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What are RAR files for my Sony PSP?

Dear Dave, I have a PSP and I love it, but there is a problem: I am confused about .rar files or documents. What format is RAR and how do I unpack it? I've looked for downloads for my PSP but they are all in RAR format and I have no idea what to do with them once I download them. Please help!


Dave's Answer:

There are many, many different packaging and compression programs available nowadays, from the classic Windows ZIP format to the Mac "StuffIt" .SIT format to Linux .tar and .tgz formats. Figuring out which is which, however, isn't quite so easy and if your computer doesn't just magically unpack them when you double-click on the icon, trying to identify the right program to use can be darn tricky!

RAR stands for the friendly name "Resource Adapter Archive" (think "aRchive") and it's most commonly used in the p2p world, in my experience. One big benefit of the RAR format that makes it so popular for large file sharing is that it lets you split up very large packages into smaller, more manageable flies that are then seamlessly reconnected during the unpack process.

For Windows users, there are a number of RAR packages available, as a quick visit to Download.com demonstrates. Two of the best in class are WinRAR, which is fully featured and lets you create RAR archives, and ExtractNow, which is less capable, but free.

Mac users can use UnRarX or RAR Expander to open up these archive files (both are free), and Linux folk will find that RAR 3.50 for Linux does the trick (trialware, not sure how much registration costs).

That should get you started unpacking these files. Be careful, though: if you were to get a RAR archive and extract a file that was corrupted somehow and transfered it to your PSP, it could theoretically cause problems that wouldn't be covered under the Sony warranty.


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Reader Comments To Date: 108

Vaughn Parker said, on October 21, 2005 1:22 PM:

Where can I download rar games for my PSP for free?

chris said, on March 7, 2007 1:17 PM:

are rar and iso the same format?
im trying to download games onto my psp with fast loader.07 and it needs a iso or cso file but when i download them , they say rar at the end of it!
can i still put them on my psp to play?

Dave Taylor said, on March 7, 2007 3:23 PM:

RAR and ISO are definitely not the same. RAR is a data packing format that lets you break down really big files into small chunks that are safely transferred and reassembled. ISO is a "CD snapshot" (though it can be used for DVDs too) that lets you use a program like Roxio Toast and burn an exact bit-for-bit copy of a master CDROM. You can use RAR to pack and transfer an ISO image, but they're not the same thing...

JacquesLAponte said, on April 7, 2007 12:46 AM:

Hi,

You didn't answer the questions properly. Thanks I do know Rar and Iso are different format But if you get rar files what do you do ? and how to set or configure rar to your PSP as files ? If they are Iso files how to configure them to your PSP ?
My Version is a 1.50 possible to run Iso games but how to set them to work ? what do you need ?
I do have PowerIso and Winrar. Thank You!

john said, on April 8, 2007 10:39 AM:

hi, you talked about the rar file, but when you unpack it, where do you put it?

gantz said, on April 19, 2007 12:26 PM:

I 'M NEW TOO THIS SO CAN SOMEBODY TELL TO WINDOWS.RAR AFTER I DOWNLOAD A HENTAI MOVIE AND TRY TO WACTH IT

Martin said, on April 20, 2007 7:44 PM:

How do I put .rar files on my PSP? version 3.40

Stunna said, on April 21, 2007 8:44 AM:

I have a 1 GB memory card for my psp,but some of the games are too big to fit,like need for speed carbon the file is 1.34 GB its ISO,so i have use PowerISO to compress it to 764MB will it work the same,please help me out thanks

Sholone said, on May 2, 2007 3:10 AM:

please how can i load an iso file or rar to my psp and it will work fine because i have tried so many iso and rar files to my memory stick but it wont play. All it will tell me is corrupted files. Please help me on this. Thanks

Mos said, on May 3, 2007 8:11 PM:

You have to download Winrar (is the same as winzip), you install it, then yo uncompress the .rar, inside shure you have a psp compatible file to burn or whatever you want to do

yemi said, on May 14, 2007 1:53 PM:

hey. i have downloaded some psp games on my computer, but when i try transfering them to my psp it says corrupted. i understand u have to unzip the file and stuff like that so i downloaded winrar. but i still cant figure out how to put it to the psp correctly. do i need those wierd file names that are like UUC7C1900?? HELP PLEASE!!

