Downsizing SD card

[Trace_hunter]

My Switch has gotten painfully slow to load games, I read this could be due to a bad SD card so I want to switch from the dodgy 128gb back to my old 64gb card which was working okay.
I tried following the Changing SD card guide but I'm unable to make an SD backup (option is greyed out). Now I'm trying to clone the 2 SD cards but I need to cut down the 128gb storage size to 32gb so it'll fit onto the old card with the hidden 32gb partition.

I'm a bit lost between being unable to backup my existing SD card and not wanting to losing my Atmosphere installation, I've got these two folders which appear to be the same thing holding lots of gigabytes, any idea if I can delete one?

Is there an easier way to do this?
Cheers

 

[Hayato213]

You should h2testw test the card to see if it is legit or not.

 

[Trace_hunter]

You should h2testw test the card to see if it is legit or not.

I probably should have done that before getting everything installed on the new card

 

[impeeza]

My Switch has gotten painfully slow to load games, I read this could be due to a bad SD card so I want to switch from the dodgy 128gb back to my old 64gb card which was working okay.
I tried following the Changing SD card guide but I'm unable to make an SD backup (option is greyed out). Now I'm trying to clone the 2 SD cards but I need to cut down the 128gb storage size to 32gb so it'll fit onto the old card with the hidden 32gb partition.

I'm a bit lost between being unable to backup my existing SD card and not wanting to losing my Atmosphere installation, I've got these two folders which appear to be the same thing holding lots of gigabytes, any idea if I can delete one?

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Is there an easier way to do this?
Cheers

Is your EmuMMC Raw based or file based one?

 

[Trace_hunter]

Is your EmuMMC Raw based or file based one?

I think it's Raw based, although following these instructions I was unable to backup the SD partition so I'm a bit confused to be honest.

I've tried formatting the small SD card in Hekate and copying over all the folders from the big SD card but I'm getting Invalid GPT signature now.

 

[impeeza]

I think it's Raw based, although following these instructions I was unable to backup the SD partition so I'm a bit confused to be honest.

I've tried formatting the small SD card in Hekate and copying over all the folders from the big SD card but I'm getting Invalid GPT signature now.

If your current setup have more than 64 GB of installed games you need to reduce to the ones you like to keep and move them to NAND (the EmuNAND one) and then remove the ones left on the SD Card you don't need/want to conserve.

After that, you can use EmuTool to backup/Convert into file based one

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

Once you have a backup of your NAND you can Format the new 64 GB card, put Hekate on it and start NYX (pressing VOL - while loading) go to Tools and format the card, now is time to decide, if you will continue using RAW based EmuNAND or you like to start using File based one.

• If you go for Raw based, create the partition on NYX and format the rest of the space.
• If you want migrate to file based one (for me works better and make future migrations VERY EASY) do not create reserved space and format all your card with a unique partition.

Turn off the console and put the new card on your PC. copy ALL the files of the visible partition on original card to new one, and then if:

• You want to keep using RAW based, use again EmuTool to convert the files backup to the RAW space created on NYX.
• You want to migrate to File based copy the backup files to SD:/emuMMC/SD00/eMMC

Start the console with the new card and go to NYX and go to emuMMC manager and activate the new EmuNAND. now you can start your console.

 

[Trace_hunter]

If your current setup have more than 64 GB of installed games you need to reduce to the ones you like to keep and move them to NAND (the EmuNAND one) and then remove the ones left on the SD Card you don't need/want to conserve.

After that, you can use EmuTool to backup/Convert into file based one

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

Once you have a backup of your NAND you can Format the new 64 GB card, put Hekate on it and start NYX (pressing VOL - while loading) go to Tools and format the card, now is time to decide, if you will continue using RAW based EmuNAND or you like to start using File based one.

• If you go for Raw based, create the partition on NYX and format the rest of the space.
• If you want migrate to file based one (for me works better and make future migrations VERY EASY) do not create reserved space and format all your card with a unique partition.

