB. it can not format by camera/or card reader.
plesae send slo. soon

nick said, on December 28, 2009 11:10 PM:

Hey Dave, I just want to ask something.

2 days ago, I upgraded my 3.80 m33 psp to 5.00 m33 because some games were not playable. Then yesterday I somehow got it to GEN-D. But now no games are working on it. I've recently downgraded it back to 5.00 m33 but it still doesnt work. I've checked everything and realized that the MagicGate has turned from "Supported" to "Unknown". Is this MagicGate "Unknown" the cause that I'm unable to play any games? Videos, music and pictures work though.
Would appreciate your answer very much. thanks

peter said, on January 2, 2010 5:15 AM:

i got a disc with psp games when i put them to my psp my memory card says that i dont have any games on is.

David said, on January 7, 2010 7:58 PM:

Hi Dave
My grandson's PSP was working fine.He could download ISO,CSO games and they would play fine, but he went to his friend's house where they installed internet on his system, I don't know what they did but now his PSP doesn't play any type of CSO or ISO. I have tried reformating his memory stick to no avail,can You help Me?
P.S. My grandson is 10 yr. Thank You

dg said, on January 14, 2010 3:46 AM:

I had an older M33 (3.71, I believe) and everything worked fine... I could play ISOs and CSOs directly from the "memory stick" menu under games. I used to put the ISO files in the ISO folder (root of the memory stick).

After installing 3.90 M33 through a newbie program, the psp couldn't read the files inside the ISO folder. Navigating to "Games, Memory Stick" in XMB, I get the message "There are no games."

JITENDER SINGH said, on January 26, 2010 11:52 PM:

plz help me format error is showing in my sony mp3,but all data is erase by me and still showing format error

tom said, on January 27, 2010 3:13 PM:

when i tri to format my psp it says
Format failed.
(8001B0060)

bijit said, on February 12, 2010 2:49 AM:

when we insert the memory stick[8gb] on the psp it is written there is no games but it still takes 7gb space[i installed the games but it is written there is no games]

moha said, on February 18, 2010 1:53 PM:

pls help.my psp cant detect my memcard any more,it just keeps blinking its lan or wlan switch everytime i insert.it please help me.

Vanessa said, on February 24, 2010 9:12 AM:

Hello Dave,

Do you know any good application to format a Memory Stick pro duo 16 gb of Sony. Beside using windows and the psp?

Thanks,

ian said, on February 25, 2010 10:47 AM:

hi Dave, i have the same problem as the one below
"pls help.my psp cant detect my memcard any more,it just keeps blinking its lan or wlan switch everytime i insert.it please help me." this is also happening to me. can you help me with this?

Anonymous said, on March 2, 2010 10:50 PM:

My classmate gave me a 4gb memory stick and I tested in my psp. I viewed the information and it says it's unknown. When I plugged it a computer, I can't see any of the folders like ISO, Game, Music when there's suppose to have one.I downloaded a game and I make a folder for ISO but when I opened my psp, I can't see the game I just downloaded there. Any help?What is the problem with the psp?

email me at erikagarcia_1996@yahoo.com

Thanks

paul said, on March 10, 2010 7:14 PM:

my psp will not play fifa soccer 10 on a 1gb what is a duo 3104 kb mermory stick

will said, on March 16, 2010 10:44 PM:

dave my psp memory stick duo was working fine. its only a 1 gig but the psp like half froze s o i dissconnected the battery and wen i booted it uP the memory wnt read

faysal said, on March 21, 2010 11:24 AM:

ive got an 8 gb memory stick and its just giving me 3 gb

Willam said, on March 29, 2010 5:38 PM:

My menory stick stopped working and said i need to format it and when i try it says unable, it was working last night turned it off went to bad and this morning it wont work

angela said, on April 3, 2010 3:39 AM:

i seem to have the same problem as a lot of people but can't see any replies. my memory card stopped working and won't reformat giving up 2 error codes one of which is 80020321. It comes with a 5 year warranty so if there is no solution should i be able to get a replacement do you think.It's only 6 weeks old

nathan villar said, on April 5, 2010 2:53 AM:

