I just bought a new Sony PSP and am having a heck of a time figuring out how to get it to work with my Windows XP PC. I know I can copy music and pictures onto the PSP, but I don’t know how. Help?
Good news. It’s not difficult to accomplish what you seek, but there are a number of steps required to download files from your PC to your PSP.
The first step is to make sure that you have a Memory Stick Duo in your PSP and, if necessary, format the Memory Stick with the PSP itself (go to Home, then Settings, then scroll down to System Settings and use the ‘X’ button to select this option, then scroll down to Format Memory Stick and select the option). You’ll only have to do that once.
Next, take the USB cable and hook one end into the PSP on the top middle edge and the other end into your PC.
Now, using the Settings menu, choose USB Connect and your PC should shortly see your PSP as a removable drive.
The very first time I did this on my Windows XP system, the OS installed some new drivers, then promptly told me it had to reboot for the device to be mounted on the system:
So, logically, I did just that, and when it rebooted the device showed up as Removable Disk G:, as shown here on My Computer:
Double click the new drive and you’ll find that there’s only one folder therein, called PSP. Double click in that and you’ll find that you have four folders that the format has created:
Looking good! Now if you have MP3 music files, you can drag and drop them into the MUSIC folder (and if they’re in the wrong audio file format, please see How to convert WMA audio files into MP3 audio files), and JPEG (or, sometimes, JPG) photographs or graphics, you can download them into the PHOTO folder. Once you’ve done that, perusing the PHOTO folder, for example, will reveal that your pictures are loaded and ready to use:
That’s about all you need to do, believe it or not. Copy any music or graphic files you want into the appropriate folders, then when you’re done move back up to the list of “Devices with Removable Storage”, click on the PSP removable disk and choose Eject.
(Actually, sometimes when I do this step Windows XP refuses to eject the disk, complaining that “An error was encountered trying to eject ‘Removable Disk (G:)’ but I’ve found if I ignore the error and just unplug the PSP, all is well)
Now, to view downloaded pictures on your PSP, move to the Photo area. You’ll see one item shown: “Memory Stick” and an indication of how much free space you still have on your Memory Stick Duo. Click on that by pressing the ‘x’ button and… poof! You’ll see all your photos listed. Click on any and you’ll get a nice full-screen view.
To listen to the songs you’ve downloaded, go to Music, click through the “Memory Stick” information, and you’ll see a list of MP3 files. Click on any of them to have them play.
That should get you going with your PSP. The issue of how to download movies, well, that’s quite a bit more complicated and something we’ll explore in a different article. 🙂
Useful reference articles:
• Download music from your PC to your Sony PSP
• Watch DVD Movies on a Sony PSP
• Getting Network Update to work on a Sony PSP
• Sony PSP Firmware Update Instructions
• iTunes music on a Sony PSP
This was the best thing I read for instructions. The Sony website did not have this much info. I still have a brand new psp in box and finally wanted to use it for pics and music and this was awesome TY. JB Floroda
ok,i formated my memory stick like you said,then connected my usb cable.nothing happened.i found my psp folder,but it was in the removable disk E:,not G:.then i looked in it,it had the folders,but there was no pictures or videos…WHAT HAPPENED??
i like this.pls send more things to down load.
hi every body
i can’t format my sony psp
also after copy some file or game in my folder
when i checked , i saw that this folder are empty
same i dont copy any thing
same it’s write protected
hi, i just got my psp and i have to say your article is amazing, BUT the pictures and photos i want to put on my psp don’t show up! i have my music and vids, but the pics won’t frickin’come up! i got it upgraded, its format is JPEG, and yeah, im out of solutions. HELP
well when i connect my psp to my pc and i go to My computer its call removable disk (D:)and i have no folders what so ever i do not have GAME nor MUSIC nor PHOTO and nor SAVEDATA help and each time i create a folder for music on my psp the music i put in the folder do not appear
hi i have a psp on custom firmware and a gps but my data is corrupt how do i know if it is in the right folder or if i am nameing it right i am trying go explore on my custom firmware m33-6 on psp 1000 please can some one help me please
email me at b.nutman@hotmail.co.uk
this does not work for me why??!!??!!??? <3
i sync pictures to my psp but cant view them why
i have pictures on my psp but when i go to the folder while in my psp it says that there are none, how do i fix this?
lisabee, do not to keep the “photos” folder inside the “psp” folder . instead keep it next to “psp” folder. hope it’ll help.
thank you dave taylor for all ur help…..
how do i get my psp to show up on windows media playor… it did before than we got an update and now it dosent… dang
ya this doesnt work my computer doesnt have a psp folder
it WORKED!!8D thank you so much!!X3 i had to delete sum stuff from my game saves but it wasnt that much so its worth it!X3 ♥
ijust dont get it cause i got memory already so do i delete all my stuff?