Convert PS1 on PC saves to PS3/PSP save format

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I've been hunting for some PS1 game saves as my PS1 memory cards died. GameFAQs has many more saves listed for the Original PS1 save format rather than the PSV format. The PS3/PSP require PSV format to work, and I don't even know what to do with the gme files GameFAQs lists for PS1.

I know I can use the Sony Memory Card adapter for physical memory cards (and I own one) but that doesn't help me here unless I can somehow copy .gme files with the adapter from my PC, then to the PS3. If I can do that, that solves the problem as well, but I don't know how/if I can do that.

How can I convert these PS1 saves (.gme) to PS3/PSP format (.psv)?

Asked by Ben Brocka

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This guide explains how to convert .MCR PSX memcard images to PS3 format.

PSXGE can handle conversion between most popular PSX memcard image formats, including .GME to .MCR (the format you're looking for in PSXGE is .MC, just rename it to .MCR).

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Is there a way to cleanup or repair savegames?

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We are having issues with crashes in Fallout: New Vegas on the PS3. We tried our savegames on another PS3 and encountered the same problems. Also, starting a new game on our PlayStation or loading the savegame of a friend does not have any crashes.

The savegame of my girlfriend does crash very often, at most in open areas. With my own savegame crashes are not that frequent but they happen.

Since we are very advanced it would be very sad if we had to restart from scratch, also we are frightened that this issue could occur again with any other savegame.

We also tried to delete Fallout and reinstall it along with all updates and DLCs, this did not help.

So my question is:
Is there any way to repair or fix up the savegames of the PS3 Version using a Linux or Windows PC? (Linux would be preferred, but Windows is also available.)

Asked by NobbZ

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Fallout: New Vegas is notoriously buggy. As the game wears on, the chances of you encountering one or more crashing bugs becomes increasingly likely. The Fallout Wikia has a long list of things that you can try, but here's just a few of the most relevant ones:

• Turning the pip-boy radio off and leaving it off seems to help quite a bit. Try it if nothing else seems to help.
• Crashes often when you near completion of the game. Waiting 73 hours can fix this occasionally by resetting all cells except the one you are in.
• Crashes or very severe slowdowns are common when the player character reaches the top of a hill or ridge and the landscape and sky beyond become visible. (no known workaround)
• Equipping the sniper rifle may cause the game to slow down severely and most likely freeze. On the PS3 equipping the sniper rifle can cause the weapon hotkeys to stop functioning, and the game to crash shortly thereafter on attempts to sleep, save, enter a new area, or just walk around the map for a minute or so.
• Sometimes changing the color of the interface can cause the game to crash or lock up. Keeping the interface Amber may help in avoiding this. (On both the Pip-Boy and Hud)

As far as I know, there's no save file editors for Windows or Linux that can fix the cause of crashes in New Vegas. In fact, editing your save outside the game is probably more likely to cause you crashes in the future.

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Where are Vita saves stored?

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I want to borrow some Vita games off a friend, I was wondering if I might need to overwrite his own saves.

With PS3/PSP games I know saves are stored on the device itself (since the game media is read only), but since Vita has its games on memory cards, is the saves on the game media itself? (Like GB/DS games)

Asked by JohnoBoy

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Unfortunately, the answer is that it depends on the specific game.

From the PS Vita manual:

Two types of games are stored on PS Vita cards. One type saves data on the PS Vita card and the other type saves data on the memory card for the PS Vita system. To determine which is the case for a specific game, see the software manual for the game.

If you want details for a specific game, a lot of publishers now put their manuals online.

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Save States for older game consoles?

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Is it at all possible to save a state in a game for older consoles? I'm talking about old school game consoles like NES, SNES and Sega MegaDrive.

I know it's not built in, so maybe somebody knows of some kind of add-box, or something to put between the cartridge and the console to record the game progress or something like that..?

It would really help me finish certain older games.

Asked by dreagan

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There's not a hardware device that would sit between a console and it's cartridge to record the game's state, and that's because it wouldn't be able to do this task.

The cartridges hold the game's code, commonly burned into memory chips called ROMs. Cheat devices like the Game Genie or Action Replay sit between the console and these chips, and replace or patch the code on the chip as the console requests it. Therefore, it's possible to change the way the game executes in real time.