kells said, on May 26, 2007 4:36 PM:

pls what site can i download can i download free psp games for my memory card...thanks

i1100 said, on June 28, 2007 1:07 AM:

to all the people asking how to run the iso/cso on your psp first you need to have either firmware 1.5 with dev hook, or 3.03+ CUSTOM FIRMWARE (not one you get from sony) then you put the iso/cso into a folder on your memory stick called ISO in the main directory (the very first screen when you open the memory stick it should be right next to the psp folder). then to play it go to games and then to memory card which is at the bottom, if you did it right they will show up.

also don't listen to him pushing win rar and such to unpack RAR and TAR files, there is a program called 7Zip that is free unlike all the others and it opens them all.

Danielle said, on July 12, 2007 8:56 PM:

I downloaded a psp game but not sure how to put it on my sony psp..

DjTricKy said, on July 29, 2007 5:17 AM:

Once you download a .RAR file unpack it to anywhere u want (as long as its a .CSO file) then put it in your memory card in the ISO folder in the memory card root (very first folder you have) To play the downloaded game you MUST have a game UMD in the PSP otherwise it will keep coming up with various errors

Jarell said, on August 5, 2007 3:40 PM:

can you put a iso file into the ISO folder on your psp and still play it? and what happens when you download a game but their arent any .iso or .cso files but a whole bunch of .mst files which are covering most of the game files memory?:S

Jeric said, on August 21, 2007 9:24 AM:

how do i connect all the files together when i finished downloading everything?

Kunal said, on September 15, 2007 8:29 PM:

i have a new version for my psp and i want to download games into it without downgrading (bad experience) so any way is it possible?

hisho said, on October 9, 2007 2:36 PM:

hi peeps
ive extracted my files but i dont know which file to put it on my pspplz can some1 tell me

Asaad said, on October 25, 2007 5:01 AM:

plz tell me from where i can download psp games for free .tell me a specific site from where i can download new psp games free free free free and free plz bro .dont be late

Jame001 said, on October 27, 2007 1:13 AM:

My PSP vers is 3.71 .

Downloaded a game which have 5 path of .RAR, I extracted and still no .ISO/.CSO file. I have a folder call "PSP_GAME" and a more file "UMD_DATA.BIN" after extracted.

PSP_GAME folder have a file "PARAM.SFO" and 2 more folder inside. One of them is "SYSDIR" which have .BIN and another folder is "USRDIR" whoch have game's data.

So how can i transfer it to my PSP?

jame001 said, on October 27, 2007 1:17 AM:

I tried to put them into "Memory Stick>PSP>GAME>" But PSP show the file is corrupted.

Andre said, on November 10, 2007 4:28 AM:

When i extract my RAR theme how do I get it on the psp. Ihave a foder with different feile types an dother folders.

chris c said, on December 3, 2007 1:16 PM:

(jame001)-My PSP vers is 3.71 .

Downloaded a game which have 5 path of .RAR, I extracted and still no .ISO/.CSO file. I have a folder call "PSP_GAME" and a more file "UMD_DATA.BIN" after extracted.

PSP_GAME folder have a file "PARAM.SFO" and 2 more folder inside. One of them is "SYSDIR" which have .BIN and another folder is "USRDIR" whoch have game's data.

So how can i transfer it to my PSP?)
__________________________________________________

first of all is your psp a custom firmare or is it running the official sony updates?

(No-sony official)then to play ISO games you have to downgrade and update on custom firmare.

(yes-custom)-then upgrade to 3.71 M33 and carry on down.

okay the game files you have downloaded are games ISO files cut into smaller files for fast downloads so dont worry theyre just set up wrong.download and use that tool to combine the files together.

like i said the best firmware at the moment is 3.71 M33 you will need to download the 1.50 kernel add-on also.and also if possible upgrade your PSP to 3.71 M33-2 this will make things much easier.

