ROM Hack RELEASE EmuTool - Move partition Emu on another SD, Switch Emu type on SXOS and more

[Maupiti]

@impeeza
Thank you for the file, it works, unfortunately it only worked part-ways!?
I can select/see both mSDs in the 'pick source' option, but after I select my old mSD card, the 'target' field option for 'Atmosphere hidden Partition' is grayed out, so trying to select the new mSD card is impossible.

I re-checked, technically those options gray out in target, right after I click 'Atmosphere hidden Partition' on source side.

In the target field, I can only select 'Atmosphere File' or 'SXOS File' and then can select someplace on my Windows OS SSD to save it to, but I'm not trying to do that.
I'm just trying to copy/move all my settings/games/etc from one mSD card to a bigger mSD card so I don't have to try and download/re-install anything, am I missing something again?
Thanks for the help, I need it still ;/

Emutool was never designed to copy hidden partitions, but to convert them.

 

[John135]

Emutool was never designed to copy hidden partitions, but to convert them

Ok, so if I do this then it will work?
Source:: Atmosphere Hidden Partition (Old mSD card)
Target: Atmosphere File (Folder location on my PC)
...
then once it's done, do opposite to put it on my new mSD card?
Source: Atmosphere File (Folder on my PC)
Target: Atmosphere Hidden Partition (new mSD card)

Also:
1-Will this copy or move the files off the old mSD card?
2-Do I need to have the new mSD card pre-formated to FAT32, or already partitioned via hekate?
Thanks!

 

[Hayato213]

Ok, so if I do this then it will work?
Source:: Atmosphere Hidden Partition (Old mSD card)
Target: Atmosphere File (Folder location on my PC)
...
then once it's done, do opposite to put it on my new mSD card?
Source: Atmosphere File (Folder on my PC)
Target: Atmosphere Hidden Partition (new mSD card)

Also:
1-Will this copy or move the files off the old mSD card?
2-Do I need to have the new mSD card pre-formated to FAT32, or already partitioned via hekate?
Thanks!

It only copy the emunand, not the rest of your files on the SD card so you need to copy that over. Once you finish moving the emunand you can format the rest of the partition to FAT32.

 

[Maupiti]

Ok, so if I do this then it will work?
Source:: Atmosphere Hidden Partition (Old mSD card)
Target: Atmosphere File (Folder location on my PC)
...
then once it's done, do opposite to put it on my new mSD card?
Source: Atmosphere File (Folder on my PC)
Target: Atmosphere Hidden Partition (new mSD card

Yes

 

[impeeza]

@impeeza
Thank you for the file, it works, unfortunately it only worked part-ways!?
I can select/see both mSDs in the 'pick source' option, but after I select my old mSD card, the 'target' field option for 'Atmosphere hidden Partition' is grayed out, so trying to select the new mSD card is impossible.

I re-checked, technically those options gray out in target, right after I click 'Atmosphere hidden Partition' on source side.

In the target field, I can only select 'Atmosphere File' or 'SXOS File' and then can select someplace on my Windows OS SSD to save it to, but I'm not trying to do that.
I'm just trying to copy/move all my settings/games/etc from one mSD card to a bigger mSD card so I don't have to try and download/re-install anything, am I missing something again?
Thanks for the help, I need it still ;/

You first make the backup from one card to your hard drive in files format.

then use the files to restore to the other card. or use the files to create a new File Based EmuNAND.

the program target is to backup / restore, no migrate from one to other, sorry.

 

[Maupiti]

You first make the backup from one card to your hard drive in files format.

then use the files to restore to the other card. or use the files to create a new File Based EmuNAND.

the program target is to backup / restore, no migrate from one to other, sorry.

Yes, but he can backup hidden partition to sd files and create a new hidden partition on his new Sd Card from sd files backup... I've been playing with this tool for other purposes : https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...en-partitions-on-the-same-sd-tutorial.601607/

 

[John135]

Thank you all for the help, and dealing with all my questions, I now have it transferred to the new mSD and boots up without any trouble!
Thank you all again!!
Gonna keep the old one as it is for now, but wanted to thank everyone for all the help

 

[fvig2001]

Any way to use this to transfer emunand to sysnand? The conversion only supports file based emummc rather than the rawdump format of hekate.

