[Tutorial] Noobs Guide to transferring gamesaves.[OutOfDate]

For the most part, ps3 game saves do not work like this anymore. But for historical purposes, here is how it used to be done! Check out viewtopic.php?f=143&t=18861 and see if that helps instead!

This is a tutorial for those of you who are having trouble transferring gamesaves to your PS3.

NOTE: Some savedata is copy protected and cannot be copied.

1. Download this utility to format your flash drive so that your PS3 can see it.

Fat32Format Utility -
http://rapidshare.com/files/90787461/fat32format.zip.html

2. After you have downloaded it. Extract the file fat32format.exe to the C:/ drive on your computer.
We put it here to cut down on key-strokes in the next step.

3. Open a command prompt. To do this click on start, then run, and type cmd then hit enter.

4. Now we need to navigate to the program. To do this type the following:

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cd c:\

5. Now in the same command prompt type this:

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fat32format.exe

6. This will give you some options on how to format your drive. Our command is near the top next to the usage example.

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Fat32Format X:

NOTE: X refers to the drive letter that was assigned to your flash drive. Make sure you enter the correct letter or you will format a drive you did not intend to. To find you drive just open My Computer and see what has been assigned to your drive.



7. Once you enter the above command and hit enter you will see a warning notifying you that this will erase the drive. Just type y and hit enter.



8. Now that the drive is formatted you can close the command prompt.

9. Open your flash drive using windows explorer.

10. In the root of your flash drive create a folder named PS3.

11. Inside the PS3 folder create another folder called SAVEDATA.

12. Download the gamesave you want to transfer from the site here:

http://www.ps3brew.com/?page=savedgames

13. Extract the saved data to the desktop. This will make it easier for you to find.

14. Open the savedata folder until you come to the folder that starts with a B. Inside this folder will be all the files related to the save. Make sure you do not change the name of the folder that starts with B. This is how the game knows which files to load.



15. Copy the B folder to the SAVEDATA folder on your flash drive.



16. Plug you flash drive into the PS3.

17. Using the XMB, browse to the save data utility.

NOTE: XMB is the name of the menu on your PS3.

18. Select your flash drive from the list.

19. Find the save you want to copy and hit the triangle button.

20. In the menu that pops up select copy. This will copy the save to the PS3.

21. Back out of the flash drive and confirm that the save is indeed on your PS3 in the save data utility.

22. Put your game in and try to load the data. If you followed this tutorial to the letter you will have accomplished what you set out to do.

NOTE: Once again, not all saves can be copied due to copy protection put in place by the game developers. There is currently no way to bypass this security. Make sure before you overwrite an exisiting save on your PS3 that you make a backup of it or you could have to redo what you have already done if this fails.

Haha, are you sure they will see this? This will be soo helpful to me. I should be playing my PS3 by tomorrow night .

I am glad it helps somebody. I tried to do a video tutorial but it came out all blurry.

Ah yes video tutorials are the best, but I figure this is easy enough to understand. But I'm wondering.. Does every computer not have the ability to format a flash drive when they stick it in? All I gotta do is right click the flash drive then click on format then choose format32.

This tutorial should work for everyone. I know when I tried to flash my drive just using Windows tool it wouldn't flash. I am on Vista though so I don't know if that makes a difference.

well at least i helped create an 'idiotproof' guide.
i have a pretty run-down computer, so this should work on all systems made after the millenium.

Hi im new i downloaded some save data files but do you need the actual game disc can you help me!
thx

Well you need the actual game to play yes. Savedata is just basically cheating so you don't have to unlock everything in game yourself.

yeah its pretty much the same as PS2. U cud stick in ur friends memory card, but u sstill hav 2 put in the disc 2 play it

Do you click the 'Remove safely hardware' or w/e it is before you remove it? Or do you just rip it out when you are done with it?
Can your rip it out before it reformats? You might be able to open up some hidden files on the flash drive and delete the FAT flashing files or something.

hey i did exactly what your tut said and when i go to saved data utility on my ps2 and go to usb device (U3 Cruzer Micro) and hit triangle it only says information and when i go into that it just says free space 968 mb nothing about saved game files. also i tried to do it in reverse and copy a saved game from my ps3 to my usb memory stick and it says the usb device cannot be accessed. (8001002b) please help its driving me mad lol

Any new flash drive shouln't need to be formatted at all. I have 3 differnt types of flash drives and they all work fine with Windows XP and Vista (PC = XP, Laptop came with Vista) and the PS3. Ive had a 60GB and a 40GB both work fine with the flash drives as well. I started at Step #9 and it worked perfect for me.

I also have a Cruzer Micro and because it loads a software that I have not been able to format off of it I am lead to believe that the Cruzer drives can't be used. I did this tutorial with a Memorex Travel drive.

I have a cruzer as well, I have not transferred game saves with it but I have put stuff on my ps3 with it. I can try putting a game save on it later.

No, you won't. Most PS3 games with Trophies don't support downloaded game saves.