Question about transfering save files on the (original) XBOX via memory cards

[Emperor Megas]

I was wondering if the XBOX game saves that I can't transfer via memory card are because of the capacity of the card I'm using, or because some game saves simply aren't transferable.

The memory card that I have is a MadCatz one with 502 blocks of storage. I know that some games like Otogi: Myth of Demons have MASSIVE save files (for reasons I don't understand), but there are other games that don't appear to have as large save files, but I couldn't transfer them. Now, I'm going from memory here on some of this, and the s/o is borrowing my power cord for my XBOX downstairs at the moment (which has the saves I want to transfer on it) so I can't test this right now, but I believe that I couldn't transfer my Silent Hill 4: The Room save to my memory card, and I'm wondering if it was a capacity thing, or if certain XBOX games just don't allow transfers at all without a mod/hack/get around.

If it's a capacity thing, were there higher capacity memory cards available for the XBOX?

After finishing (and thoroughly enjoying) Silent Hill: Origins I want to finally slog through the rest of Silent Hill 4: The Room, but I don't want to do it on the downstairs console because my OCD wants the save file to live on the upstairs unit. The older downstairs one is there exclusively for playing Fusion Frenzy with my other half...I'm not even kidding. :|

Thanks in advance guys, and thanks again for the advice on Wii game save transfers the other week!

[Emperor Megas]

Hmph, no dice I suppose. :puppydogeyes:

[Az]

You're right, some of them cannot be transferred due to either size or software restrictions unless you do it through non-traditional means (FTP). AFAIK there were no memory cards larger than 512 blocks or so.

[PapaStu]

There is all kinds of stuff that can't be transfered because the saves were locked to the HD. I lost all my DOA games and some other things when I moved everything across using an official memory card when an old system was on it's way out many years ago.

[Greg2600]

Megas, I think you're right that certain games use files that are too big (in total) for the memory card. I think Action Replay Max was a 16 MB Card?

[BlastProcessing402]

You'd probably be better off hacking both the Xboxes and transferring the saves via FTP with a PC as an intermediary.

I don't know if this would work with saves purposely locked or not, but for ones that are just too big like KotOR, it should be no problem. It will also be a heck of a lot faster than doing them one memory card's worth of saves at a time over and over.