Need Help with Metal Gear Solid 4

[~Hale "R@CE" Caesar~]

How Do u load your previous game data back up from a cleared game (meaning u have beat the game already andhave it where u can get back all of your weapons u had when  u beat the game the first time, cus i did what gamefaqs said and i met back up with the Metak Gear 2 robot and he's not giving me my weapons....
So does anybody kno what i did wrong...

[~Wolfpaul~]

When you beat the game, you have to save it, when your in the main menu, go to load and load the file of the completed game. When you start the new game, you don't have any weapons but when you find the small robot later on, he gives you the the two guns and the solid eye like the normal cutscene. When you press start and look at your items and weapons, you will have your stuff from the last game. did you do that?