First I am running Pcsx2 .9.6 on windows 7, I am running off of the disc.

the game loaded and played fine right up until i hit the Al bhed Fortress home, I get to the summoners sanctum and the graphics spaz out while the emulator crashes...

I have tried switching to a low res graphics plugin and it still crashed.

so... options

1 is there anything i should try
2 is there any way i can copy my memory card data off my computer and throw it on my ps2
3 is there any way i can salvage the 10 +hours of game time ive put in.