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Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR

07/30/2007 03:37:35 PM · #1

My son lost his saved game that he's worked on for months. He and a friend accidently hit a comination of buttons and now the saved game no longer appears.

He's pretty upset. I'm trying to get him to realize that it's only a game, but I would be upset too.

Any one out there know how to recover a deleted game from a PS 2 memory card?

I'd be a real hero if I could get this back.

Thanks in advance.

RainMotorsports

Nikon D60

07/30/2007 03:42:02 PM · #2

Directly probly not. There is a way to (im in the emulation community we use this method to dump the bios). Use a bootloader disk to bootload a custom CD. To cause the Playstation to crash and let us load our own software then use the network adapter to transfer files via ftp to a pc.

However i dont know of any undelete tools... so it kinda doesnt help. I used to have an aftermarket card that came with compression and card utilitis but i dont think there was an undelete on it.

Message edited by author 2007-07-30 15:43:18.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR

07/30/2007 03:43:07 PM · #3

Originally posted by RainMotorsports:

I need ti know what game it is... DUH! lol.

Directly probly not. There is a way to (im in the emulation community we use this method to dump the bios). Use a bootloader disk to bootload a custom CD. To cause the Playstation to crash and let us load our own software then use the network adapter to transfer files via ftp to a pc.

However i dont know of any undelete tools... so it kinda doesnt help. I used to have an aftermarket card that came with compression and card utilitis but i dont think there was an undelete on it.

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RainMotorsports

Nikon D60

07/30/2007 03:44:17 PM · #4

BTW i edited because i dont need to know the game. If were just undeleting. But as i said even with access to the memory card through custom software i dont know how.

For PS1 they used to make what was called a dex drive you plugged the memory card into it and hooked it to a pc. I dont know if one was ever made for PS2. Id check into it and see if it has an undelete tool.

Message edited by author 2007-07-30 15:45:10.

Katmystiry

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

07/30/2007 04:19:38 PM · #5

Just asked my gaming family here and all agree that the saved game is probably gone for good. There is no undelete available in PS2. Sorry :(

citymars

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

07/30/2007 04:26:03 PM · #6

Is his Playstation II networked (i.e, connected for online play)? He may be able to download a saved game from the internet. Check out www.gamefaqs.com or something similar.

pwncakesauce

Nikon D40

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

07/30/2007 04:29:26 PM · #7

... hm, I'm usually pretty good with this stuff, but I'm afraid there's no "undo" button for PS2. I don't know if you can download a saved game with a network connection, as I can't do the whole online play thing. It seems like it's worth a try though, y'know?

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

07/30/2007 04:37:43 PM · #8

thanks everyone.

Poor kid is devestated right now. He's really worked hard on this and was pretty proud of his progress.

We limit his playing time, so he's done a lot for time allowed.

Sounds like a good life lesson opportunity!

Wish me luck!

citymars

Nikon D700

07/30/2007 04:49:08 PM · #9

Gamefaqs has a version with 93% completed. That's probably further than your son got. But like I said, you'd need online PS2 capability to retrieve it.

I feel for your son. On one hand, if he plays it again he'll probably go a lot faster, as he'll be covering familiar territory. On the other, some games can involve 50-100 hours of gameplay. That's a lot to make up.

faidoi

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

07/30/2007 05:00:28 PM · #10

Nothing you can do to restore the game save. A couple years ago Sony sent out demo for a game called "Viewtiful Joe 2" and it cause the erasure of all data on the memory card. The only thing that Sony could do was to give away a free game to those that were affected.

Maybe a friend has the same game and has a saved game that can be copied over to your sons' card if you don't have Sony network.

Message edited by author 2007-07-30 17:02:14.

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

07/30/2007 05:11:40 PM · #11

Originally posted by faidoi:

How do you copy card to card? Is there a built in untility to do that?

Thanks

faidoi

Pentax K10D

07/30/2007 05:18:12 PM · #12

Originally posted by scarbrd:

How do you copy card to card? Is there a built in untility to do that?

Thanks

1. Turn on your PS2.
2. Insert Controller into slot 1, and Memory cards into memory card slots 1 and 2.
3. Select Browser.
4. Select Memory card 1 or 2.
5. Select the game that you want to copy.
6. Select Copy.
7. Copy to the to the other Memory Card, and wait until it says that the copying was completed.
8. You have successfully copied game data.