Now that your PSP is able to play Homebrew and ISO files your set.After your game has been compiled with UMDGEN go on your PSP Memory stick and on the main folder that has the PSP folder and the VIDEO folder create one called ISO and put the game in there.

then lload your PSP and go to the Game memory stick folder and it should work

Happy playing

travis said, on December 10, 2007 9:37 AM:

my psp was reformatted and i dont have an iso folder i just have mp_root music picture psp and thats it how do i get an iso folder

Robert said, on December 22, 2007 8:19 PM:

hello, I have the version of 3.71 m33-2 and I download a game with two differents part of cso format then I want to ask you if you know how to combine it. I try in winrar but it not work so whta i can i do?

Min said, on December 29, 2007 1:39 PM:

hey "chris c" when you wrote "(No-sony official)then to play ISO games you have to downgrade and update on custom firmare."
how are you supposed to downgrade ive been looking on the internet and cant find out.

Joshua Cade said, on January 9, 2008 9:03 PM:

I have ISO files for my psp but I want to know if i can convert the iso to EBOOT.PBP? Is there a converter for iso or rar, i've been looking but i don't trust some of the software that is there. I got WinRAR but that gave my no info and acted like a waist of my time. I really am clueless right now and i need some help please.

Michele said, on January 13, 2008 1:03 AM:

I put the game which is in iso format in my psp but while playing it says (There is a internal error) why??????????????

Zeeshan said, on February 8, 2008 4:23 AM:

hi guys,
i am using firmware 3.80.how can i play the ISO and CSO file into my psp.an d how can i transfer ISO and CSO file into my PSP plz help guys.

aaa said, on February 12, 2008 4:15 AM:

is winrar format better or CSO or isos format better???

pspgamer said, on March 3, 2008 6:32 PM:

hey this whole rar stuff is easy
just extract the cso file using winrar and put it in the ISO folder on ur psp's root
by the way u need a custom firmware

M. rashid umar said, on March 5, 2008 4:17 AM:

My PSP vers is 3.72 .

Downloaded a game which is.ISO. I have a folder call "PSP_GAME" and a more file "UMD_DATA.BIN" after extracted.

PSP_GAME folder have a file "PARAM.SFO" and 2 more folder inside. One of them is "SYSDIR" which have .BIN and another folder is "USRDIR" whoch have game's data.

So how can i transfer it to my PSP?) I am using a Mac.

Jc said, on March 11, 2008 5:34 PM:

ok im using utorrent and it allows me to get the psp game but i dont know how to unpack it onto my psp and play the game(Naruto) it says et-nunh.rar and there are several of these and i dont know how to unpack them and reform them into the actual game and put it on my psp can any body please tell me how?

manicfrost said, on March 20, 2008 6:17 PM:

hi i have downloaded a torrent file and its under .SFO files how can i transfer it to my psp after i extracted it. So that i can play them just using my memory stick.. thanks hope to read your reply as soon as possible...

nilesh said, on April 8, 2008 4:01 AM:

i m using psp version 3.50 and how can i transfer psp games into memory stick and whenever i am transferring the game it show that "corrupted" plz help meee

William said, on May 3, 2008 12:22 PM:

i use 7 ZIP ITS the best

Triqyy said, on May 5, 2008 10:54 AM:

i downloaded a PSX game (Die hard trilogy) and it came up with 2 files after extracting one was a 2KB image file and the other a 150MB powerISO file
wot do i do with so that i can put it on my psp
thnks people

bhadra said, on May 13, 2008 2:52 PM:

Hi.... dave i have a psp and i have 3.95 virsion and i have downloaded cool psp themes but they are in .rar file and i don't know how to install them in my psp please even help......

dylan.w said, on May 21, 2008 7:58 PM:

dave i need ur help i downloaded this hack game pokemon black and i also bought the media manager thing but every time i extract the game it shows up on saved data utility as corrupted file please how can i extract it correctly
oh and do u know any free downloading sites

macintractor said, on June 16, 2008 12:04 PM:

i dont think il bother playing the downloaded psp game now, just seems like far 2 much effort, 2 hav 2 downgrade, then update with a custom firmware. then sort out the files!