Please help.....When i buy my MS it got 2 hidden files so i format it using my psp but the hidden files are still there....is it normal or a virus??

thanks.....

tobi said, on April 7, 2010 10:14 PM:

tnx.. alot;)

Mikey said, on April 8, 2010 5:53 PM:

Dear Dave, My psp is causing my windows system to get a virus. (Since psp's can act as virus carriers. F.Y.I. did not know that till it was way to late.) However. If I format my memory card. Will that also destroy the virus on the psp? Im backing up most of my important files and trying to avoid placing the average system files back. But. Id really like to be sure that the problem would be done there. Thank you.

Mike.

Emmaay said, on April 11, 2010 12:09 PM:

I have a memory stick up to 4 GB and now it shows me I have 1802 MB ???

mcdel said, on April 17, 2010 6:27 PM:

hello, can u help me, about my psp, when i connect my psp to windows, i dont find any folders name, music, movie, games. And when i put some files on it, it says the disk is full, i just reformatted it. Plz, help me.

Jade said, on April 19, 2010 2:31 PM:

Dear dave i need to ask you i got a new game and when i put it in it says that there is not alot of memory left but when i look there is lots left. My brother tried it on his psp and it worked what should i do?
Jade

VIn said, on May 12, 2010 12:18 AM:

When i tried to reformat my 4gb to my pc its says format failed but when i tried to reformat on psp its says completed but when i looked into the memory information, instead of 4gb it becomes 2gb and then i remove my 4gb and put it again its says the memory stick cant read please reformat it etc, etc.......please help

NAruto said, on May 22, 2010 4:44 AM:

Hey Dave,

i just got my PSP 1 month ago. i bought my memory stick last saturday and i formated it . before that i used to use my friend'd memory stick which had a game . i copied it on my pc . then i put it in my memo stick in a file called psp . then i put in GAME and then i switched on my PSP and i pressed "X" on "Memory Stick " then it says "no gamesin ur PSp" . Moreover when i tried my friends memo stick it said the same thing. PLEASE HELP !!........

ash said, on June 9, 2010 6:31 PM:

hi dave..
i have some problem to tell you..the problem is when i started my psp and go through memory stick the game is corrupt..how can i overcome this problem..please

Henry said, on June 11, 2010 8:29 PM:

The game ISO issues people are receiving are in majority the PSP firmware issues. I had a PSP game I made a back up off on my PC from the Sony store and it was also giving me errors (not reading), I basically had to update my firmware.

The one with the PSP stops reading ISO's after connecting to the internet because the firmware updates to PROTECT against fake iso's and as such the games will not read.

If you do have issues with legitimate ISO's contact the Sony store and they can send you the proper firmware download to fix your problems.

Caleb said, on June 14, 2010 3:41 PM:

Are you sure this will work,because my psp wont let me put music or pics on it either,im having the same problem.i want to know because i have LOTS of game data and i just want to be sure.

tony said, on June 20, 2010 12:05 AM:

hi dave!

i inserted my memory stick on my camera thinking that it'll work but when i placed it back on my PSP it's no longer reading it, what should i do??

tnx,
tony

John Hampton said, on July 5, 2010 8:45 PM:

Dave! I need help asap. when i first got my psp ir started off with 31mb, but then i downloaded a couple of files from the internet, and now it says i only have7680kb left. and i have lots of games that i like to go online to play and in order to do that i must download the daily update. and it says i must have atleast 31mb. AND i was wondering how i could get that memory back without formating the memory card and deleting all my games. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP

DIVEL said, on July 12, 2010 12:37 AM:

bought this new 8GB memory stick and when i connect my psp to the laptop it has to be formatted first and the laptop makes the capacity 3.52GB only ..
How can I make the laptop recognize the true capacity of the memory stick ???

hi said, on July 12, 2010 5:09 AM:

kindly tell me how to install iso game after format the memory stick PSP 2000 v 6.3

Michael Clarke said, on July 16, 2010 3:27 PM:

