Create a new usd to boot Atmosphere

[Aglae Pheryl]

Hi,

I had setup a usd with both SXOS & Atmo back in the day. The card is now almost full and I would like to create a new one while keeping the saves and apps (no need for SXOS anymore).
Can I just buy a new usd card and copy paste the content to the new card ? If so, how can I leave out the games and only copy the boot stuff and homebrew apps ? What folder(s) do I need to not copy over ?
Do I need to format the new card using a custom tool (sorry the knowledge is gone as I initially done this loooong ago).

Thanks.

 

[BaamAlex]

Hi,

I had setup a usd with both SXOS & Atmo back in the day. The card is now almost full and I would like to create a new one while keeping the saves and apps (no need for SXOS anymore).
Can I just buy a new usd card and copy paste the content to the new card ? If so, how can I leave out the games and only copy the boot stuff and homebrew apps ? What folder(s) do I need to not copy over ?
Do I need to format the new card using a custom tool (sorry the knowledge is gone as I initially done this loooong ago).

Thanks.

You can...theoretically. Use the emutool or create an exact copy of your old sd card.

 

[randy_w]

It's more complicated than copy/paste if your emummc is partition based. You need to create a backup of your existing emummc setup in hekate, partition your new micro sd card, copy it over and restore it. If all you want is your save files not games, it's actually easier to export all your saves with jksv, create a fresh emummc on your new sd card and import them.

Also it's probably better for you to redownload all your homebrew apps, if you create your existing sd setup a long time ago probably they are all outdated.

 

[BaamAlex]

It's more complicated than copy/paste if your emummc is partition based. You need to create a backup of your existing emummc setup in hekate, partition your new micro sd card, copy it over and restore it. If all you want is your save files not games, it's actually easier to export all your saves with jksv, create a fresh emummc on your new sd card and import them.

Also it's probably better for you to redownload all your homebrew apps, if you create your existing sd setup a long time ago probably they are all outdated.

And that's why you should use the emutool

 

[Hayato213]

If it is partition base emunand you need to convert it to file base to move it with emutool.

 

[Aglae Pheryl]

Thanks everyone for the replies. Any dumbproof tutorial to achieve this (and download links for the tools to use) ?

 

[linuxares]

Thanks everyone for the replies. Any dumbproof tutorial to achieve this (and download links for the tools to use) ?

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[Hayato213]

Thanks everyone for the replies. Any dumbproof tutorial to achieve this (and download links for the tools to use) ?

You can follow this if you want to move to larger card, but I recommend sticking to one card, if you switch between different cards you have higher chance of killing your SD card slot.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/emutool...r-sd-switch-emu-type-on-sxos-and-more.550756/

 

[Aglae Pheryl]

Hi, I could not get emutool to display the drives (even when ran as admin) so I used MiniTool Partition Wizard Free.

This is what I got:

I'm not sure how to backup or create the same setup on the new usd card. I believe one the the smaller partitions is for SX OS (not using it anylonger) and the other one for Atmo.

If I cannot get the same setup, I'm OK into creating a new usd from scratch just booting Atmo (if someone can guide me through this).

Thanks.

 

[Aglae Pheryl]

Hi, I could not get emutool to display the drives (even when ran as admin) so I used MiniTool Partition Wizard Free.

This is what I got:
View attachment 397729

I'm not sure how to backup or create the same setup on the new usd card. I believe one the the smaller partitions is for SX OS (not using it anylonger) and the other one for Atmo.

If I cannot get the same setup, I'm OK into creating a new usd from scratch just booting Atmo (if someone can guide me through this).

Thanks.

Guys,
Which of the partitions should I be copying ?

Otherwise, any simple tutotial to create a new usd card for Atmo ? I can certainly copy the apps/tools I use to the new one afterwards ?

Thanks.