i think i will just buy the game, not as if they r expensive!

thanks anyway

Mihna said, on June 23, 2008 4:16 AM:

hey i have a version 4 psp slim.. i cant play my iso/cso/rar games there.. can you tell me whAt i should do? i really really need the help..and if i have to convert them to eboot.pbp can you give me a site where i can download the converter or something thankies^^

OJ said, on July 27, 2008 5:30 AM:

PLEASE DAVE,CAN U PUT IN SIMPLE AND PLAIN TERMS HOW ONE CAN TRANSFER ISO,RAR FILES ONTO THE PSP.NO ONE SEEM TO GIVE A STRAIGHT FORWARD ANSWER.THANK U

narutoroot said, on July 29, 2008 9:50 AM:

hey you guys to put isos/csos in ur psp hook up the usb to ur computer and then go in to K:/ or the drive ur psp is in then go in to ISO folder and drag and drop the iso in it but U MUST HAVE CUSTOM FIRMWARE
to learn how to get cfw and dll hundreds of games go to btdownloads.co.cc

pspgamer1990 said, on August 4, 2008 3:49 AM:

ok... here is the straightforward answer:
step 1: go download extractnow.exe from download.com

step 2: install and open the program( extractnow.exe ) and drag your rar file into ot.

step 3: start extracting( the program will now produce a cso file... (okay for ppl who are confused, before you start extracting, go to settings and enable" open destination folder after extraction" THEN click extract)

step 4:copy the cso file and pasted it into the ISO folder in your psp

step 5: boot your psp and WHOALLAAA!!!!! lets GAME !!!!

jimmy saliba said, on August 27, 2008 1:42 AM:

Hi

i have downloaded a psp game in .rar files and the question i have is that it is downloaded into 4 parts, so what shall i do now? because i took the .iso part1 into the psp and till now seems to work, so my queston is what are the other 3 parts for? I would really appreciate your help

thanks and regards

Lamegame said, on September 1, 2008 11:03 AM:

ok just to bring you guys up to speed. rar is just like zip. files containing the iso will be in the rar file, unpack and and locate the iso file. if it isnt there then you have downloaded a bad rar or zip, it is a common mistake, and some people create zip or rar files incorrectly. once you you have located a good iso all you have to do is convert it to eboot and then place in your psp/game/. if you dont convert it to eboot then put it in the iso folder on your memory stick. if you have a proper popsloader if will run. try that if it doesnt work, you can email me @ lamegaime@aol.com.

*any use of iso or eboot files that you do not own can bring prosicution upon the user. beware

*lamegame is not responsible for what users do and use with given information.

*liability falls on user him/herself

lamegame said, on September 1, 2008 11:11 AM:

ok I have a question regarding iso. when I want an ISO or eboot for a particular game I can only find it as a torrent. buy the torrent file is always like 40gigs, when I use bit rocket it always take like half a day. is there a quicker way to get ISO or Eboots that dont take all my memory on my MAC?

clarissa said, on September 17, 2008 2:23 AM:

i extracted rar file to cso file. i already copy it and paste under CSO folder (PSP), but there is a problem, when i got to games menu to play, the game that i downloaded does not open. What will i do?

daa888 said, on September 29, 2008 1:22 PM:

So far no one has answered the question i have. Actually i have 2. First: I downloaded a psp game. It was a .rar file. I used Winrar to try to extract but it keeps coming up with various errors such as "no files to extract" ect... I also tried Extractnow but it won't even let me try to extract my rar file. My second question is how do i put a .exe file on my psp or is it even possible?

heleina said, on October 15, 2008 8:05 AM:

I think the downloading was the problem. you did not downloaded all of it, sometimes this happens to me when my computer says finished downloading but there is not there really.
regarding the .exe, only iso and cso files are readable and also you must have a custom firmware

alyson said, on October 31, 2008 11:50 PM:

Where can I put the rar files in my PSP or which folder in my PSP can I put it. is it in the ISO folder, Game folder or somewhere else. Another question do I really need to convert rar files into other files like iso or cso. If its needed can u pls give me the site that can help me extract it. Thnak you!!!