So far tried nxnandmanager rawdump of emunand then restore to sysnand failed.

 

[AjAjAhuhuru12313]

Nice work, thnx so much, bro!

 

[impeeza]

Any way to use this to transfer emunand to sysnand? The conversion only supports file based emummc rather than the rawdump format of hekate.

So far tried nxnandmanager rawdump of emunand then restore to sysnand failed.

if your emuNAND is file based just copy the files to "SD:\backup\<YOURID>\"

if your emuNAND is a raw partition based one, then use EmuTool to convert it on a set of files on your Harddrive and then copy the files to "SD:\backup\<YOURID>\"

 

[OldGnashburg]

Hey how come EmuTool won't recognize my hidden partitions anymore? Choosing an SD card is just blank. Any help?

 

[impeeza]

Hey how come EmuTool won't recognize my hidden partitions anymore? Choosing an SD card is just blank. Any help?

may be you have a huge disk attached?

 

[OldGnashburg]

1TB is considered huge? It worked on an old installation made with an older version of Hekate.

EDIT: Nevermind. I misinterpreted what you said. Yeah I had a 4TB External Hard Drive attached to my computer, I removed it and it registered my SD. Thanks

 

[kiyip]

I have an sd card running hekate Tye type is SD Raw Partition, and I am using atmosphere. I keep trying to follow the instructions but I am failing.
I selected my sd card, with partition zero (the one that is 29gib) and I selected Atmosphere hidden partition as the source.


For the output I selected Atmosphere File, I then backed it up to a local folder on my c drive, and copied over my Nintendo files as the popup suggests.

Then I when to copy files over to my new sd card. I selected as a source Atmosphere File, and selected the files from my c drive (C:\switch backup\emmummc\HPE0\eMMC) then I selected atmosphere hidden partition as my target, and selected my sd card.

When I tried to boot after it didn't work and said the sd card didn't have the files it needed.

What I really want to do is transfer from the hidden partition to use the file based partition so I can just copy paste everything from one sd card to another and have it work.

What do I need to do to get that working?

 

[impeeza]

I have an sd card running hekate Tye type is SD Raw Partition, and I am using atmosphere. I keep trying to follow the instructions but I am failing.
I selected my sd card, with partition zero (the one that is 29gib) and I selected Atmosphere hidden partition as the source.


For the output I selected Atmosphere File, I then backed it up to a local folder on my c drive, and copied over my Nintendo files as the popup suggests.

Then I when to copy files over to my new sd card. I selected as a source Atmosphere File, and selected the files from my c drive (C:\switch backup\emmummc\HPE0\eMMC) then I selected atmosphere hidden partition as my target, and selected my sd card.

When I tried to boot after it didn't work and said the sd card didn't have the files it needed.

What I really want to do is transfer from the hidden partition to use the file based partition so I can just copy paste everything from one sd card to another and have it work.

What do I need to do to get that working?

Enter Hekate's NYX and select the EmuNAND you want to use.

also I do recommend to migrate the RAW partition EmuNAND to a File based one, copy the file backup "SDMC:/emuMMC/SD00/eMMC" and nintendo folder to "SDMC:/emuMMC/SD00/Nintendo"

so you will never need to bother with Raw partitions anymore

 

[kiyip]

Enter Hekate's NYX and select the EmuNAND you want to use.

also I do recommend to migrate the RAW partition EmuNAND to a File based one, copy the file backup "SDMC:/emuMMC/SD00/eMMC" and nintendo folder to "SDMC:/emuMMC/SD00/Nintendo"

so you will never need to bother with Raw partitions anymore

I paid someone to mod chip my switch so I am pretty new to all of this. In the nyx settings, I don't see an option for the EmuNAND I want to use. I see color theme, dump joy-con bt, home scree, data verification, extended boot entries, and clock offset.