For example, when you get hit in The Legend of Zelda, there's a bit of code that executes which takes your current life (stored in a memory cell) and subtracts one from it. Instead of subtracting one heart, the cheat device might change the code so that the "subtract one from life" instruction is never executed. This would make you effectively invincible.

Saving state is done by copying the current contents of memory/registers into a file, and then loading that file again later. The console's memory is not part of the cartridge. Therefore, this can't be done by capturing the data coming off the cartridge - you'd have to open the case, and solder down something that is capable of reading the contents of the console's memory, and allow it to be restored later. This is a complicated process, and would likely be hard to get right.

Saving state is a common feature of emulators, however. Emulators set up an environment inside your PC where the entire CPU, memory, audio/video chips, etc are all simulated. Since they're simulated, capturing data at any point in the process is fairly simple. Older generation consoles had a tiny amount of memory compared to your PC, so saving and loading many different iterations of the current game state is simple and not very taxing.

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Where are the save files for the Steam edition of Assassins Creed II located?

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Where are the Assassins Creed II save files? I found a few locations in Google, but most of them do not exist on my system. I also found an article that Ubisoft patched AC2 to save locally. Are the save files for the Steam version located in the Steam cloud?

Asked by Maciej Piechotka

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I finally found the folder:

[User HOME Directory]/AppData/Local/Ubisoft Game Launcher/<RANDOM NAME>/4

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Is it possible to find out what level your follower is on?

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Also, is it possible to level them up? Or do they level up just like me by fighting and increasing their skills?

Asked by David

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They are locked at the level on which you hired them, and will not continue to level up as you do.

To set them on your current level(should be higher) you can:

• use console commands on the PC ("disable" then "enable" the character while they are not in your party.

• use Wabbajack to turn them into a mudcrab/goat/etc, then rehire them when they change back.

This resets their stats to the current player level, and also does not appear to reset their inventory or quest scripting (although you will need to take an item from their inventory and put it back to get them to re-equip any non-default equipment you've given them). However, it has no effect if they are currently in your party. Essential characters can not be transformed, therefore essential followers can not reset their stats unless using console commands.

There are a couple very specific occasions in which certain Followers will level up due to scripted events in quests.

Note that most of followers can reach max lvl 30 so updating them past this level would be useless.

For those on PC check out getlevel and setlevel console commands.

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Skyrim Elder Scrolls V: Is it possible to find out what level your follower is on?

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Also, is it possible to level them up? Or do they level up just like me by fighting and increasing their skills?

Asked by David

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They are locked at the level on which you hired them, and will not continue to level up as you do.

To set them on your current level(should be higher) you can:

• use console commands on the PC ("disable" then "enable" the character while they are not in your party.

• use Wabbajack to turn them into a mudcrab/goat/etc, then rehire them when they change back.

This resets their stats to the current player level, and also does not appear to reset their inventory or quest scripting (although you will need to take an item from their inventory and put it back to get them to re-equip any non-default equipment you've given them). However, it has no effect if they are currently in your party. Essential characters can not be transformed, therefore essential followers can not reset their stats unless using console commands.

There are a couple very specific occasions in which certain Followers will level up due to scripted events in quests.

Note that most of followers can reach max lvl 30 so updating them past this level would be useless.

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Is it possible to play Fez with more than one save game?

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More than one person in my house is interested in the secrets and puzzles of Fez. However, even though it has a save feature, I don't see how I can switch between saves (thus allowing multiple players to start and stop at different points). If I try and choose "Start new game" it says it will delete all progress. Is it possible for two people to play Fez on the same XBox with different save games?

Asked by EBongo

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Not with the same profile on the same hard drive. You can use separate memory cards, storing one save game on each (you're prompted at startup). Likewise, every gamertag can have its own save on your hard drive. I'd recommend just using different gamertags for each player.

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Can I recover lost saves?

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I just updated Minecraft Beta from 1.2_01 to 1.2_02 and my saves (I had only one world) seem lost.

Is it possible try to recover it in some way?

