Can you back up save games on a USB stick?

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#1 gamermanps2
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Is that possible?

If so, how would you do it?

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#2 deactivated-57e5de5e137a4
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Some are locked where you can't, but you can with most. Just go to the save file, press triangle, and click on copy.
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#3 EpiphoneMan2008
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HEY! I was wondering this same thing :P
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#4 Dahaka-UK
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Yes you can, I backed up all my PS3 files to my Bytestar USB Flase drive when I was switching harddrives.

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#5 lightleggy
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Is that possible?

If so, how would you do it?

gamermanps2
yeah but I dont reccomend it or at least, you should see if all of your games dont have a problem with that. my cousin made a copy of his GTA file and he had A LOT OF STUFF unlucked and game progress at like 95%. then he deleted his user cuz he was bout to sell his PS3 to get other one of 80gb. when he pasted the data on the new ps3 and he attempted to load, the game gave a message "ERROR, this data does not belong to this user" so try it first, create a new user, make the copy, paste the copy in the new user and try to load the file in that user to see if theres no problem
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#6 budboarder
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Yea, its easy, so figure it out.
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#7 DangerHiVoltage
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Yes you can, I backed up all my PS3 files to my Bytestar USB Flase drive when I was switching harddrives.

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since i would like to save my demos, purchased games, save data, game data etc. i would rather use an external harddrive, since no flash drive can save that much baggage, (well im sure theres som bigger flash drives but whatever, i would rather keep everything exactly as it was rather than downloading it all all over again)
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#8 ItsEvolution
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Not all games let you do it, which kind of sucks. I want to buy a second PS3, and I don't want to have to re-download everything. Oh well.

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#9 Rakuho
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yes, but unfortunately copying some save files is prohibited... i know this is the case for KZ2 and DS, but i'm certain this applies to many other games' save data.
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#10 zekere
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I always take backups before I update the frimware, because I have a custom harddisk of 320gigs . So far only street Fighter 4 doesn't work with a USB stick, the rest goes perfect .

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#11 DangerHiVoltage
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does this apply to external harddrives when backing up data? (swapping my harddrive)

am i bound to lose some data, for simply updating my hard drive?

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#12 x_xion_
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some are lock some see on your save data

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#13 Doolz2024
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That's how I transfer saves between both my PS3s. I have a 2GB memory stick, but Sony took that feature away from newer PS3s... :|
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#14 sizzlingdviper
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Is that possible?

If so, how would you do it?

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Most of your game saves you can back up to USB stick.just go to saved data icon with your name on and click on it and provided you've got your USB plugged in,click on copy and then click on the icon showing your USB.