My Switch Setup before incident
SD Card is a Sandisk 200GB SDXC
Using Hekate 4.2 Bootloader, Atmosphere 0.7.5 Komos 3.0.0
(PS i am a Noob With The Switch Homebrew Scene)
I was using Homebrew like normal and I was going through all the apps that were included with SD-files or Kosmos as it is now, and opened the Kosmos updater, not thinking about the implications of its warning when it opened, i proceeded with running it, little did i know it would update the files before you could exit the program, and so it updated to 3.0.1
No big deal or so i thought.
So i went and turned off my switch to take my SD card out and put it into my PC until i couldn't access my SD card in file explorer. So i put in back into my switch and booted CFW like normal, everything was fine, I could open Homebrew launcher and load apps, but to make sure i could access my files i opened a ftp server app and connected it over WiFi through my PC, Just to be safe i copied all my files across so i wouldn't have to download everything again especially all the Nintendo apps i installed.
So why am i telling you this? You ask, Well...
After 6 hours of transferring my files across, around 32GB, (Aussie Internet if you're wondering why it took so long) i put my SD card back into my switch and booted OFW (Original Firmware AKA Horizon) and decided to format my Sd card using the setting on the switch incase something was wrong after using Homebrew, formatted it and so far it worked. I powered down my switch and took my SD card out and put in back into my PC, but the problem persisted, worried i had messed up my SD Card i decided to do some google searching. No help on Nintendo.com btw, Searched Gbatemp for similar issues/threads but no luck. so i decided to shift my attention to find fixes for SD Card Corruptions and solutions from different forums and sites. After using CMD solutions and Disk-part commands i ended up with a SD card that had no format system of any kind which eventually lead me to "Test-disk" application. After some guides of using the program and many failed attempts i learned the Entire Partition Table, Boot loader/Sector as well as backup Partition's were completely blank, and so i ended up with a blank unusable SD Card (Using the Applications and CMD took over 4 Hours to figure out and learn from guides on the web) after awhile i gave up trying to fix it. I took my SD card out of my PC and decided to use another one (8GB) and it loaded when file explorer opened
Which Gave me the idea!!!
if the 8GB loaded, it wasn't Windows with the issue, but rather the 200GB SD Card, regaining hope of fixing it i took the 8GB out and put the 200GB back into my PC and then...i got a new dialogue box to format my SD Card and so i did and...whola it worked again excited with relief i wanted to share this experience and to notify anybody of a similar experience in the future on how to fix this circumstance.
What i Learned today.
1. Check and read all info of the Homebrew app You're using and the precautions they can have, not acknowledging the precautions can cause serious consequences.
2. Don't do what i did, it took me 10 hours to get through this...
and 3. there is always a solution
I just also want to say that the Homebrew developer's if they are reading this, i do have respect for the time and energyYou people give towards this community and to make Homebrew as simple as possible and i don't blame anyone but me for my carelessness.
Also whether this is a bug or not i just want to make it clear that this circumstance could be a "one-of" scenario.
SD Card is a Sandisk 200GB SDXC
Using Hekate 4.2 Bootloader, Atmosphere 0.7.5 Komos 3.0.0
(PS i am a Noob With The Switch Homebrew Scene)
I was using Homebrew like normal and I was going through all the apps that were included with SD-files or Kosmos as it is now, and opened the Kosmos updater, not thinking about the implications of its warning when it opened, i proceeded with running it, little did i know it would update the files before you could exit the program, and so it updated to 3.0.1
No big deal or so i thought.
So i went and turned off my switch to take my SD card out and put it into my PC until i couldn't access my SD card in file explorer. So i put in back into my switch and booted CFW like normal, everything was fine, I could open Homebrew launcher and load apps, but to make sure i could access my files i opened a ftp server app and connected it over WiFi through my PC, Just to be safe i copied all my files across so i wouldn't have to download everything again especially all the Nintendo apps i installed.
So why am i telling you this? You ask, Well...
After 6 hours of transferring my files across, around 32GB, (Aussie Internet if you're wondering why it took so long) i put my SD card back into my switch and booted OFW (Original Firmware AKA Horizon) and decided to format my Sd card using the setting on the switch incase something was wrong after using Homebrew, formatted it and so far it worked. I powered down my switch and took my SD card out and put in back into my PC, but the problem persisted, worried i had messed up my SD Card i decided to do some google searching. No help on Nintendo.com btw, Searched Gbatemp for similar issues/threads but no luck. so i decided to shift my attention to find fixes for SD Card Corruptions and solutions from different forums and sites. After using CMD solutions and Disk-part commands i ended up with a SD card that had no format system of any kind which eventually lead me to "Test-disk" application. After some guides of using the program and many failed attempts i learned the Entire Partition Table, Boot loader/Sector as well as backup Partition's were completely blank, and so i ended up with a blank unusable SD Card (Using the Applications and CMD took over 4 Hours to figure out and learn from guides on the web) after awhile i gave up trying to fix it. I took my SD card out of my PC and decided to use another one (8GB) and it loaded when file explorer opened
Which Gave me the idea!!!
if the 8GB loaded, it wasn't Windows with the issue, but rather the 200GB SD Card, regaining hope of fixing it i took the 8GB out and put the 200GB back into my PC and then...i got a new dialogue box to format my SD Card and so i did and...whola it worked again excited with relief i wanted to share this experience and to notify anybody of a similar experience in the future on how to fix this circumstance.
What i Learned today.
1. Check and read all info of the Homebrew app You're using and the precautions they can have, not acknowledging the precautions can cause serious consequences.
2. Don't do what i did, it took me 10 hours to get through this...
and 3. there is always a solution
I just also want to say that the Homebrew developer's if they are reading this, i do have respect for the time and energyYou people give towards this community and to make Homebrew as simple as possible and i don't blame anyone but me for my carelessness.
Also whether this is a bug or not i just want to make it clear that this circumstance could be a "one-of" scenario.
