Hacking 4.5 CFW question(s)

[AmoDelQueso]

So i finally caved and downgraded my 9.2 3DS to 4.2 (obviously backing up before), installed MT emunand, then rxTools, updated to 9.6, everything working fine so far.
I plan to install palantine's CFW since i can't find the one that was more stable i once saw posted here.
Chaldron's guide for doing this states:

Insert the SD back into the system and go into Settings —> Data Management —> Software. It’ll ask to reset your software management information, so allow it to do so.

However, I've read elsewhere that entering data management deletes my eshop purchases so that i can't download anything i've bought before (I've spent about $300 on digital titles).
Is this safe to do if i have a backup?

 

[mid-kid]

So i finally caved and downgraded my 9.2 3DS to 4.2 (obviously backing up before), installed MT emunand, then rxTools, updated to 9.6, everything working fine so far.
I plan to install palantine's CFW since i can't find the one that was more stable i once saw posted here.
Chaldron's guide for doing this states:

However, I've read elsewhere that entering data management deletes my eshop purchases so that i can't download anything i've bought before (I've spent about $300 on digital titles).
Is this safe to do if i have a backup?

If your SD card does not contain any software (you're using a different card for CFW), then yes. This is safe.
Otherwise, you can skip that step, since the files that are generated by performing this step are already there.

 

[double-B]

I have a similiar question (concerned about eshop content loss), so I won't open a new thread for this (hope that's ok).
So I plan on doing the following: Downgrade my 3DS to 4.5, install emunand 9.6 on the card that came with my 3DS. On that card I have an eshop game which will be deleted by installing 9.6 emunand. My question: Can I simply log into the eshop on that 9.6 emunand card afterwards and redownload my game? Or alternatively make a backup before and copy the game back afterwards? I don't see why I wouldn't be able to, but I thought I better ask, maybe I'm missing something.

 

[AmoDelQueso]

You can redownload the game without problems, as for restoring a backup, i'm not sure.

 

[double-B]

Alright, taking the redownload route then
Also if I install palantine's CFW on a seperate sd card, will that interfere with my games on my 9.6 emunand card? Or will I be able to switch the cards around, playing retail/eshop games on the 9.6 emunand card and homebrews on my CFW card without data loss?
Thanks for the answer

 

[StriderVM]

To make sure no issues happen, unlink your sysNAND to your emuNAND after you set up the second SD card.

 

[sensei]

I plan to install palantine's CFW since i can't find the one that was more stable i once saw posted here.

I am interested in this more stable version...pain trying to play a game and it takes more than 5 mins to boot into palantine's.

 

[Dartz150]

Just formatt the emuNAND before setting up the CFW, then nothing should gone wrong. Another way to avoid that is using another SD card for each emuNAND.