Migrating to a bigger SD card and keeping games ?

[lucky13]

So i’m upgrading to a bigger SD on the same 2017 version 1 Switch

I was using a fat32 partition with hidden emummc partition

I’ve installed a bigger SD and wanted to build exactly the same system from the ground up on a bigger SD, I’ve created all the new partitions Fat32 and hidden 31gb partition for emummc on the new SD card, using Hekaki and everything works great and I can boot into Atmosphere no problems and run all the homebrew stuff so I now have a perfectly running brand new build running CFM and Emummc but now I want to move over all my old games which I had on the old SD card which is 200GB

To copy over all my games I copied the Nintendo folder from the old Emummc folder on the old SD card but I’ve just rebooted the system and it comes up with a message saying “This microSD card is being used by another Nintendo Switch and the data needs to be deleted”

It took several hours to copy this Nintendo folder so I really don’t want to delete the data..

Is there anyway to save this data ? what step did I do wrong ?

 

[MrGrinch]

Make sure the nintendo_path within your content/emuMMC/emummc.ini file are correct

 

[lucky13]

yes that’s correct and pointing to the 200gb nintendo folder i copied over

 

[MrGrinch]

If it's Nintendo on the root of your SD, shouldn't it be for your OFW/Sysnand?

 

[Jayinem]

All I ever did was copy every single file off my sd card to my PC, format the bigger sd card and copy all the files back and it works.

 

[lucky13]

when i first booted the new CFW it has all the old settings and games from the OFW Sysnand….so should i have migrated something else and not the OFWsysnand ..then it would have let me copy over the 200GB Emunand folder from the old SD card which I assume has all the games in it without causing this error about the microSD card being in use on another Switch ?

 

[Jayinem]

I forget most use emunand/sysnand I don't, so maybe ignore my instructions they may be different for emunand/sysnand.

 

[lucky13]

I followed the official guide for changing SD cards

https://nh-server.github.io/switch-guide/extras/transfer_sd/

so i’m not sure what i’ve done wrong as the guide says i can just copy the nintendo folder if my games are missing

 

[wiiNinja]

The guide says to "copy the contents of your SD card"; that means everything. You selectively copied just some folders correct?

 

[fvig2001]

I mean, it sounds like you didn't copy everything based on your post. My steps were:

1. Create an emunand via hekate
2. Clone emunand via emutools and put it in new emunand
3. Copy all files from old sd card to new sd card

 

[Draxzelex]

So i’m upgrading to a bigger SD on the same 2017 version 1 Switch

I was using a fat32 partition with hidden emummc partition

I’ve installed a bigger SD and wanted to build exactly the same system from the ground up on a bigger SD, I’ve created all the new partitions Fat32 and hidden 31gb partition for emummc on the new SD card, using Hekaki and everything works great and I can boot into Atmosphere no problems and run all the homebrew stuff so I now have a perfectly running brand new build running CFM and Emummc but now I want to move over all my old games which I had on the old SD card which is 200GB

To copy over all my games I copied the Nintendo folder from the old Emummc folder on the old SD card but I’ve just rebooted the system and it comes up with a message saying “This microSD card is being used by another Nintendo Switch and the data needs to be deleted”

It took several hours to copy this Nintendo folder so I really don’t want to delete the data..

Is there anyway to save this data ? what step did I do wrong ?

Are you using a Mac?