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How to Connect a PSP to an External HDD

The PlayStation Portable is Sony's handheld console. The PSP saves games and other items to a removable Memory Stick Pro Duo card. Saved data, such as videos and music, can be transferred from the memory card to a computer or external hard disk drive (HDD) and vice versa. If you are trying to save space on your memory card, these files can be moved to an eternal HDD for safekeeping, and then moved back whenever necessary.

Things You'll Need

PSP USB cable
Computer
External HDD

Instructions

- 1
  Connect one end of the PSP USB cable into the port on the PSP console. Connect the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on the computer.
- 2
  Connect the external HDD cable to another USB port on the computer.
- 3
  Turn on the PSP and select "Settings" on the XMB (Xross Media Bar, which is the PSP operating system). Select "USB Connection" and press the "X" button.
- 4
  Click the "Start" button the computer and click "Computer." The Memory Stick Pro Duo will appear as an external device in the side bar. Click on the Memory Stick icon on the computer to open its contents.
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  Move files from the PSP to the external HDD, which will also appear as an external drive on the side bar. You can move videos, music and game saves. You can also move the files from the external HDD to the PSP Memory Stick. You cannot move any games you have downloaded from the PlayStation Network.

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