Michiel said, on November 6, 2008 11:33 AM:

Hi, u only have to search the cso file in the rar and put it into ur iso folder ... problem solved

Peter said, on November 16, 2008 5:34 AM:

When you download a game (e.g Monster hunter freedom 2) the file is likely to say 'monsterhunterfreedom2.rar' The .rar file must be extracted using WinRar. Once you have WinRar downloaded you can open any .rar file and in there will be 'monsterhunterfreedom2.cso' or 'monsterhunterfreedom2.iso' which you drag into 'X:ISO' (Replacing X with whatever drive port it is in - my psp is in G so it is G:ISO)

NOTE: You must have Custom Firmware to play ISO or CSO Files.

Thanks for Reading my comment

fakhir said, on November 19, 2008 1:00 PM:

i have a slim psp i have firmware 4.05 which i downgraded to 4.01 getting error cannot play games what am i doing wrong can u help me

joao said, on November 26, 2008 2:01 PM:

please help me

is there any way to put the cso files in my psp withou extracting them, because i just downloaded a game which has 1030mb(more or less) and my mmc has only 1gb

please help me

Heydon said, on December 10, 2008 5:31 PM:

Hi
I downloaded ps1 isos in rar format. But when I extract them they don't come out in iso format they come in .ccd .cue and a few others. I want them to play on my psp in 3.71 M33 2 but I don't know how?

Russell said, on December 23, 2008 9:58 AM:

my psp is not reading cd what should i do

cesar said, on January 3, 2009 1:59 AM:

HEY DAVE OR ANY BODY ELSE! PLEASE HELP ME!!! ok.... i downloaded a psp game with 3 parts but i dont know how to put it in my memory stick please help me! contact me on my email cleiva65@yahoo.com ....thanks!

Joel said, on January 9, 2009 3:05 PM:

Hello!

I have got a PSP 3000 and i have downloaded a game, fixed all things with iso etc. But i can“t find it on the PSP. What about the firmware? What should i do? I have heard things about custom firmware.

Hanis said, on January 26, 2009 10:05 PM:

How do i change a rar file to a cso or a iso file

JJ said, on April 17, 2009 2:42 AM:

Well i downloaded a game, consisting of 4 parts (rar)
Unpacking would be no problem, if they didn't have the same name. Should i rename them? Do i need to put them together somehow? Or should i just put them on my PSP?
Help! ( And no, i'm not blonde)

david said, on May 11, 2009 6:02 PM:

i have a custom firmware it is M33-2 what do i do next to put games on my psp

kyle said, on July 10, 2009 3:58 AM:

Dude you guys, its like this
you download the file for psp and it says rar
so you double click it and a program will pop up and it will show you the file in the list the program is called alzip if you don't have alzip then you should download it then after you have it then click the button uperleft corner and it says extract then just click that then it will open up a file and click where you want to save it then click extract here then wait for it to finish then go to the file and put it in your psp first you have to have a usb cord then plug it to your psp then it opens a folder then click the one that says ISO then put the game in it if it doesnt say iso or no folder then get help and thats just it OH for the ones that said you cant put the gasme in your psp because the game is too big then you better just buy a new memory stick hope i helped sorry for too many words

Kavishka said, on July 29, 2009 9:28 AM:

Hello,
Thanks for your precious advice.It gave me a lot of knowledge but when I put IMAGE files and ISO files to my PSP it works well,when I put RAR files it doesn't work.I'm very confused.I need a quick answer for this.PLEASE IF YOU CAN EMAIL ME THE SOLUTION EVENTHOUGH YOU TOLD YOU WON'T EMAIL.Its URGENT.
Thanks,
yours sincerely,
KAVISHKA

jacob said, on August 10, 2009 10:49 AM:

how do you put together two rar files that have been put into two parts?

