Tutorial: How to transfer PS1/PS2 saves from USB to PS3 system
- Power on PlayStation 3 (PS3)
- Eject any disc that may be in the PS3
- Insert the USB that you received to your PS3
- Press right -> on d-pad and select with X button the options menu item that shows the controller icon named "GAME"
- Select with X button "MEMORY CARD UTILITY"
- Select with X button "CREATE NEW INTERNAL MEMORY CARD"
- Select with X button "INTERNAL MEMORY CARD (PS2)" (if it's for a PS/PS1 game then select the one that says "Internal Memory Card (PS)"
- Select with X button "OK" (the default name of the "internal memory card" is self named.
- You will now see a screen that says "The internal memory card was assigned to slot 1. To change the slot, select the internal memory card from [Memory Card Utility] and then change the solt from the options menu"
- Select back by pressing the "O" button on your controller
- Scroll up on the d-pad and select with X button "USB DEVICE"
- You will now see the saves on the USB. Select with TRIANGLE one icon/image at a time
- Select with X button "COPY" (it's shown on the right side)
- Select with X button "INTERNAL MEMORY CARD" (it should default to save there anyway)
- Copy each and every icon/image that was found on the USB in step #12
Tutorial: How to transfer PS3 save from USB to PS3 system
- Turn on PS3 system (without disc)
- Plug your USB stick into the USB slot on your PS3 system
- At the PS3 menu select with "X" button GAME >
- Select with "X" button "SAVED DATA UTILITY" >
- Select with "X" button "USB DEVICE"
- The PS3 save will show up here, select it with "Triangle" button
- Select COPY with "X" button