Possible fix for broken memory stick

[Qmark]

This may have come up before, sorry if it has.

I broke a 256MB MSPD a couple of hours ago by messing around with FDISK. The stick showed all symptoms of being completely ****ed, namely the flashing MS light and the "no memory stick is inserted" message.

Here is how I fixed it:
I booted the PSP into (3.52M33-2) recovery, inserted an MS that wasn't ruined, and enabled USB. When Windows recognized the drive, I swapped the stick for the one I messed up, and formatted normally.

Here are concerns:
* The 'good' stick and the 'bad' were the same size. This might be important.
* The 'bad' stick had the primary DOS partition removed via FDISK. Sticks ruined by other means may not be recoverable.
* both sticks were real Sony sticks, not freaky Chinese knockoffs.

[xg917]

cool. dammit i wish i didnt throw away that broken 2gb sony high speed mspd :(

[Qmark]

For some reason, recovery mode doesn't appear to notice or care when the stick is swapped out, or it doesn't notice or care that the stick is "ruined" - I can't tell which.

XMB refused to belive the stick existed at all, other than to blink the MS light.

[mcdougall57]

nice fix i will look into this

[acn010]

cool. dammit i wish i didnt throw away that broken 2gb sony high speed mspd :(

so as i, i cut it in half with a scissor lol and its all metalicpowder lol

[xg917]

****, now im mad at myself!

[acn010]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/acn010/owltards2.jpg

[xg917]

lmao where the hell do u get these pics?? they all make sense for every subject!

i wana b the one on the right! jaja

[acn010]

i have bunch of them on my hardrive... dont know where i got them but im using them XD

[jonezybaby]

^^ class ;)

acn010 is rather well known for the funny piccys :D but no1 argues lol

Bck on topic, i had a 2gb sony card but that was F****d becus its snapped :( otherwise id try it out!