Russeluscullen said, on August 20, 2009 8:26 AM:

hey, good day just wanted to ask why is cant i find the games and themes that i previously downloaded on my psp . .the memory space is decreased but still there's no game nor themes on my psp. .. my psp version is 1.50 . .hping for an answer very soon . .it's frustrating . . thanks . . email me at russeluscullen@yahoo.com

tpayt said, on September 27, 2009 10:15 AM:

hi i have a psp. When i extract movies from rar files the movie wont work on psp. they are in mp4 format also. But it works on my computer pls help

kira said, on October 7, 2009 12:39 AM:

OK. FIRST.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE CUSTOM FIRMWARE ON UR PSP.
GO TO SYSTEM INFORMATION TO CHECK.
IF IT SAYS SOME NUMBERS- SOME NUMBERS, UR READY!
this is how to extract the files
1. Download rar files to pc.
2. Extract the files to ISO/CSO format with proggrams like 7-zip or winrar.
3.Connect your psp to pc and open the removable disk thingy.
4. It will have several folders like psp, ISO and all that.
5. Copy the ISO/CSO file into the folder.
6. Wait.
7. Disconnect and turn on your psp.
8. it should work.
if it didnt,
IT SHOULD WORK!
nah. but juz post here if u rly want to know anyway

Louis said, on October 13, 2009 4:21 PM:

Right sorry if its already been said but i cant find it.

i have the .sfo, and two other files and i know i need an application to repack into an iso/cso but what application am i looking for?

gurpreet said, on December 23, 2009 3:41 AM:

I put the game which is in iso format in my psp but while playing it says (There is no game) why??????????????

am said, on December 26, 2009 3:18 AM:

guys steps to convert rar files into iso file.

1. download winrar software. which is freely available.

2. open win rar and go to menu options then settings got to integration tab. UNTICK ISO. IF IT IS TICKED.

3. download games. it will be downloaded in rar format. open wir rar. and extract the rar file. u will find iso file.

4. copy iso file and put in your iso folder in psp.

turn off and turn on psp and the game will work.

Computerfreak! said, on December 31, 2009 12:25 AM:

I have been experimenting with different downloads for rar and iso files. What I have learned is that I first tried RAR and files were corrupt. Then downloaded complete ISO and it played no problem. I wasted alot of time trying to make RAR files work. They can with some configuring and screwing round. Just download the file extension in the torrent as an ISO and u will have one less headache to deal with. Ready to play! Happy gaming. Read the torrent first and make sure that it is an ISO file. usually round 1.6gigs and up depending on the game. Look for it. Cheers.

daniel said, on January 6, 2010 2:16 AM:

I HV 4.O1 M33 FIRMWARE ON MY PSP FAT THE THING IS DAT I HV DOWNLOADED THE TORRENTS &I HV FOUND DAT THERE R MANY .RAR FILES CONSISTING OF CSO OR ISO FILES OF THE SAME SIZE HAVING DIFFERENT NAMES WAT DO I DO IN DIS CASE I HV EVEN I QUERY I DOWNLOADED THE GAME COUNTER STRIKE IT JST DOESNT HV A ISO OR CSO BUT HAS AN EBOOT FILE SHOULD I PASTE DAT INTO PSP/GAME FOLDER

ishu jiwani said, on January 11, 2010 1:42 AM:

hi i downloaded a psp game & it has multiple rar files what do i do

deepen said, on January 18, 2010 11:34 AM:

i have down loaded many psp games on my computer but
when i put it in my psp i can't find the game.
i don't understand what the hell is rar

nukkem said, on March 8, 2010 1:56 PM:

i have downloded kingdom hearts and FF:desida or somthing... they both where ISO files and when i try too play them i get a message that say: could not start game(8002?????) i dont remember the whole message.... but i realy need some help and i have the firmawre thing... contact me on ben_sel@hotmail.com

member.of.public said, on March 28, 2010 7:18 AM:

@ am
Thx alot. Now i know why it turn to PSP_GAME files when i extract it. It was beacause we didnt untick "iso" in the setting. :D

