I deleted the Sony PSP folder on my unit, help!

Dave, I hooked up my Sony PSP to my Windows PC and, darn it, accidentally deleted everything on the memory stick. Now I'm stuck. How do I recreate everything?

Dave's Answer:

If you're okay with having a complete rebuild, then your best bet might be to just reformat the Memory Stick on your Sony PSP directly. That's done by going to Home, then Settings, then System Settings, then find Format Memory Stick and select it by pressing the "X" button. It'll build all the files and folders you need.

Failing that, or if you have some content still on your 'stick and want to avoid a complete reformat, hook your PSP up to your PC (or Mac, for that matter), then make sure that there's a folder on the very topmost level called "PSP".

Within that here's what you should end up with:

While you're at it, you can easily drop JPEG images into the PHOTO folder and MP3 files into your MUSIC folder.

Done? Click on the PSP disk on your Windows screen and select Eject (or if you're on a Mac, use control-click Eject instead). Now unplug your PSP and you should be back in business!

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Reader Comments To Date: 116

ajitesh juneja said, on June 27, 2011 4:22 AM:

hey dave,
i need ur help...........
whenever i connect my psp to the pc and click on removable disk(G) there are no folders in it
and i have even tried formatting the psp many times bt nthng happens..........what to do?????

felix milenianto said, on August 6, 2011 3:04 AM:

hey dave please help do you know how to install window seven on psp ? if you know email me thanks

Zarah Lucman said, on August 19, 2011 7:16 PM:

Hi Dave, i formatted the PSP of my by right clicking the removable disk because i thought it would default all settings. and now all folders are gone. what should i do?

GlaChii said, on August 31, 2011 3:25 AM:

THANK YOU VERY MUCHHHHHHHH :)

tin said, on September 22, 2011 2:26 AM:

it did'nt work. what im supposed to do? there is no ISO folder for my games. i did what you said. but i still cant put my games. tell me the solutions.thanks

Anonymous said, on November 5, 2011 9:11 PM:

My psp 1000 keeps freezing and turnin off, what could b the problem?

Robert Koffi said, on December 7, 2011 10:24 AM:

Hello Dave,

Have serious problem with cellphone Sd card application, scammer steals photo and data off my phone all the time, please rein stored application on PANTEC. They remotely access the phone.
Track data back and upgrade software with att sim card or O2 apps

aaron said, on December 8, 2011 5:51 AM:

i accidentally delete the vsh from my psp when i turn on there is a green light but nothing hsppend i was trying to put back the vsh nothing csme out on my computer how can i put back the vsh so my psp work again?

Mark said, on December 26, 2011 10:43 AM:

Good Morning Dave,

I have a PSP-1001. It was working fairly well until last night. I had downloaded awhile back some videos formatted to mp4. They played all right but I had to name each 100MNV01,02, etc. If I remember correctely, because I accidentally deleted everything when I connected my computer and up-graded to 6.60. Those videos are gon, none of the advice I read works for FW and the only thing that will transfer is photos. Please help, tell me what needs restoration. There used to be two files outside of the PSP folder, one was 100MNV01 I am sure, but lost the other and it's name, if this helps. Thank you in advance.

PSPpLayer said, on January 13, 2012 8:02 PM:

Help Please I Can't On My Psp Because I Deleted ALL Files In My Psp Can anyone share a link to download the files?

Niket said, on February 6, 2012 8:05 AM:

hi,
everything on my psp is not getting deleted,nothing is getting saved and it is also not getting formatted.please help!

neil suan said, on March 9, 2012 4:39 AM:

i deleted the music folder and when i try to make another it wont show in my psp.. pls help..

August said, on September 12, 2012 11:52 PM:

Hi,
I installed new games in my psp, but after one or two days, the new games' icon turned gray without the actual icon of the games that I recently installed. And then I can't play the game. It blacks out on me resulting to reset. The existing games that I have were not affected at all. What should I do?

Patrick said, on December 8, 2012 9:42 AM:

Hello my name is patrick and my psp got bricked ? i guess when i try to turn it on there just a green light and after like 15secs it turns off i tried everything and all there is is black screen and grreen light nothing else tried getting new BATTERY MAGIC CARD still please reply to this email pproz@live.com thanks

Constantin said, on January 14, 2013 3:12 AM:

my psp doesnt recognise any games apart from those in the game center .and mine is that without a back part where there nput a cd so what do i do for it to read phone games and those i downloads and please for a site where i can download its games

Jake Ronquillo said, on April 13, 2013 2:37 AM:

Dave! please help me I erased the files at my profix1 I thought that it was the memory stick then my psp didnt open... what can I do??

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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