Asked by Drake

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You may be able to recover it using some of the techniques that are used when the files go missing in power outages. All credit goes to the origional poster, this is located on the minecraft offical forums. I am unsure if this works for upgrade losses but id imagine the backup would still be there unless you have played to the point it recreated? You may be able to check %appdata%.minecraft\saves and see if your world still exists on that side for the recovery attempt.

Tutorial: How to restore missing world after system crash http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=51286

Wish i could be more specific, reply here if you need help or have any concerns.

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Is it possible to get data off of a dead PS3

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Is possible to get the data off of the hard drive of a PlayStation that has crashed. I have already voided the warranty so I am not worried about that and I have access to quite a few tools.

I have a new playstation and a few saves that were not backed u. I am not worried about them but if it is possible I would love to get it moved over.

The old playstation will not turn on at all and I think I am going to have to pull the drive. My main concern is if I am able to transfer the files without running into any issues. I have heard that some of the stuff is specific to each playstation is that true?

Thanks

Asked by kwelch

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There's no way to get data off a PS3's hard disk if the PS3 is dead.

Transplanting the hard disk into a new PS3 doesn't work because the hard disk data is tied to the old PS3. The new PS3 will only allow you to format the drive, not access the data.

See my answer here for options.

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In what directory are Sins of a Solar Empire saved games stored?

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Pretty simple question: where does Sins of a Solar Empire save games? I'm sharing saves between machines using Windows Live Mesh and I'd like to know where to point it.

Asked by Axiom

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They're saved in:

C:\Users[username]\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\

There is a Save-SinglePlayer and Save-MultiPlayer folder that contains save games from each category.

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Is there a way to rename the save files?

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As I use the save function a lot, to either go back and to things differently, or other various things. I often find the save names incredible hard to distinguish from each other.

Is there a way to rename the save files, or change how the save files are named?

Asked by mordi2k

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In the console, use the save "<file name>" command.

You can open the console with the tilde key ~, or the ² key on international keyboards.

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How can I back up a saved game on Nintendo DS?

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My wife and I share a single Nintendo DS. Many DS games permit only a single slot; one example is Etrian Odyssey.

I would like to be able to back up my Level 18 Etrian Odyssey party so that my wife can try the game without my losing the many hours I have put in. I have heard there is a device called "R4" or "R4DS" which might make this possible, but I can't figure out which device to buy or how to set it up.

How can I back up a Nintendo DS saved game onto an external flash card, then later restore?

Asked by Norman Ramsey

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A few devices exist specifically for the purpose of dumping these things, such as the NDS Backup Adapter Plus - I don't have any experience with that particular device, but as I understand it, you just put the game into the adapter, and connect the adapter to your PC. This is likely to be the easiest way to do this, but looking around, it seems like it might also be a little more expensive.

Alternatively, if you have a DS Phat or DS Lite with Wifi (DSi or 3DS will not work), you can use a flash cart to do this in a completely legitimate way: You can use a homebrew program to dump and restore saves onto official cartridges. I've personally had good success with Savsender.

You use this program to send the save data to your computer; if everything goes well, your wife can safely delete your saved game, and start a new one. When you want to get back to your own file, you dump your wife's save to a different file (assuming she wants to keep playing her file, otherwise you can skip this step), and restore your own. For a more detailed guide, follow this tutorial.

It's not completely fool-proof: it may occasionally misdetect the save size, in which case you only get a part of your save. Various online databases have the save size available, in case you want to verify the results. In the case of Etrian Odyssey, it uses 64KB for save data (65536 bytes).

There are a few games out there which are known to not work with this program: Pokémon HeartGold, SoulSilver, Black and White are wired differently, and can't be dumped using this process. Additionally, it may not support save sizes greater than 512KB (The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, WarioWare: DIY and Art Academy are the only non-Japanese titles I'm aware of; Japan had a few more games like this) - I haven't actually tried dumping any of those myself, so I don't know if they're detected correctly. If you want to dump any of those, you are probably best off with the adapter.

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Is there Mass Effect 2 “ultimate playthrough” in regards to Mass Effect 3 import?

