Moving Games from sysNAND to emuNAND

gamecaptor · Jan 30, 2023

First off, I'm running:

Switch v15.0.1
Hekate v6.0.1
Atmosphere v1.4.1

I would like to move my games from the sysNAND to emuNAND so I can dump them.

Is there a way to do this individually or would it need to be one in bulk? The latter might be a problem as I don't have enough room on my SD card to have a doubled-up list.

OR is there a way to dump directly from the sysNAND via the emuNAND?

binkinator · Jan 30, 2023

if you just created an emunand from a backup of your Sysnand…the games will come with it by default. You can just dump them from emunand. Alternatively you can avoid the extra work and find a backup of the game you already own on the Internet.

gamecaptor · Jan 30, 2023

Would this be the recommended method to do this? I'm using the SD File emuNAND.
https://www.cfwaifu.com/switch-nand-backup-restore/

I know there are other ways to obtain the games, but I'm working on a project, so I'd like to be able to do this myself.

binkinator · Jan 30, 2023

gamecaptor said:
Would this be the recommended method to do this? I'm using the SD File emuNAND.
https://www.cfwaifu.com/switch-nand-backup-restore/

I know there are other ways to obtain the games, but I'm working on a project, so I'd like to be able to do this myself.

Sure. I prefer this one:

https://rentry.org/BackupRestoreNAND

…but that one covers the basics just as well.

Here’s the top of the doc btw https://rentry.org/SwitchHackingIsEasy

gamecaptor · Jan 30, 2023

Thanks @binkinator. So every time I get a new game, I would need to do a backup/restore? There isn't a way to move individual games?

binkinator · Jan 30, 2023

gamecaptor said:
Thanks @binkinator. So every time I get a new game, I would need to do a backup/restore? There isn't a way to move individual games?

well, you could boot your Sysnand up with CFW running and then run NXDumpTool. There’s always a small risk of running anything butm100% Ninty software on on your Online Sysnand but Atmosphere has been tested to be safe for many years and typically most homebrew is safe. My jury is out on whether or not NXDumptool raises any eyebrows. I simply don’t do any homebrew on my 100% clean Sysnand.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/nxdumptool-nintendo-switch-dump-tool.508343/