Hardware System volume information

[jakeem]

does the bottom folder supposed to be faded out

 

[8BitWonder]

Yes, that's a usual hidden folder On any SD card.

It's used for restoring if need be.

 

[jakeem]

Yes, that's a usual hidden folder On any SD card.

It's used for restoring if need be.

Ok thanks I wonder why is it showing

 

[8BitWonder]

Ok thanks I wonder why is it showing

You may have "show hidden folders/files" enabled currently.

If you'd like to check, click the Windows button and type "hidden" and settings for hidden folders and files should pop up. Once you've selected that you can check whether you have "show hidden folders" ticked or not.

 

[NekoMichi]

does the bottom folder supposed to be faded out

It's a hidden folder used by Windows, not the Switch OS. It's safe to delete if you want, but will probably get re-generated the next time you insert the micro SD card into a Windows PC.

 

[jakeem]

It's a hidden folder used by Windows, not the Switch OS. It's safe to delete if you want, but will probably get re-generated the next time you insert the micro SD card into a Windows PC.

Ok thanks

 

[DanTheMan827]

Mac OS X does a similar thing, it creates a .Trashes folder at the root of the drive, .DS_Store files in just about every folder and ._ files for almost anything you copy or write to the SD card from the Mac.

The reason for the .DS_Store and ._ files is that FAT32 just doesn't support the metadata that OS X uses, so to preserve compatibility, OS X puts the extra metadata in separate files when writing to non-compatible file systems or network shares.

 

[CMDreamer]

Actually its not just hidden, its a System Folder. You have activated the "Show files and folders protected by the system", and not only "Show hidden files and folders".

As you've been told, its created/accessed by windows everytime you insert your SD/microSD card into a reader using Windows. As long as it's not on the harddrive you can remove it.

 

[KiiWii]

Its sysytemvolumeinformationhaxx