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If I start a Mass Effect 2 game from scratch, keeping in mind that the save is ultimately intended for import to Mass Effect 3, where I'd want to have the best available resources (e.g skills, equipment, available crew members), which decisions should I keep in mind? For example, I know I should have as many teammates survive the final mission as possible, but are there other missions I should try to complete one way over the other? Which DLC, if any, should I play/avoid?

Asked by JohnoBoy

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Best available ME3 setup? You'll need to go all the way back to ME1. If you have a PS3, and can't play ME1, I would suggest re-buying the series on PC or XBox. ;) You can't have the ultimate Mass Effect play through without playing ME1.

1. Beat ME 1 on Normal (This unlocks Hardcore and ups the level cap)
2. Beat ME 1 on Hardcore (This unlocks Insanity)
3. Beat ME 1 on Insanity with all DLC getting to max level completing every mission and quest.

Save Wrex too. You'll lose Mordin in ME3, but War Asset wise it's a better deal.

This gives the best setup for ME2.

1. Beat ME2 on any difficulty (This increases the level cap)
2. Beat ME2 on any difficulty again with all DLC getting to max level completing every mission and quest. Keep all squad members and crew members alive.

That should give you the best possible setup.

Here's a short list of ME1 and ME2 decisions that can effect war assets in ME3.

Hope that helps!

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Can I take snapshots (~savegames) of the current game in the Nintendo Wii emulator?

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I'm replaying old SNES games and right now the Boss of DK Contry 2 (King K. Rool) gets the best of me. I always die just shortly before the end and have to replay the whole thing all over again. I have 90+ lives, so that's not an issue, I'm just tired of repeating the same thing over and over (I know, it's pathetic).

Asked by bitmask

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The answer is shortly "No."

Appart from the save features that are present in the games themselves, the Wii's Virtual Console does not offer any savegame features.

The closest thing that it has is Suspended Play, that is available for most Virtual Console games (I belive Nintendo 64 and Neo Geo games are exluded). If you open the Home menu while in game, your gamestate will be saved and you can safely exit the game and resume where you left off when you start the game next time.

However, this feature prevents, by design, the kind of functionality that you are looking for.
Once you restart the game, the suspension data is deleted automaticly. What's more, it cannot be copied for safekeeping using Wii's operating system. That is, you can not copy it to your SD card and the copy it back after you loose to the boss.

I belive it would be theoreticly possible to use this state data to resume from certain point in game, but doing so would require rather drastic measures and I wouldn't recommend even trying them for something like this.

I've heard that the boss can be a tough nut to crack, but I'm afraid that you'll just have to endure it and keep practicing. You'll get it eventually.

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What happens if I turn off my console while it is saving data?

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All console games warn players at the beginning of any game:

Please do not turn off your console when you see the saving icon/indicator.

What if I turn it off or there occurs a power outage while saving data? What are the chances? Is it for sure that there will be a harm in every case?

Asked by Mehper C. Palavuzlar

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You could either lose or corrupt the data you are attempting to save. If the game is overwriting an existing file, this could mean that you will not be able to recover it.

Additionally if the console does not have a method for deleting the corrupted data you could wind up with inaccessible portions of your storage device.

It will mess up the ph balance in your pool. (Ok, not the last one).

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Can PC saves be imported into console version of Mass Effect 3?

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Having not yet played Mass Effect 1 or 2 I plan on purchasing them before jumping into Mass Effect 3. What platform I purchase a game for is larger dependent on where I'll be spending my time in the immediate future. For instance right now I'd probably buy Mass Effect 1 for the PC. A few months from now when I'm ready to jump into Mass Effect 2 I might purchase it for the Xbox 360.

Which brings me to my question can Mass Effect save games be imported between platforms? PC to console? Or even console to PC?

Asked by ahsteele

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MassEffectSaves.com has a page dedicated to how you can transfer saves from PC to XBox 360 and from 360 to PC. However, it doesn't appear you can do this with the PS3.

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Will I lose my saves if I uninstall Mass Effect 2?

