Hacking Question Using a 2nd SD card with SX OS

crimsonnight · Jul 26, 2018

Hey all,

I've cloned my original Switch SD card to a higher capacity one which I've been using with SX OS but I've run out of space. My original SD card still works fine but space on it is quite limited due to the Nintendo folder. Am I safe to just completely delete that folder? If not how can I delete downloaded games specifically from that SD card but not my library (as the games are still present on my primary SD card)?
Cheers

stussy1 · Jul 26, 2018

crimsonnight said:
Hey all,

I've cloned my original Switch SD card to a higher capacity one which I've been using with SX OS but I've run out of space. My original SD card still works fine but space on it is quite limited due to the Nintendo folder. Am I safe to just completely delete that folder? If not how can I delete downloaded games specifically from that SD card but not my library (as the games are still present on my primary SD card)?
Cheers

Just copy over sx os license.dat to your new sdcard if you haven't copied it somewhere else I would do so now as if your sdcard becomes corrupt you will have to purchase another license.

crimsonnight · Jul 26, 2018

stussy1 said:
Just copy over sx os license.dat to your new sdcard if you haven't copied it somewhere else I would do so now as if your sdcard becomes corrupt you will have to purchase another license.

Don't worry I've done that - at the moment the 2 cards are mirrors of each other, just need to know what to do about the Nintendo folder

benson733 · Jul 26, 2018

You will always need your license and boot file on the SD card you are using. Otherwise the switch will not work for SX OS.

fate6 · Jul 26, 2018

Since no one bothered reading the OP....

If you delete the Nintendo folder then the game icons on the switch should still be there but will ask you to redownload, if you then swap to the SD with the games still on it then they should work fine.

crimsonnight · Jul 26, 2018

fate6 said:
Since no one bothered reading the OP....

If you delete the Nintendo folder then the game icons on the switch should still be there but will ask you to redownload, if you then swap to the SD with the games still on it then they should work fine.

perfect, thank you!

ghorricks · Jul 26, 2018

I have 3 SD cards, all with different games on.
My first has the original Nintendo folder with downloads from eShop.
The second and third, I started from blank, just with the required files for SXOS.
Then I used FreeShopNX etc, to populate the Nintendo folder with eShop games.

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