Cloning an SD card; drag and drop, or use a program like Acronis?

[Flux55]

I've picked up a hard modded Switch lite that is running Atmosphere and came with a 512GB Micro SD card.

I am not yet very familiar with Switch hacking, so I figured it would be wise to clone the SD card just incase it dies on me.

To "clone" the SD card, can I simply format another 512GB card in the same format, and drag and drop all of the loaded files, or do I need to use a program like Acronis to make a true clone?

I did try taking the card out and restarting the switch, and it said that the card was missing then turned off, so I'm assuming some required boot and or OS files are living on the SD card.

Thanks for your help!

 

[petspeed]

That depends whether you have a partition based EmuMMC on your SD card or not. If you don't you can simply copy all files to another card. If you do then you need to use a tool to copy the hidden partition.

You can check for instance in windows if you have a hidden partition on the sd card

 

[Jayro]

If you want a 1:1 byte-for-byte clone, I recommend Clonezilla and using their byte-for-byte method. Target SD must be the same size or larger though, just an FYI.

 

[Hayato213]

If you have a hidden parittion emunand you need to move that emunand onto the new card.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/emutool...r-sd-switch-emu-type-on-sxos-and-more.550756/

 

[Sphaa]

If you have a hidden partition on your old card:
If I were you I would practice setting up a new EmuMMC on your new card. There isn't anything you can break by setting up a new card with emuEEC, and it's very useful to understand how your hack is set up if you ever get some problems.
https://rentry.co/SwitchHackingIsEasy

After that I think you can copy/paste files from your old card.

 

[Flux55]

Thanks for all the replies. I'll def check out Clonezilla, looks like a great tool. Also I'll practice setting up the boot partition on the new card.

I'm currently running Atmosphere 1.6.2|S The S denotes sysNand right?

 

[Hayato213]

Thanks for all the replies. I'll def check out Clonezilla, looks like a great tool. Also I'll practice setting up the boot partition on the new card.

I'm currently running Atmosphere 1.6.2|S The S denotes sysNand right?

S stand for Sysnand, you can just copy and paste if you got sysnand.

 

[Flux55]

S stand for Sysnand, you can just copy and paste if you got sysnand.

Awesome thanks!