SECTION 4  - Using Memento.

4.1  How to copy an original game DVD.

4.2  Creating a Memento Disk (Patching Disks).

4.3  Burning a game image to a DVD-R and Test.

4.4  How to use WinHIIP utility for HDD management.

4.5  How to use the SWAP feature Included into the Memento Firmware.

4.6  Common Homebrew Applications available for PS2.

4.7  How to ERASE the MEMOR32 Memory Card.

4.8  How to COPY DEVolution files to  the MEMOR32.

 

Chapter1.  How to copy an Original PS2 DVD Game.

Place a Playstation 2 game DVD (original or backup) on your DVD Writer and then open the IMGBURN program you’ve installed before or any other DVD Burning Program like NERO.

Click on the MODE menu and select READ. Wait until all the info is collected from the DVD as its name, the size, and so on.

After the update a screen similar to the next one in shown:  

Now you need to choose where the ISO file will be saved. 

Press the folder icon on the DESTINATION section of the window and select the drive and folder you want to save it in. After selections is done it´s time to start dumping the content  of the DVD to the ISO file. To do so, press the big button with the icons of a CD and a CD folder on it:

The dumping process starts and can take a while to end:

If no errors were find, the process ends playing a tone and displaying this window:

Press OK button to dismiss this window and eject your game DVD from the drive.

Repeat the same process for all the PS2 Original Games you have.

Chapter2.  CREATING A MEMENTO DISK (PATCHING DISKS).

To enable MEMENTO FIRMWARE to authomatically start the back-up games of the disks when you insert them into the PS2, we need to create a MEMENTO DISK IMAGE.

Go to the folder where you decompressed the MEMENTO firmware and locate the MEMENTO DISC PATCHER program:

Duble click it to run, this window will be shown:

Now click on the PATCH ISO IMAGE and locate the ISO (or .NGR) file you have created from your Original Game (SEE SECTIONxx.ss):

It takes less than 2 seconds to and in a flash the ISO is patched:

If you try to repatch it or patch another already patched image, this warning will be shown:

On both cases press OK to dismiss the window. To close the program, press the X on the upper right corner of the MEMENTO DISC PATCHER window.

Chapter3.  CREATING A MEMENTO DISK (PATCHING DISKS).

After the ISO file of the game has been converted to a MEMENTO compatible ISO (see previous chapter), we can burn it to a DVD-R.  Open IMGBURN (or similar software like Nero) and on the MODE menu select WRITE:

Next, on the source section, click the folder icon to choose which image you want to load to burn, in our case the previously converted ISO:

After the image is loaded, insert a BLANK DVD-R in your DVD Writer and wait some seconds. The program will get the info on the disc and you can start burning the ISO.

It is a good practice burn the DVD-Rs in half of its maximum speed. Although, if possible burn every ISO at 4x. To start burning, click the big button with the icons of a CD:

The process begins and, for a full ISO size, the estimated time is about 15 minutes at 4x speed:

If no problems were found, the process end in a successful burned ISO:

TESTING THE BURNED DVD-R GAME.

Just insert the game into the PS2 and start it normally.

Memento will not take any action, and the MEMOR32 will behave as a normal Memory Card.

BOOTING BACK-UP OF ORIGINAL OR IMPORT  PS2 CD GAMES.

Ps2 games on CD must be burned on DVD-R in order to make them boot with Memento.

Simply exctract the ISO of the game and burn it in the "Memento Disk" format (see SECTION 4.3). Once this is done, simply place them into the PS2 and they will direct boot . 

Memento will launch the game and than SHUT OFF to avoid any inteference issue with the game.

Chapter4.  How to use WinHIIP utility for HDD management.

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Chapter5.  How to use the SWAP feature Included in MEMENTO.

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Chapter6.  Common Homebrew Applications Available for PS2.

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Chapter7.  How to copy an Original PS2 DVD Game.

To do this you will need first of all to download the SaveGameManager software (SGM) from the MEMOR32.com website.

Just go to their website, select the DOWNLOAD section, and DOWNLOAD and INSTALL the latest SaveGameManager like you would do with any other software.

Once the installation is completed launch the SGM program and you will see the following application appear on the screen:

Connect the MEMOR32 Memory Card to your computer using the mini USB cable. 

After few seconds the contents of the MEMOR32 Memory Card are shown on the LEFT panel of the SaveGameManager.

Look at the right bottom of the window. It shows the MEMOR32 Status. 

As the memory card is connected, we have the green status (connected), and the option to ERASE the Memory Card will become active.

Press the button:          

Warning windows will popup:

You have been warned. If your saves have already been backed up or there is nothing to lose, press YES to continue.  A confirmation message will follow:

At the right bottom corner of the SGM the status of your MEMOR32 Memory Card will now be shown as NOT FORMATTED:

The memory card now is erased but NOT FORMATTED. 

The confirmation message showed above, told us to complete the process in your Playstation 2.  Insert the erased MEMOR32 Memory Card on the MAGIC GATE port 1 of your Playstation 2 and reset/turn on the console. 

Wait until the main screen is displayed and go to console’s browser pressing X

Assuming that there is no other memory card and/or CD/DVD on the console, press X to browse the MEMOR32 contents:

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Chapter8.  HOW TO COPY DEVolution FILES TO THE MEMOR32.

 

 

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