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Follow the instructions on [[Vita:Installing Plugins]] to install NoNpDrm plugin and launch the game you wish to dump.
Follow the instructions on [[Vita:Installing Plugins]] to install NoNpDrm plugin and launch the game you wish to dump.


== Backing Up Game Card to LiveArea ==
== Backing Up Game Card ==


# Launch VitaShell
# Launch VitaShell.
# Press {{Button|PSvita|Start}} and set [USB device] to [Game Card]
# Press {{Button|PSvita|Start}} and set [USB device] to [Game Card].
# Press {{Button|PSvita|Select}}to enter FTP (see [[Vita:Transferring Files with FTP]])
# Press {{Button|PSvita|Select}}to enter FTP (see [[Vita:Transferring Files with FTP]]).
# On your PC file browser, go to <code>gro0:</code> -> <code>/app/</code>
# On your PC file browser, navigate to <code>gro0:</code> -> <code>/app/</code> and copy your game folder <code>/TITLE_ID/</code> to a location on your PC.
# Copy your game folder <code>/TITLE_ID/</code> to a location on your PC
# Go to <code>ux0:</code> -> <code>/nonpdrm/</code> -> <code>/license/</code> -> <code>/app/</code> -> <code>/TITLE_ID/</code> and rename the .rif file to <code>work.bin</code>.
# Go to <code>ux0:</code> -> <code>/nonpdrm/</code> -> <code>/license/</code> -> <code>/app/</code> -> <code>/TITLE_ID/</code>
# In your PC game backup folder, go to <code>/TITLE_ID/</code> -> <code>/sce_sys/</code> -> <code>/package/</code> and copy <code>work.bin</code>to the <code>/TITLE_ID/</code> -> <code>/sce_sys/</code> -> <code>/package/</code> folder on your PC.
# Rename the .rif file to <code>work.bin</code>
# In your PC game backup folder, go to <code>/TITLE_ID/</code> -> <code>/sce_sys/</code> -> <code>/package/</code>
# Copy <code>work.bin</code>to the <code>/TITLE_ID/</code> -> <code>/sce_sys/</code> -> <code>/package/</code> folder on your PC
# Transfer the game backup <code>/TITLE_ID/</code> from your PC to the  <code>ux0:/app/</code> folder on your PS Vita memory card
# Press {{Button|PSvita|Circle}} on your PS Vita to exit FTP/USB mode
# Go back to the VitaShell root directory list
# Press {{Button|PSvita|Triangle}} and select [Refresh LiveArea™]
# Exit VitaShell and launch your game from the LiveArea

Revision as of 07:10, 21 January 2024

Exclamation-triangle-fill.svgCircumventing DRM mechanisms and/or creating backup copies of games and media for personal use is a right granted only in some countries. It is your sole responsibility to stay up to date with the law in your respective country. The information provided within this wiki is solely educational and its editors take no responsibility for the use or misuse of this information.


To run a game in emulators or install your physical games onto your Vita/PSTV, a dump of your game will be needed.

Follow the instructions on Vita:Installing Plugins to install NoNpDrm plugin and launch the game you wish to dump.

Backing Up Game Card

  1. Launch VitaShell.
  2. Press Start and set [USB device] to [Game Card].
  3. Press Selectto enter FTP (see Vita:Transferring Files with FTP).
  4. On your PC file browser, navigate to gro0: -> /app/ and copy your game folder /TITLE_ID/ to a location on your PC.
  5. Go to ux0: -> /nonpdrm/ -> /license/ -> /app/ -> /TITLE_ID/ and rename the .rif file to work.bin.
  6. In your PC game backup folder, go to /TITLE_ID/ -> /sce_sys/ -> /package/ and copy work.binto the /TITLE_ID/ -> /sce_sys/ -> /package/ folder on your PC.
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