MADox said, on March 28, 2010 4:13 PM:

alright, i have looked through EVERY SINGLE COMMENT and i cant find a straightforward answer, so ill ask it myself...(this might be long)
On my psp, i hacked it with hell cat's recovery system and upgraded it to gen. 5.50 then dowladed winRAR, then i redid all my files, so far i have four games on two seperate memory cards, on my 8gb i have adventures to go and avater the game, those were both one part games when i downloaded them and they came out as a winRAR archive, now i just downloaded little big planet and its in two parts(both cso files), im entirely stuck because i dont know how to properly combine them and put them in my iso folder, please help!

shery said, on April 6, 2010 7:25 AM:

hey guys I had read all the posts about my problem but i didn't found a solution I had updated my PSP to 6.2 & after I downloaded a file & extracted it i found it in iso but i have no folder called iso on my psp plz tell me what to do

Jack said, on April 9, 2010 6:59 PM:

IF YOU have multiple parts,
use winrar...
OR USE UNRARX for mac (search unrarx download in google)
THIS is SO easy.

If you have two or more parts, (5 parts in my case) just put all of the rar parts in a single folder. ONCE YOU attempt to expand or unrar the 1st part, and you read the process in Terminal, it turns out that parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 require passwords. for part 1 it is the existence and presence of part 2, for part 2, 3, 3, 4, and 4, 5. 5, being the last, requires no password, thus the expanding can commence.

In SHORT. Put all rar parts into one folder, open part 1, and you will be done!!!

I is being a heroes.

jakeh762 said, on April 11, 2010 12:31 PM:

look guys... just extract and drag to your psp in the corresponding folder... games belong in ms0:/ISO . most programs go in ms0:/psp/game... the---ms0:/--- stands for memory stick if you don't have an ISO folder then make one in your memory stick root

yuki said, on April 29, 2010 12:25 AM:

Hello all.

To everyone who has questions about making your game run as a single .iso when you've downloaded a game containing multiple .rar files, you can try doing this.

Let's say there are 6 separate .rar files. All you have to do is to find the file that ends with .rar. The other files end with .iso. Unrar the sole .rar file and you'll see that it automatically unlocks all the other 5 parts as 01, 02, 03, 04 and 05.

Sometimes the numbers, the .rar and the .iso at the end does not show up in explorer. When that happens, go back to the site where you originally downloaded the game folder and cross check with its list of files. Locate the .rar file in your folder.

The end product? A single .iso file that's considerably bigger than the downloaded game folder. That's the file you need that goes into your ISO file in the PSP.

Hope that helps! Note that the game only runs in a customised PSP.

urahara said, on May 2, 2010 1:41 AM:

HEY GUYS OR GIRLS OUT THERE I SEE U GOT GOT THE SEVERAL PROBLEM
WELL LOL I GOT IT TOO ...BUT IT GET SOLVED WHILE READING THE COMMENTS ABOVE...BUT SOME OF U CANT SEE IT MAYBE BECAUSE IT NOT CLEAR SO I WILL SAY HERE
YOU ARE GETTING SEVERAL PARTS BECAUSE OF A FAULTY SETTING(FRM UR EXTRACTOR) WHICH IS BREAKING THE ALREADY ISO FILE TO MORE PARTS ....SO I KNOW ONLY FOR WINRAR HOW TO SOLVE IT ..SRRY ....SO
1 U OPEN WINRAR
2 UP GO TO OPTION/SETTING/INTEGRATION
3 THERE IN THE INTEGRATION SECTION UNTICK THE"ISO" AND CLICK OK

IF ALL IS DONE PROPERLY THEN FRM NOW ON WHEN U EXTRACT U WON'T GET SEVERAL PARTS BUT ONE ISO FILE OR CSO FILE ..ENJOY UR GAME ;)
(srry for any mystype errors...try this hope it works coz i know how fustrating this situatin )
Good luck

aaron said, on May 3, 2010 7:41 AM:

when i extract it it shows disc image file!

kevidinho said, on May 27, 2010 7:21 PM:

ok i ave jus 1 problem wen I put on PES 2010 it starts loading and then it says game could not be loaded then a code comes up (800. . .) what is the problem plz help