When you say copy the file backup, do you mean the backup created using emuTool and saved to my c drive?

If so the steps would be back up the hidden partition to the c drive. in my case to C:\switch backup\

Once that is done, I need to copy the files from Nintendo on my old sd card into C:\switch backup\emummc\HPE0\Nintendo

Then should I just copy and paste all of that into my other SD card? What about boot files and the like? Should I be copying everything else from my old SD card to my new one as well? Will I need to do anything in atmosphere to make it work?

 

[impeeza]

I paid someone to mod chip my switch so I am pretty new to all of this. In the nyx settings, I don't see an option for the EmuNAND I want to use. I see color theme, dump joy-con bt, home scree, data verification, extended boot entries, and clock offset.

When you say copy the file backup, do you mean the backup created using emuTool and saved to my c drive?

If so the steps would be back up the hidden partition to the c drive. in my case to C:\switch backup\

Once that is done, I need to copy the files from Nintendo on my old sd card into C:\switch backup\emummc\HPE0\Nintendo

Then should I just copy and paste all of that into my other SD card? What about boot files and the like? Should I be copying everything else from my old SD card to my new one as well? Will I need to do anything in atmosphere to make it work?

Here are instructions about select the current EmuNAND.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/emutool...emu-type-on-sxos-and-more.550756/post-9891582

Your Emunand file based on the SD Card should be something like:

SDMC:.
|   emummc.ini
|
\---SD00
    |   file_based
    |
    +---eMMC
    |       00
    |       01
    |       02
    |       03
    |       04
    |       05
    |       06
    |       07
    |       BOOT0
    |       BOOT1
    |
    \---Nintendo
        +---Album
        |   +---2020
        |   |   +---04
        |   |   |   +---19
        |   |
        |
        +---Contents
        |   |   private
        |   |   private1
        |   |
        |   +---placehld
        |   \---registered
        |       |
        |       \---000000FF
        |           +---6c392894446ebaec220c1fb5d838c1cf.nca
        |           \---cc891b522473097171eaef74db61431c.nca
        |                   00
        |
        \---save
                0000000000000001
                0000000000000002
                8000000000000000
                8000000000000124

 

[kiyip]

Here are instructions about select the current EmuNAND.

[link removed cause I am a newd still.]

Your Emunand file based on the SD Card should be something like:

SDMC:.
|   emummc.ini
|
\---SD00
    |   file_based
    |
    +---eMMC
    |       00
    |       01
    |       02
    |       03
    |       04
    |       05
    |       06
    |       07
    |       BOOT0
    |       BOOT1
    |
    \---Nintendo
        +---Album
        |   +---2020
        |   |   +---04
        |   |   |   +---19
        |   |
        |
        +---Contents
        |   |   private
        |   |   private1
        |   |
        |   +---placehld
        |   \---registered
        |       |
        |       \---000000FF
        |           +---6c392894446ebaec220c1fb5d838c1cf.nca
        |           \---cc891b522473097171eaef74db61431c.nca
        |                   00
        |
        \---save
                0000000000000001
                0000000000000002
                8000000000000000
                8000000000000124

Strange this is exactly what mine looked like. I tried wiping everything again and it still didn't work. It says failed to open payload.bin. I assume that means I need to copy some other stuff as well from my original?

Post automatically merged: Aug 8, 2024

ohhh shiiiii, that mostly worked, I didn't realize I had to copy the other stuff too. Should I copy everything other than the emmuc folder from my original?

 

[impeeza]

Strange this is exactly what mine looked like. I tried wiping everything again and it still didn't work. It says failed to open payload.bin. I assume that means I need to copy some other stuff as well from my original?

Post automatically merged: Aug 8, 2024

ohhh shiiiii, that mostly worked, I didn't realize I had to copy the other stuff too. Should I copy everything other than the emmuc folder from my original?

yes you should.