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.
Lots of people have asked about opening RAR archive files on a Windows PC, so here’s my tutorial on what’s involved:
https://www.askdavetaylor.com/open_unpack_rar_archive_on_windows_pc_win7_win8.html
Hope y’all find that helpful!
for pc
How to open rar files
i have game file god of war-2 winrar archive
after extracting file i don’t get iso or cso file
i got psp_game & umd_data file
what should i do
Hi!
The Compatible Files for PSP Games are ISO and CSO only! 🙂
Hope It Helps!
hey guys,I download the BLC 2007.but it has a PSP_GAME folder and within which another file is there called PARAM.sfo.
I could not install this game on my PC.Can any one tell me the steps to install this.
please help me out.
You don’t need to extract the folder’s, just put the archive in the Iso folder.
hi,
i have 6.20 TN-C custom firmware.
i had downloaded nfs most wanted torrent.
when i extract it i get a folder.
that folder consist of sysdir and usrdir folders
few pics and an param.sfo format file.
i dnt knw how to place all this on psp memory.
please guide me.
i had used .cso file but it was a single file n didnt bothered me much as it sud b placed directly in iso folder in psp.
but this many folder are making it tedious.
Hi guys. I have known haw to extract .rar files and get the .iso file. but one thing troubles me. Sometimes. when I extract a .rar file, I extract a folder that has eboot.pbp or key.pin something.. not the .iso or .cso that I expect. what should I do? Was there a problem with the .rar files?