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I know there are ways I can copy these files on my own and avoid this question completely, but I'm curious for the less tech saavy... If I were to uninstall Mass Effect 2 would I lose my saves? Is there a dialog box on uninstallation that gives me an option? Does it not mention it at all and just leaves it in the directory where they were originally while deleting other game content? Does Steam save any of this info in case of a total fail on my SSD's part. I'm not taking any chances on this considering the hours I put in on 2...

note: my question pertains specifically to the PC title.

Asked by Steve the Maker

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When you begin to uninstall the game via it's uninstaller, you will see the following:

Make sure you tick the checkbox for Keep Save Games if you want to keep your saved games!

Note: I do not have the Steam version, so I am unable to test what happens if you just right-click on the game in Steam and select "Delete Local Content". To be on the safe side, run the uninstaller as I did, through Control Panel->Programs->Uninstall a program

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Can you transfer your Eyepet save to Eyepet & Friends?

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I have both Eyepet (original addition, upgraded to Move Edition) and the new Eyepet & Friends. I have a saved character for the first game on my system.

Upon starting the new game, it seemed to do some kind of import, after it finished (it seemed to take a while, as it checked data on every account on my system), I expected it to import my save file, but that doesn't seem to be the case, as non of my old pets appear in the new game. I can only guess the import was for previous DLC.

Does anyone know if it's possible to import pets from the previous game into the new one?

Asked by JohnoBoy

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Having tested further, I can only conclude that sadly this isn't possible. The new game doesn't take into account the save from the previous game.

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How can I move my PSP game saves onto my PS Vita?

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I have an old PSP and a PS3 and PC. I have a bunch of PSP game saves for PSN games (patapon ect) that I would like to move over to my Vita because they work on the Vita.

How can I move my PSP's save files onto my Vita?

Asked by Ben Brocka

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Copying your PSP save data

Plug your PSP into your PC with a Mini USB cable (the kind that fits into the top of your PSP) and select the USB Connection option in the PSP System menu.

The PSP should show up as a connected drive in your My Computer menu. It's probably called "Removable Disk" if you're on Windows. Open that drive and navigate to the PSP folder.

Copy the SAVEDATA folder onto your PC somewhere like you Desktop. That folder has all your PSP saves and we'll copy them to the PS Vita soon. If you're concerned about how much space the data will take up on your PS Vita, check how large this SAVEDATA folder is, you're about to copy that much data onto your Vita. If it's too large, we can only copy the specific games you want the data for later.

Prepare your PS Vita to copy the files

Download any one PSP game onto your Vita and play it enough to generate a save file. Any game will do, it doesn't have to be a game you want to copy the save data for.

Install the PS Vita Content Manager Assistant for Windows or Mac OSX.

Connect your Vita to your PC with the USB cable and open up the content manager. Pick Copy Content: PS Vita System -> PC -> Applications -> Save Data (PSP/Other).

You should see the game you played earlier in a list; tap the PSP game to select it and hit copy. Click Okay to copy it onto your PC.

Find the folder on your PC the Vita copied to; it should be in your Documents folder in a folder named PS Vita, in that folder there's a folder called PSAVEDATA. In that should be a single folder named with random letters and numbers. Open that folder; this is where we're going to copy the PSP Save Data.

Copy the files onto your Vita

Open up the SAVEDATA folder from earlier, those are your PSP saves. Also open the PS Vita folder we mentioned before that has your PS Vita's copy of the save files (you want to be inside the folder with the name that's random letters/numbers). Copy and past ALL folders from the SAVEDATA folder into the folder named with random letters. Say Yes to any dialogs that ask if you want to merge/copy files; this means you're overwriting the Vita's copy of the save file with the PSP one.

Now just open Content Manager on the Vita again and pick Copy Content: PC -> PS Vita System. Pick Applications -> Saved Data again. You should now see all of your PSP save data. I recommend hitting Select All and just copying all of this data over. You can also pick and choose just the games' data you want to copy over if you want to save yourself some space.

Pick Copy and hit Okay again, it will ask you if you want to overwrite any data you have on the PS Vita for the PSP games; you want to do this, so click Apply to All and tap Overwrite.

Your PS Vita now has all save data from your PSP and you can keep it there forever, and it's also stored with your PS Vita backup. Any time you download a PSP game onto that Vita, it will start with the save data you copied from your old PSP, no need to repeat this for each game!

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