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! 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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Never miss another useful Q&A article again! Subscribe to AskDaveTaylor with Google Reader. Where can I download rar games for my PSP for free? Posted by: Vaughn Parker at October 21, 2005 1:22 PMare rar and iso the same format? 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... Posted by: Dave Taylor at March 7, 2007 3:23 PMHi, 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 ? hi, you talked about the rar file, but when you unpack it, where do you put it? I 'M NEW TOO THIS SO CAN SOMEBODY TELL TO WINDOWS.RAR AFTER I DOWNLOAD A HENTAI MOVIE AND TRY TO WACTH IT Posted by: gantz at April 19, 2007 12:26 PMHow do I put .rar files on my PSP? version 3.40 Posted by: Martin at April 20, 2007 7:44 PMI 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 Posted by: Stunna at April 21, 2007 8:44 AMplease 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 Posted by: Sholone at May 2, 2007 3:10 AMYou 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 Posted by: Mos at May 3, 2007 8:11 PMhey. 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!! Posted by: yemi at May 14, 2007 1:53 PMpls what site can i download can i download free psp games for my memory card...thanks Posted by: kells at May 26, 2007 4:36 PMto 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. Posted by: i1100 at June 28, 2007 1:07 AMI downloaded a psp game but not sure how to put it on my sony psp.. Posted by: Danielle at July 12, 2007 8:56 PMOnce 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 Posted by: DjTricKy at July 29, 2007 5:17 AMcan 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 Posted by: Jarell at August 5, 2007 3:40 PMhow do i connect all the files together when i finished downloading everything? Posted by: Jeric at August 21, 2007 9:24 AMi 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? Posted by: Kunal at September 15, 2007 8:29 PMhi peeps 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 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? Posted by: Jame001 at October 27, 2007 1:13 AMI tried to put them into "Memory Stick>PSP>GAME>" But PSP show the file is corrupted. Posted by: jame001 at October 27, 2007 1:17 AMWhen i extract my RAR theme how do I get it on the psp. Ihave a foder with different feile types an dother folders. (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 Posted by: chris c at December 3, 2007 1:16 PMmy 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 Posted by: travis at December 10, 2007 9:37 AMhello, 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? Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2007 8:19 PMhey "chris c" when you wrote "(No-sony official)then to play ISO games you have to downgrade and update on custom firmare." 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. Posted by: Joshua Cade at January 9, 2008 9:03 PMI put the game which is in iso format in my psp but while playing it says (There is a internal error) why?????????????? Posted by: Michele at January 13, 2008 1:03 AMhi guys, is winrar format better or CSO or isos format better??? Posted by: aaa at February 12, 2008 4:15 AMhey this whole rar stuff is easy 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. Posted by: M. rashid umar at March 5, 2008 4:17 AMok 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? Posted by: Jc at March 11, 2008 5:34 PMhi 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... Posted by: manicfrost at March 20, 2008 6:17 PMi 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 Posted by: nilesh at April 8, 2008 4:01 AMi use 7 ZIP ITS the best Posted by: William at May 3, 2008 12:22 PMi 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 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...... Posted by: bhadra at May 13, 2008 2:52 PMI have a lot to say, but ...
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