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How to Get a PSP to Read a USB Flash Drive Instead of the Memory Card

The Playstation Portable (PSP) does not come equipped with an internal hard drive. Instead, the proprietary solid-state Sony Memory Stick is used to store games and other data for the PSP. A less expensive, higher capacity USB flash drive can be used to store data for the PSP, in lieu of a Memory Stick. This requires a USB-to-Memory Stick adapter, similar to that used on a computer and purchased from a computer store.

Things You'll Need

USB-to-Memory-Stick adapter

Instructions

- 1
  Place the PSP on a table with the logo facing you and the LCD screen facing upward.
- 2
  Open the Memory Stick compartment on the right side of the PSP. Insert the Memory Stick plug of the USB-to-Memory-Stick adapter into the Memory Stick̵7;s slot. Insert the USB flash drive̵7;s connector into the connection on the free end of the USB-to-Memory-Stick adapter.
- 3
  Turn on the PSP. Navigate from the Home menu to ̶0;Settings.̶1; Select ̶0;Devices.̶1; Select ̶0;System Settings.̶1; Scroll through the list of choices until you come to ̶0;Format Memory Stick.̶1; Press the ̶0;X̶1; button. Select ̶0;Format̶1; from the confirmation window. Select ̶0;Yes̶1; from the confirmation window that pops up. Press the ̶0;X̶1; button.
- 4
  Wait as the ̶0;Memory Stick̶1; is formatted. Click ̶0;Done" on the ̶0;Formatting is finished̶1; pop-up window. Return to the Home menu.
- 5
  Use the USB flash drive that is now formatted for the PSP instead of a Memory Stick. Turn off the PSP when done. Remove the USB-to-Memory-Stick adapter from the PSP̵7;s Memory Stick port. Remove the USB flash drive from the connection on the USB-to-Memory-Stick adapter.

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