Hi Dave
i have aproblem with my memory stick when i connect it with my computer it says that i have only 19 mb but the real thing is it is 4gb
and i dont know what to
can you please help me with it
THANK YOU
Michael Clarke

jaime said, on August 4, 2010 10:17 AM:

i have a 1gb memory stick when i put it in the psp the psp freezes and when i take it out the psp un-freezes

leah said, on August 7, 2010 2:31 PM:

hi please help me i bought a psp 3000 today and the memery stick is 1gb but it only had 225mb left on it when i first went on it. then i found out there was 165 songs on it already and half of them i dont like and i dont know how to delete some of the songs. please help me!! thank you dave

Kathy said, on August 10, 2010 4:13 AM:

hey! i wanna ask you, how do i change the format of my PSP? like upgrade it? then i want to download games, but does the games have to be the same version as the format? please help me! i wanna play my games so badly!!

Isabel said, on August 23, 2010 10:49 AM:

Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me retrieve the photos from my memory card which has a virus. I have several hundred photos from my holiday which i can see on the camera screen when my memory card is in the camera however when i put the memory card into a memory card reader and try to copy them onto my computer it says there is a virus. The computer then asks me to scan and remove the photos but I am worried that by doing this I will lose the photos. Is there anyway I can get my photos off the memory card without losing them?

If anyone oculd help me that would be great!

rahul said, on August 27, 2010 10:38 PM:

I have a mp4 its internal memory is 1GB . I load some mp3 song . now when i formate the memory card it shows memory is clean but start mp4 all mp3 song come again delete another file like videos and imagesand images and video is not save which is shoot by mp4 camera.

Jonathan said, on September 8, 2010 9:36 AM:

Quick question here.

I recently purchased Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep I've saved a large amount of system data on to my Memory Stick to reduce load times. I'm afraid that because of this I won't have enough room to save my 3 save files that I will need to create for each characters story in the game.

Can I just drag the save and other files to a new larger memory stick without having any issues?

Please send response via email. I just happened to stumble upon this site and I don't think I'll be able to come back to it.

Thanks,

Jonathan

Mueez said, on September 21, 2010 7:36 AM:

Hi,i have psp slim and lite.when i plug my psp in my laptop,i open removable disk and the folders(music,psp,picture,video)are of 1 kb.i cant even open them.plz help.

Eric said, on September 25, 2010 10:29 PM:

hello, i recently purchased a 16GB memorystick pro duo for 70 dollars for my psp. i had to plug it into my moms computer because her usb port is on the fritz. i had did this to put some music on it. her computer said i had to format it so i did so. i put on close to 80 songs and then i checked to see if the song transfer worked. i looked at the space left on my memory stick and it said that i have less than 3000MB. i sthis dramatic decrease in the memory from formatting my memory card on her computer or from putting the amount of songs that i put on it? if it is because of formatting the memory card then is it possible for getting that memory back? i dont want to spend another $70 on a new memory stick.

rowe said, on October 1, 2010 4:25 PM:

i format my 8 gig memory stick and when i connect to my pc i only see 9mb and no psp files wjile the psp see all of the 8gb... what am i to do

Alex said, on October 22, 2010 4:12 AM:

this question has been asked loads but i have had a 2 gigabyte memory stick for my PSP for...a very long time (i ot it when the first PSP came out) i also have a 32Mb memory stick. Recently i wanted to put a movie from my computer onto my PSP so that i could watck it on my PS3, so i copied all my files on the 2GB stick to the 32MB stick and then plugged in the 2GB stick to the computer. I then deleted any unnessary files and did the memory format function. But the memory stick only reads 479MB!!!!! the movie is 799MB but that only about 0.7 GB. I have deleted a whole load of files and stuff from the stick.. but still no result. Also i dont wanna delete some of the files because, although, they take up alot of space they all have really wierd names like NA008P.... and i dont know what they r for!??!?! :P have fun trying to solve the conundrum

THANKS

neil bryan said, on October 23, 2010 9:47 PM:

help!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when im playing final fantasy dissidia my psp is hanging and i can play but stage 1 and it will hang again???????????!! help me pls

jomai said, on October 24, 2010 2:33 AM:

my 4gb memory card are missing some folder, i tried reformatting it in the psp but still there no folder in it when i look at it to the pc. plz help me

ALTAF HUSSAIN said, on November 16, 2010 2:17 PM:

hay i want to work my memory card game work in my psp,i dont know how can i setting my psp then memory crad game work pls help me

Seth said, on November 28, 2010 2:38 AM:

Hi Dave,

I'm wondering why i can't see my games using my psp 1000 (5.50). But when i plug it to m computer to load games, I can load some. But i can't play it.