Turn off the console and put the new card on your PC. copy ALL the files of the visible partition on original card to new one, and then if:

• You want to keep using RAW based, use again EmuTool to convert the files backup to the RAW space created on NYX.
• You want to migrate to File based copy the backup files to SD:/emuMMC/SD00/eMMC

Start the console with the new card and go to NYX and go to emuMMC manager and activate the new EmuNAND. now you can start your console.

I've uninstalled all my games, although I'm still a bit confused about the emuMMC folder and the Nintendo folder and where exactly everything gets installed.

I'm currently converting the working NAND to file based, hopefully I can avoid this headache again in the future, will report back thank you!

 

[impeeza]

I've uninstalled all my games, although I'm still a bit confused about the emuMMC folder and the Nintendo folder and where exactly everything gets installed.

I'm currently converting the working NAND to file based, hopefully I can avoid this headache again in the future, will report back thank you!

The setup of a EmuNAND is done on the folder SD:/emuMMC/ there should be a file called emummc.ini which setup the EmuNAND.

A File based one is composed of:

• SD:/emuMMC/XX00/eMMC (Folder), Here the NAND files are stored
• SD:/emuMMC/XX00/Nintendo (Folder), Here the SD Card files of the Emulated NAND are stored, is the SD:/Nintendo folder of the EmuNAND
• SD:/emuMMC/XX00/file_based (File) File to mark the type of current EmuNAND.

A Raw based one is composed by

• SD:/emuMMC/XX00/Nintendo (Folder), Here the SD Card files of the Emulated NAND are stored, is the SD:/Nintendo folder of the EmuNAND
• SD:/emuMMC/XX00/Raw_based (File) File to mark the type of current EmuNAND.
• A RAW partition with the data of the Emulated NAND.

 

[Trace_hunter]

The setup of a EmuNAND is done on the folder SD:/emuMMC/ there should be a file called emummc.ini which setup the EmuNAND.

A File based one is composed of:

• SD:/emuMMC/XX00/eMMC (Folder), Here the NAND files are stored
• SD:/emuMMC/XX00/Nintendo (Folder), Here the SD Card files of the Emulated NAND are stored, is the SD:/Nintendo folder of the EmuNAND
• SD:/emuMMC/XX00/file_based (File) File to mark the type of current EmuNAND.

A Raw based one is composed by

• SD:/emuMMC/XX00/Nintendo (Folder), Here the SD Card files of the Emulated NAND are stored, is the SD:/Nintendo folder of the EmuNAND
• SD:/emuMMC/XX00/Raw_based (File) File to mark the type of current EmuNAND.
• A RAW partition with the data of the Emulated NAND.

Good information thank you!

Post automatically merged: Jul 17, 2024

If your current setup have more than 64 GB of installed games you need to reduce to the ones you like to keep and move them to NAND (the EmuNAND one) and then remove the ones left on the SD Card you don't need/want to conserve.

After that, you can use EmuTool to backup/Convert into file based one

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

Once you have a backup of your NAND you can Format the new 64 GB card, put Hekate on it and start NYX (pressing VOL - while loading) go to Tools and format the card, now is time to decide, if you will continue using RAW based EmuNAND or you like to start using File based one.

• If you go for Raw based, create the partition on NYX and format the rest of the space.
• If you want migrate to file based one (for me works better and make future migrations VERY EASY) do not create reserved space and format all your card with a unique partition.

Turn off the console and put the new card on your PC. copy ALL the files of the visible partition on original card to new one, and then if:

• You want to keep using RAW based, use again EmuTool to convert the files backup to the RAW space created on NYX.
• You want to migrate to File based copy the backup files to SD:/emuMMC/SD00/eMMC

Start the console with the new card and go to NYX and go to emuMMC manager and activate the new EmuNAND. now you can start your console.

Tried twice but I'm still getting invalid GPT Signature, I think I'm going to give up and start from scratch