Confirmed! PSP is fast on FAT16, slow on FAT32

[alfox]

hello everyone,i just wanna share this trick that i got coz the other day i was so bothered about my psp not running well with some games,specially the nice ones.the other day i bought a 4gb memstick and tried all the modifications on my 3.03oec psp and all went well except when i tried installing mk unchained and nba2007 coz the games logged so slow.i cant even play the mortal kombat coz it hangs after the intro then i found this solution and tried it out and now everything went well with all the games....

hope this helps our newbies here also who have the same problem like me.try it out......

2GB users who've upgraded to 4GB will notice slower read/write access on their MS. The reason is that 2GB is formatted at FAT16 by default and 4GB is formatted at FAT32 by default.

Want a proof? Try formatting your 2GB or 4GB w/ a filesystem FAT32 and play games like GTA, NFS, DJ Max Portable, and/or Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection (CSO).

Some Facts
1. PSP can read/write faster on MS having FAT16 filesystem instead of FAT32 filesystem.
2. 4GB is the highest for FAT16 not 2GB. The reason why Windows and PSP formats a 4GB w/ a filesystem of FAT32 is for compatibility. 4GB FAT16 is not compatible for Win95/98/Me but if you have WinXP then you'll have nothing to worry.

**REMINDER BEFORE FORMAT BACK UP YOUR MEMSTICK**

How to format specifying filesystem
1. Go to Start Menu -> Run...
2. Type 'cmd' without quotes
3. At command prompt, type:
'format x: /q /fs:FAT' (without quotes, this is for FAT16 filesystem)
'format x: /q /fs:FAT32' (without quotes, this is for FAT32 filesystem)
(change x to your MS drive)

If asks for a Force Dismount, choose yes.
If it warns you about compatibility problems on FAT16, just ignore it.
If it asks for a Volume Label, just type anything or none at all.


FAQs:
1. Does it damages the Memory Stick?
2. No. Its safe.

[Rabitsjag]

so if we do this it will make out 4GB mem stick faster?

and will this erase all my stuff on my memstick??

[alfox]

yes it will and so far for me the issue of hanging games like mortal kombat and nba2007 was solved with this.about your files you must back it up first then just paste it again after format....

[Rabitsjag]

how will i know it worked

and which one do i use
'format x: /q /fs:FAT' (without quotes, this is for FAT16 filesystem)
'format x: /q /fs:FAT32' (without quotes, this is for FAT32 filesystem)

[alfox]

you will notice it because the iso games which are running so slow will run normal after this procedure.....use the first one because the first one is for fat16 and since we want our 4gb to be converter from fat32 into fat16 so we use----'format x: /q /fs:FAT' (without quotes, this is for FAT16 filesystem)

[freerider123]

Fantastic post mate, im looking at getting a 4gb soon glad you pointed this out cheers..

[alfox]

ur welcome mate.its my pleasure to have shared it here coz here in pspmods is where i learned mostly all about psp and with friends here who are willing to help each other is so cool............

[freerider123]

I agree, the mateship on this site is absaloutley unreal everyone does stuff for each other and contributes somehow back to the site

[Sullivan]

Nice find running CSO's should run better too.

[kemroy]

so could this be done through the psp usb connection or a memory card reader..cause i dont have the latter..im new here so please xcuse my question..thanx

[mime]

Wow good job ! Alfox! this is for sure needed! I have no idea of what a FAT is exactly :P, The only thing i know is that hard drive are formatted using either FAT16/32 or NTFS which is faster than any of the others. I'l try this out when I get my 4GB.. I own a 2.

Thanks for this Alfox!! amazing job.!

[Cyber wolf]

just bought a 4gb stick so ill have to try this, thanks man

edit: havnt tried yet but whats the volume label bit about?

[tmacfan4321]

Can you do this using the psp as a memory stick reader or do you have to have the memory stick in a real memory stick reader?

[wolf0491]

nice i did thata while back befor ei even stuck my 4Gb so guess i already have top speed...
never did think it went slow anyway. this could be why

[MOOSE#51]

hey chinese people, in your sig it says you "dual booted"? how is it? wats the difference