I am stepping aside from my usual coverage for a multi-part article on something that I fully admit would be too dumb to post. IE "Transferring PS1 Game Save Files to a PS3", because originally I thought because of Memory Card adapter I thought all I had to do was get those save files on a USB Stick then plug that stick into a PS3.
Wrong on all counts. I finally decided to buy a Free McBoot for my PS2, this way I could directly access the save files on the Memory Card. Which it did but I had some problems which I like to share. Once I figured out I had to use a Copy and Paste command. It turns out this also makes the Memory Card temporary unuseable. Why because once I did this I was not able to access that card period at least on the PS2. I literally had to turn the console off, unplug it and wait about an hour before it was able to read that Memory Card again. I have no idea why I can only assume.
The save files (PS1) have no file format but Win 10 is able to see them. Once I put that stick in my PS3 and went to the Memory Card Manager it said and I quote "No Save Files Detected".
Since then I have done some research and have hit a couple of brick walls. Except for something about using FTP to transfer those save to a modded PS3 I could find nothing on how to do this. Except for 2 things. #1 It seems GameFAQS and other sites have a PS3 preformatted PS1 Game Saves. I really did not know that the PS3 uses the PSV file format for it's saves. It is possible to move this saves using a standard USB Stick in the following way.
PS3>EXPORT>PSV
Really I am not joking and the PSV files must be in that folder within a folder.
I also discovered that PS2 Game Saves can be transferred in the same matter.
PS3>EXPORT>PS2SD
I would do this but my PS3 is a later model and does not support PS2 games
More Later...
