How To Create ISO Backups of Your PSP Games
So you’ve got a stack of you Original PSP Games and you don’t have place for UMDs in your pocket. What do you do? With the release of Dark Alex’s Custom firmwares, you don’t have to bring all your bulky UMDs wherever you and your PSP go. The power of having backups is in your hands. So how do we backup our UMDs? How do we convert them to PSP ISOs? How do we dump your UMD into an ISO image? How do we convert UMD into ISO?
That’s what I’m here to share with you guys. Read along and in a few minutes you’ll be backing up our UMDs in no sweat.
Requirements:
- A PSP with custom firmware 3.52 M33 (or higher) or 3.71 M33 (or higher)
- UMD - Universal Media Disc
- USB Cable
Instructions:
- Be sure you have the VSH menu enabled. To enable the VshMenu, shutdown your PSP and restart it while holding the R button. it will bring you to the recovery mode. Go to configuration -> Use VshMenu and enable it. Once enabled, you may exit the recovery mode.
- You will be taken to the XMB. For 3.71 M33 PSPs, press SELECT to bring up the VshMenu. For 3.52 M33 PSPs, press the HOME button to bring up the VshMenu.
- On the VshMenu, go to USB Device and toggle the values by using the left and right directional buttons until it the value is UMD Disc. Exit the VshMenu.
- Now connect your PSP to the computer using a USB Cable. On your XMB Go to Settings>USB Connection then the drive will pop up and you’ll see your ISO file from your UMD. Copy it onto your computer and rename the file to the title of the game. That’s it! Now you have backed up your PSP game from the UMD. You may now copy the ISO file to your memory stick and leave your UMDs at home. Easy as eating pie.
I hope you’ve learned something new. Well the next thing I’ll write about is how to compress your PSP Roms and ISOs.
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:24 pm
At step 4, when I plugged in USB cable nothing happened. I went to USB connection under settings, and it found my memory stick like normal.
I had to open VshMenu and chose “reset device” which then switched it to the UMD.
Still had to do the USB connection thing to get windows to recognize the drive, but all was well after that.
I am using 3.80 M33 CFW on a slim PSP.
Just thought that info might be useful to someone.
January 13th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Hi, I tried your steps but when I tried to connect the usb cable, I got this error message - “You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that Mac OS X can read. To continue with the disk inserted, click ignore.”
Does this method work with Mac OS?
Thanks
December 7th, 2007 at 2:16 am
@ILuvMyPSP: Yeah it’s possible using WiFi connection. I haven’t tried it yet but yeah sure I’m gonna write it up for you.
December 1st, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Can you do a write up how to use IRShell to play ISO via USB from my computer? Is it possible to play them Wirelessly?
December 1st, 2007 at 9:24 am
would you mind telling me where to put homebrews on my 3.71 M33 psp because no matter where i put my N64 emulators on my psp. The Game can’t start.Thank you so much
November 27th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Really good and really interesting post. I expect (and other readers maybe :)) new useful posts from you!
Good luck and successes in blogging!
November 25th, 2007 at 10:33 am
Thanx Dude, that was way to easy!
November 24th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
my psp is 3.52m33 and i went to config and it doesnt show the Vsh thingy what does it stand for anyways
November 21st, 2007 at 4:27 am
ive got 3.71 m33-3 and ive followed everything but when i go to run my iso its corrupt data because it does not show under game
November 16th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
hey it worked.i can now play games thru usb using irshell.thx for the info.cheers!!!!