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[Folk You.]

1. Backup ALL the contents of your Memory Stick (e.g. Games, Music, Videos).2. Format your Memory Stick using your PSP. That would be (System Settings > Format Memory Stick™).3. Connect your PSP to your PC using USB.4. Go to the Command Prompt. (Start > Run > Type "cmd" > Ok)5. Type the command "format x: /FS:fat" where x is the drive letter of your PSP.6. When you are asked about 64kb block size, just choose yes.7. Copy ALL the original contents back into the Memory Stick.8. And, you're done. You now have a faster PSP formatted into a FAT16 file system.This will make transferring files from your PC to your PSP go faster, also it will help ISO's run faster

Edited by Don't Dream It's Over, 30 March 2008 - 08:10 AM.

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What filesystem does the standard format make on the stick, FAT32?

[Folk You.]

Yeah if you do it with your PSP it will do fat32. I believe this is only for 4 gig sticks, though.This tutorial is for 4 gig sticks only, because I believe windows gives you the option to format anything lower to FAT16.

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Cool.I'll test this thing out tonight.

[Poison Shroom]

this doesnt work, i tried it and instead i cant access anything in my psp, no music no photos, nothing. the conversion also makes my psp transferring stuff at a slower rate too

You did something wrong, not to be rude.Try it again, and follow everything.

[Folk You.]

I was actually informed over at the maxconsole forums that this doesn't work on 8gigs, because it's not compatible with Windows.I should change the title...Though this hasn't been officially confirmed yet.

[Folk You.]

Here is an explanation Microsoft gives about fat16 and why 8gigs can't do it.....http://support.microsoft.com/kb/118335

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this doesnt work, i tried it and instead i cant access anything in my psp, no music no photos, nothing. the conversion also makes my psp transferring stuff at a slower rate too

Yeah, I had the same problem on my Lexar MS, however it did work on my fake ms...

[Folk You.]

Yeah, I had the same problem on my Lexar MS, however it did work on my fake ms...

It formats the memory stick. Deleting all the folders and all the data on it. Maybe I should have put a warning, but I figured everyone knew what formatting meant.You have to create the folders manually, seeing as you're not formatting with your PSP.Again, I didn't notice much difference in computer transfer speeds...but ISO games run faster, and UMD Video iso's don't skip anymore.

[Poison Shroom]

this doesnt work, i tried it and instead i cant access anything in my psp, no music no photos, nothing. the conversion also makes my psp transferring stuff at a slower rate too

You did something wrong, not to be rude.Try it again, and follow everything.

Now that I think about it, you may have bad drivers or drivers that are just no totally compatible.

[Folk You.]

You did something wrong, not to be rude.Try it again, and follow everything.Now that I think about it, you may have bad drivers or drivers that are just no totally compatible.

I should specify that I tested this on XP, SP2....I dunno about Vista....

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It didn't work for me. :(My game saves work but not my ISOs. How do I return it back to normal? Or do I reformat it again?Okay, I reformat it again and it works, if I have any problems, I'll PM you Ryan. :)By the way, yeah, I got a 4 GB this morning.

[Folk You.]

Woo woo! Congrats!PM me if you're having anymore problems!