Comments on: How To Backup & Import PS3 Game Saves

By: young

young — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:31:27 +0000

if i get a new ps3 and use the same username can i use the game saves from old ps3?

By: Simon Slangen

Simon Slangen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:38:10 +0000

Some games pull this nasty trick on you. You won’t be able to use backed up saves for Resident Evil 5.

By: Ciaran

Ciaran — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:10:44 +0000

hi, i have a new ps3 account and i want to move my old resident evil 5 data onto my new account, i copied it onto a usb and when i tried to play resident evil it said i cannot use data from other profile users. Is it possible to play on my new ps3 account with my old saved game data?

By: Simon Slangen

Simon Slangen — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:47:40 +0000

@kid – don’t think so

@malmar – make sure you are following the directions to the letter. Copying your files back is a different procedure.
Don’t navigate to your original savefile, like you first did. Instead, go to Game -> Saved Data Utility -> Your-Storage-Drive and try to find the relevant savegame in that directory.

By: malmar

malmar — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:54:28 +0000

hi i copied ps3 game to usb but after following directions to copy from usb to ps3 the hard drive doesnt show up it says u r copying same file to same location (usb) there is no harddrive ps3 destination as a option please help

By: Simon Slangen

Simon Slangen — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:41:59 +0000

Not very much to do about that, try using a different drive/stick.

By: kid

kid — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:47:33 +0000

it worked, i figured it out, but still are there other options aswell?? if not, thats ok…..thanks for your useful info……

By: kid

kid — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:20:02 +0000

ok i did that but for the game marvel vs capcom 2 on my 2nd ps3 it shows it downloading and complete in 0 seconds but its not showing up on my game list, why? and is there any other options i have so i dont have to pay twice for my ps3 online store games??? P.S. thanks for all your help…..

By: Lommen

Lommen — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:07:09 +0000

You can view your purchasing history at the playstation store, and you should have an unrestricted number of downloads of allready purchased content (at least it used to be this way). It’s required that you are logged in with the PSN account that the purchase was done with.

By: kid

kid — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:07:20 +0000

i got 2 ps3’s and i download games from the ps3 store to 1 of my ps3’s, and i would like to know how am i able to have the purchased games from the ps3 store on my other ps3 without having to buy the games twice? is there a way? PLEASE HELP!!!

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:25:57 +0000

when i try to backup files i go to backup utility but it does not recognise the external drive

By: Simon Slangen

Simon Slangen — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:18:56 +0000

There seem to be some games that do this. InFamous does the same nasty thing. You won’t be able to use those saves, no matter where you download them.

By: wayne

wayne — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:34:34 +0000

you need to extract the file by winrar where do u get the save data for midnight club la on ps3

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:57:57 +0000

HELPPPPPPP!

when i downloaded gran turismo 5 SAVEDATA i put it onto my ps3 (overwriting the old data as i wasnt that far in the game anyway) i went to load it up and it says it was created by another user and can not use data form another user (i downloaded this data) does it matter what region i download it from?:S because i live in the UK and donwloaded it from the “Europe” section on the website, PLEASEE help.

By: Simon Slangen

Simon Slangen — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:23:54 +0000

If you use the same PSN account on both playstations, there shouldn’t be any problem. Trophy achievements are automatically synced with Sony’s server.

By: Simon Slangen

Simon Slangen — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:53:55 +0000

Not sure, but I don’t think so. You could always back up your original save game before your replace it.

By: Simon Slangen

Simon Slangen — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:52:43 +0000

Probably not, would be a little too easy

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:53:40 +0000

I have a stupid question, if I download a 100% save file when I load the game save, will it give me the platinum trophy?

By: Uhh

Uhh — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:36:00 +0000

I’ve got a save on a USB stick and and it shows up in Game Utility and stuff, the problem is when I try to put it on my PS3 it says same file name, Overwrite current?

It’s a save from gamefaqs and I’d rather not lose the save I already have for the game, is there a way to rename Save Titles

By: luke

luke — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:04:54 +0000

hi i have a ps3 in two different locations and like to import files from one to the other rather than starting new games all the time, so i did this for resistance 2 and was wondering if this would block me from getting any more trophies, it has never notified me of any risk of losing trophies but just wanted to double check.
Thanks

By: daniel

daniel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:56:01 +0000

i have a WD 250GB external hard drive and an imac g4 and i am trying to figure out how to download the save files from PS3 Brew on my mac, put it on the WD external hard drive and open it up to where i can play the save on my PS3 in COD4. PLEASE HELP I AM PULLING MY HAIR OUT! step by step instructions would be nice.

By: PS3

PS3 — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:43:46 +0000

I cant get this to work. Giving up…

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:42:01 +0000

This doesn’t work.

By: Azn_Man

Azn_Man — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:26:27 +0000

That did the trick. Thank you very much. I was doing everything right except I didn’t use the hierarchy.

By: Simon Slangen

Simon Slangen — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:26:44 +0000

Nothing at all? Then there’s probably something wrong with the USB stick itself. Try if it works with another save file.

By: DAMIEN

DAMIEN — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:59:01 +0000

WHEN I PUT MY USB IN NOTHING COMES UP I PUT THE PS3/SAVEDATA/FLIES NAME AN NOTHING COMES UP AN IM NEW TO PS3 PLZ HELP

By: dean

dean — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:20:53 +0000

i have the same problem as u nicole.:L

By: dean

dean — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:01:48 +0000

try using the triangle button and press display all

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:36:02 +0000

For restoring saves from PS1 games try the following directory structure on your USB stick.

:\PS3\EXPORT\PSV\*actual savedata filename*

By: Simon Slangen

Simon Slangen — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:51:52 +0000

Full back up should do the job for everything except the trophies.

Your trophy collection can’t be backed up in the traditional way (would open too much doors for cheating), instead you need to synchronize them with the server before removing your hard drive and back again after installing the new one.

To do this, you need an active internet connection and a PSN account. If you don’t have one, make one now.
Then go to Game -> Trophy Collection and press triangle. Choose ‘Synchronise with Server’.