Exactly, one of the advantages of running PSP on hacked firmware, or lightweight custom firmware (LCFW) to be exact, is that you can make a copy of your own UMD discs. legally available as ISO files and run them using the PSP’s memory stick. Since UMD is highly volatile and not cheap to own, copying it as an ISO to play with is a prudent step.
If it is a CD or DVD file, we can simply plug it into our computer’s optical reader driver and use any of the free ISO creators. But that’s the UMD disc we’re talking about, and the only device we have with us – capable of reading UMD discs – is the PSP. So we will use it for the task.
Extract ISO from PSP UMD
For this post, I’m assuming you’re running LCFW recovery on your PSP with the PRO VHS menu. If you haven’t hacked your PSP and installed the firmware, check out our guide on how to install custom firmware on PSP version 6.60, the latest firmware version.
We will mount the UMD disks using a USB connection instead of a memory stick and copy the ISO file contained therein. To get started, when you are in the main PSP CXMB menu, press the . button Select button to open the PRO VHS menu. In the PRO VHS menu, navigate to USB Devices (usually the third option) and you’ll find memory Stick is selected by default. Use the PSP navigation keys to select UMD Disc and exit the VHS menu.
Now insert the UMD disc into the PSP and after connecting it to your computer with a data cable, go to PSP Settings and select Initialize USB Connection. By default, the PSP will mount your memory card but thanks to the PRO VHS menu it will mount the UMD disk instead.
Once that’s done, open Windows Explorer to find the ID of the UMD as a removable drive. Open the drive to find the game’s ISO file. Now you can copy the ISO file to your computer.
Note: You may see some free space available on UMD in Windows Explorer but don’t try to copy anything. Since I’m not copying anything I don’t know what could happen, but it’s better not to get your hands on this stuff.
You can now copy all the UMDs you mostly own as ISO files and play them on your PSP if you’re running custom firmware. To play the game, insert the PSP’s memory stick and transfer the ISO files to MS root\ISO folder.
Conclusion
Now you can keep all your UMDs in one safe place and play with the ISO files you legally own. Those with limited storage on memory cards – don’t forget to tweak it with my first quick tip for PSP where I’ll show you how you can play all your copied games on your PSP , and at the same time, save a considerable amount of memory card space.
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