Hacking Identify which SD cards NSPS are installed to?

[viper3344]

Hey all!

(using SXOS)
If you have some NSP's installed to different SD cards, is there a simple way to identify on the go what SD card they are installed to? Can you label install names? With XCI you can hot swap but not with NSP.

Sometimes its takes 3 or 4 SD card swaps to get to the right SD card sometimes haha. Wish I could just look at the list of games the Switch stores as the history and go "Oh thats on SD card 4" and pop it in without the guessing game.

Anyone have a solution for how they handle this?

THanks!

 

[jakkal]

3 or 4 sd swaps? Are you running around with 8gb SD cards are something?

 

[viper3344]

3 or 4 sd swaps? Are you running around with 8gb SD cards are something?

I have 8x 256GB cards filled. These NSP builds are getting huge.

Any solutions?

 

[cracker]

The only *easy* way - going into data management and seeing which games show an install size next to the microSD icon.

The other way is by mounting the card on your PC with HacDiskMount, but it seems flaky and found hardly any of the installed titles when I tried it.

 

[Firemanx]

Not exactly efficient, but if you are keeping the games on sdcard and not deleting them, number them and keep and index. Card 1 = x, y, z. Card 2=......

 

[JoeBloggs777]

one advantage of XCI files over NSP's, you can easily see what's on each SD card.
I only use NSP files when I have to.

 

[yusuo]

I have 8x 256GB cards filled. These NSP builds are getting huge.

Any solutions?

Jesus christ, why do you need 2tb of sds, honestly.

I have a 1tb drive for XCI's and its not even half full

 

[viper3344]

That's why I LOVE XCI's. Hot swap is amazing to me.

I wonder if there is any way label the install name?

Whats preventing usb hotswap of NSP like XCI has?

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[stephrk398]

About to pull the trigger on the 512GB Samsung Evo Select that recently came out. Just went on sale for $130.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Hey all!

(using SXOS)
If you have some NSP's installed to different SD cards, is there a simple way to identify on the go what SD card they are installed to? Can you label install names? With XCI you can hot swap but not with NSP.

Sometimes its takes 3 or 4 SD card swaps to get to the right SD card sometimes haha. Wish I could just look at the list of games the Switch stores as the history and go "Oh thats on SD card 4" and pop it in without the guessing game.

Anyone have a solution for how they handle this?

THanks!

Do it the old fashioned way, label your SD cards with A-F, G-L, M-R, S-Z. and install the right games to the right cards.

 

[viper3344]

Do it the old fashioned way, label your SD cards with A-F, G-L, M-R, S-Z. and install the right games to the right cards.

I think that might have to be the way! Just wish there was a way to do it digitally

 

[Garou]

so are you looking for a PC tool to list installed title from SD card?
if that so then you can use this

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I think that might have to be the way! Just wish there was a way to do it digitally

Any digital way of doing it would require you to plug in the SD card to check what's on it, if they are labeled it just takes a quick glance.

 

[codyjo]

Seems like an extremely first world problem....

 

[viper3344]

Thanks all!

Total first world problem. Question though. Whats preventing NSP hot swapping the same way you can do with XCI's?

 

[cracker]

Not directed at me, but I know the tediousness of waiting through large (and not so large) installs especially when dealing with having to install from USB flash device/SD reader for >4GB nsps when the system microSD is FAT32 (and GoldLeaf doesn't cooperate).

 

[snoofly]

As folders still aren't a thing, I gave up with having multi sd cards not knowing which game was on what card and just put all the stuff I wanted on a 400Gb.
If you ever feel like playing something else, just make some room by deleting something and install on the fly from a personal nut server.