So if it comes across the two characters 'PK' the file may be a.ZIP archive file, or the two characters are 'BM' the file may be a.BMP bitmap image. on the Sony manufacturer website after an available PSARC PS3 extractor update. Because only the current version supports the latest PSARC file format.
Extract ps3 dat file update#
Update your software that should actually open sony playstation 3 game archives. The windows data recovery software will do its best to find signatures in the hex that indicate known file types. Associate the PSARC file extension with the correct application. Probably not since they are encrypted files right? I don't think much is known about exactly how the PS3 deletes files but the file system is totally different then a PC. Is there a way to take the savedata from the.dat files of the backup? Now if I take back the files from the pc on the ps3 folder created on the external hard drive the console doesn't recognize the backup. Now I'm without a backup and lost all the saves of my games. This is because I deleted the playstation 3 backup with the console on the external hard drive (yes I pressed delete instead of restore.) so I've used Glary Utilities on the external hard disk to recover the 'deleted' files.
Ok this is a noob question but I don't know the simple answer. It will simply take a.dat file and decrypt it for you, either using a PS3 static key for archive.dat files or the Device ID for archive2.dat files. The Decrypt command can be useful for debugging a file or for better understanding the file format. Note that for copy-protected files (archive2.