7os said, on June 5, 2010 12:37 PM:

hi guyz jus wanna say that u must put the iso/cso format game in ISO> if u don't have 1 make 1!!!

maxx sy said, on June 12, 2010 12:13 AM:

why my psp can't be download by winrar files

Blur said, on June 15, 2010 1:12 AM:

Hi, my psp version 4.05 has just been modified 3days ago but I cant find cso or iso games in my psp after I downloaded from internet.The guy who modified said I can only download games in .dat format.Can I convert iso or cso format to .dat format?Where to download the converter?

yuzu said, on June 25, 2010 1:26 AM:

@Blur: then please download the new custom firmware by yourself. the newest firmware is version 5.50 GEN-D3. after you download it and boot to your psp in order of the instructions, you can now put .ISO and .CSO games into the folder "IS0". you can download and have the instructions by joining in www.pspiso.com this site will give you many instruction and links of downloadable games. :)

yuzu said, on June 25, 2010 1:33 AM:

@aaron: maybe the game hadn't being hacked properly or maybe the game couldn't being hack so the game couldn't be started. or you can re-download the game from another link.(don't re-download at the same link you had downloaded before. it'll do the same)

doode said, on June 28, 2010 7:08 PM:

thanks so much URAHARA!!! u r the best!

abbas said, on September 22, 2010 3:32 AM:

i have a psp and i got games in pbp format and i do know wat to do with my games my psp does not support those games i do know how to covert them into format which is accepted by my psp

Yomz said, on October 26, 2010 6:59 PM:

Hi guyz, i 've a PSP GO version 6.31, i need help with transferring game from downloaded on my pc to my PSP GO....1) i don't have ISO file on PSP GO and when i xtract the game with winrar, i get a disc image file and when i put it in the PSP / GAME/ and i try to play it, it say corrupt files.........what should i do? pls help

Matthew said, on October 28, 2010 3:10 PM:

One of the games I downloaded had multiple .rar files. I use a Mac so I'm using UnRarX to extract the ISO from them.

I just have all the .rar files in one folder (Parts 1 - 4) and open the first one in UnRarX. It works its way through and extracts them 1 at a time (it lists them as it's doing it). When it's finished, it says "All OK" and there's an ISO file.

The total filesize of the .rar files independently was 393.2 MB. The ISO file for it is 521.7 MB. Someone had mentioned that the ISO will be considerably larger (about 25% in this case) than the total combined size of the .rar files.

It should just drop into my ISO folder and play fine.

Izzy said, on December 19, 2010 11:03 PM:

Hi,

I have 6.35 firmware and have recently dwld cheat. It came as a .rar file and have extracted it it comes back with two picture files a .000 file and a .sfo file.

I don't know how to transfer from computer to PSP. I can't seem to find any information on how to transfer files.

Any help would be awesome!

veecash said, on December 26, 2010 2:54 AM:

Hey, for everyone that has a modded PSP trying to get information how to put it on your computer, I can help you!

EMAIL ME @ naptowndre1@gmail.com

I can ONLY HELP WINDOWS USER, NOT MAC.

kuro-ame-neko said, on January 1, 2011 4:25 AM:

6.35 is not compatible with cfw just yet and before u extract the winrar file that u downloaded u hafta open winrar(the program) go to options>settings>inter(wateva it says) and untick iso. then weneva u extract. that sfo and other folder and stuff wont appear. hope i helped ^^

fashade said, on January 29, 2011 4:06 AM:

pls,i have 6.35 on my psp and i cann't hack it with chickhen hack, it only work on version 5.00, can you help with how i can return my psp to 5.00 from 6.35

sundaresh said, on February 7, 2011 2:31 AM:

hi,
i have downloaded gta chinatown wars game for psp.
they are all in rar files.i.e when i open them they show gta-cw.iso when i extract them it asks me to insert a dvd. i mean i didn't understand that how will dvd will run on my psp.also the rar files also don;t merge with each other.
please help me

Starbucks coffee cup 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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