Hacking Complete mSD format question

[Inflameslol]

Hihi.

I have a corrupt folder showing 10gb in space on my 4gb mSD card and this folder was created from a snes emulator long ago, card currently shows 1.63gb when its 4gb max size.

to my question:

If I copy every folder from the mSD card to my pc, format the sd card and then put the folders back

will everything work as it did before the format? i have ctrboogmanger/cfw/gateway..cias and stuff set up already and running


tldr: can I safely copy, format mSD and move the folders back without losing any progress(cfw/gateway/cias)

 

[joex11]

you will lose your emunand, maybe reinstall your .cias? but your hax will work and the files to run cfw and gw probably will

 

[Inflameslol]

you will lose your emunand, maybe reinstall your .cias? but your hax will work and the files to run cfw and gw probably will

I read up a bit more and it seems i should use: https://gbatemp.net/threads/emunand-tool-release-and-support-thread.359239/

Emunand tool, extract emunand, format, create emunand with gateway menu(format emunand), inject the extracted one. copy back my files into root of formatted(now with new emunand+extracted) to get rid of my corrupt folder.

only things im wondering about now is if i should ignore copying over Nintendo 3DS folder back? seems like that folder holds stuff for sys and emunand?

also if anyone knows what happens to installed .cia files in sys/emu nand doing this i'd appriciate knowing in advance


if it matters im running N3DS 9.0 emunand 9.5 gateway+reinand