Anthony said, on March 28, 2011 7:49 AM:

Hey Dave,

I have a Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo 4GB which is totally compatible with PSP. But when i insert it , PSP says that memory card cannot be read!What can I do to fix it?

phil said, on May 2, 2011 6:52 AM:

hi dave. i want to buy a new memory card for my psp but i dont know what type of ms pro duo i should buy. can you please help me

Ahmed said, on May 17, 2011 10:21 AM:

Hey Dave,
I don't know why but when i put games into my $GB memory stick from a shop, the game works but when i put games which i downloaded from the net into it, it says "there are no games" :( is it because my memory stick has a problem or my psp has a problem or is it the games which i downloaded???:( need immediate feedback please!!!!

Ricardo Little said, on May 27, 2011 4:20 AM:

The true fact is; nowadays, a lot of MEMORY STICK PRO DUO's (regardless of size) are fake. Consumers buy from eBay, or untrusted websites, and spend £75 / $100 / $150AUS on a 16gb - 32gb stick, and they're fake. You're screwed out of your money 9/10 times.

Be careful when buying memory sticks; I'd suggest only buying AS NEW from reputable stockists (direct from Sandisk / Sony, or actual gaming retail outlets). It costs more, but it's worth it

Alex said, on June 6, 2011 10:50 AM:

Hi, I have probably the worst problem which ruined my PSP data. I formatted my Memory stick because I had a problem which said I don't have enough memory, I risked losing all my data just to fix that problem but instead, the problem is still there but to make it worse, now I lost all my data, do you know how to fix this memory problem which says I dont have enough memory?"
Please reply and thank you for helping!
I only posted this a second time to fix the spelling errors, sorry for that Dave. Thank you

jEjr02 said, on June 10, 2011 10:34 PM:

Even if I formatted the memory card it still doesn't show the full memory of the memory card when opened in a pc. But when I look in the psp it shows the full memory. So the problem is I need to see the full memory of the memory card in the pc so I can transfer files

Janina said, on June 15, 2011 9:41 AM:

Hi Dave, I own a PSP 3004, I have owned it for half a year now, and it has been working perfectly, but I had read that you should format the Memory Stick 'cause it will add missing files on it, so I formatted it (4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo MagicGate) now, when I plug it to my computer, my computer says it needs to be formatted 'cause it cannot be read. When I try to format it with my computer it says that the formatting could not be finished. Then when I take the PSP off it says that the memory stick cannot be read, and tells me to format the Memory stick. Then when I format the Memory Stick it says Format failed (80010011). What is the problem? Also, I am considering on buying a new Memory Stick, should I format it before I put anything on it or should I leave it unformatted?

collins said, on June 21, 2011 8:41 PM:

i bought a memory stick, ungetin 2 d place where i am 2 download games, i was told dat my other memory stick was chiped with d psp dat i cant use d new one until it is chiped with d psp. please wat should i du

jose said, on June 30, 2011 5:30 AM:

I put a game inside my ISO file, after that, the PSP games does not appear in my "GAMES" and when i press on "GAMES", my PSP hangs and then restarts? Can anyone help pls!! Read more: I put a game inside my ISO file, after that, the PSP games does not appear in my "GAMES" and when i press on "GAMES", my PSP hangs and then restarts?

Ann Zaira said, on July 22, 2011 10:05 PM:

i was putting pictures in my psp memory stick and i took the memory stick out and it wasnt done copying the pictures and now my memory sticks is not working

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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