Hacking My SDcard just died. Whats next?

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(Sorry if my questions have already been answered in another post, if so I appreciate that you redirected me to that post)

As the title says, my 128GB Kingston SDcard just died (I presume due to overheating) and now I have doubts about what I should do next. I also accept recommendations on which brand should I buy the new one.

While ordering a new one I wanted to make sure what steps I should follow, I understand that I can do a data transfer when I have the new one but I'm not really sure how to do it if the old one is unusable (My PC cannot read it and asked me to format it, I have not done it yet). My biggest concern right now is whether I will be able to keep my save files and if I have to do anything specific to back them up. I really appreciate the help.
 
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This is the part where I always get lost, is there a way to identify if my saves are in sysnand or emunand?

Also I tried to use lockpick to get the keys but I always get an error to get the file on the sdcard, it can't seem to modify its contents.
 
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If you put the sd card in your computer do you get one or two extra drive letters? If you get two it would indicate that you have a partition based emummc and then the saves are probably on there. Windows can't read that partition but nxnandmanager can, provided that it is not damaged. You will need the keys from your Switch so you have to use Lockpick with another SD card and copy prod.keys to your computer
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Right, it's just one letter so I assume there is no partition, thanks for clarifying that for me. Right now I'm having problems getting the keys with lockpick but I hadn't thought about using another sdcard, thanks for the idea.

I will try that and hope to have good results, thanks again.
 

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