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How to Back Up PSP UMD Games on a Memory Card

Custom firmware is user-created firmware that runs the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP). Running custom firmware on your PSP has many benefits, including backing up your PSP's Universal Media Disc (UMD) onto your PSP memory stick, where it can be played.

Things You'll Need

PSP running custom firmware
USB cable

Instructions

- 1
  Turn on your PSP and wait as the PSP menu boots up. When you see the PSP menu, press the ̶0;Select̶1; button. Your Visual Shell (VSH) menu will appear.
- 2
  Change ̶0;USB Connection̶1; to ̶0;UMD̶1; so that when you connect your PSP to your computer, you will be able to access your PSP game.
- 3
  Insert your PSP UMD game into your PSP drive and connect the USB cable from the PSP to the computer.
- 4
  Right-click on the UMD game from your PSP when it appears in the window that opens on your computer. Click ̶0;Copy.̶1; Click onto your desktop then hold the "Ctrl" button on your keyboard and press the "V" key on the keyboard. The game will be pasted onto your computer desktop.
- 5
  Press the ̶0;O̶1; button on the PSP and disconnect your PSP from the computer. Go back into the VSH menu and change the USB connection back to ̶0;Memory Stick.̶1; Reconnect the PSP to the computer.
- 6
  Copy the game from your desktop into the ̶0;ISO̶1; folder on your PSP memory stick. Disconnect the PSP when the transfer is complete, then select your game from the PSP menu to play.

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