Hacking Question No nintendo logo and corrupted files. Problem

[TheBroGuy]

Hello,

this is my first post... i had a problem booting to my switch, for some reason the nintendo logo wasn't appearing when i booted to any cfw. when i looked at my sdcard some of the files from the nintendo folder are gone and corrupted, i kept doing possible solutions (or there none)... can't do anything... the only thing i know is the corrupted nintendo folder.

anyone please export their nintendo folders on your switch? thanks!

edit: what does a nintendo folder look like if empty?

 

[petspeed]

The Nintendo folder holds the files for the installed content. It is individual for each Switch so you can't just use it from someone else. Besides the content is copyright material and illegal to share.
I think your only option is to format and start over.
How is your SD card formatted? Fat32 or ExFAT? ExFAT is known to cause corruption so FAT32 is highly recommended.

 

[TheBroGuy]

The Nintendo folder holds the files for the installed content. It is individual for each Switch so you can't just use it from someone else. Besides the content is copyright material and illegal to share.
I think your only option is to format and start over.
How is your SD card formatted? Fat32 or ExFAT? ExFAT is known to cause corruption so FAT32 is highly recommended.

exfat, i know its dangerous but i chose that

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The Nintendo folder holds the files for the installed content. It is individual for each Switch so you can't just use it from someone else. Besides the content is copyright material and illegal to share.
I think your only option is to format and start over.
How is your SD card formatted? Fat32 or ExFAT? ExFAT is known to cause corruption so FAT32 is highly recommended.

so i needed to format my sdcard to fat32, but my emumc is installed im my sdcard. my pc is kinda slow so idk what todo

 

[petspeed]

so i needed to format my sdcard to fat32, but my emumc is installed im my sdcard. my pc is kinda slow so idk what todo

If you have EmuMMC as a partition you will see two drives from your SD card on your computer, one that is readable (your ExFAT partition) and one that is not (EmuMMC). Copy everything that you want to keep (if anything at all) to your computer and then format the ExFAT partition as FAT32. Then copy back the files if you want.
After that you should recreate EmuMMC since it lost the Nintendo folder. Maybe even reset SysMMC as the Nintendo folder for that is also on the SD card. And then recreate EmuMMC.

 

[TheBroGuy]

If you have EmuMMC as a partition you will see two drives from your SD card on your computer, one that is readable (your ExFAT partition) and one that is not (EmuMMC). Copy everything that you want to keep (if anything at all) to your computer and then format the ExFAT partition as FAT32. Then copy back the files if you want.
After that you should recreate EmuMMC since it lost the Nintendo folder. Maybe even reset SysMMC as the Nintendo folder for that is also on the SD card. And then recreate EmuMMC.

im doing it but how do i make sysmmc as the Nintendo folder? i dont know how to edit sysmmc or other things. also read my edit

 

[petspeed]

If your SD card is blank then first time you boot SysMMC it will create a new Nintendo folder for you

 

[TheBroGuy]

If your SD card is blank then first time you boot SysMMC it will create a new Nintendo folder for you

so if i delete everything (with backup) i can create a nintendo folder? and does booting ofw booting on sysmmc?

 

[petspeed]

so if i delete everything (with backup) i can create a nintendo folder? and does booting ofw booting on sysmmc?

You don't have to create it, the Switch will do it for you.
Yes if you boot your Switch normally without a RCM payload it will boot SysMMC

 

[TheBroGuy]

You don't have to create it, the Switch will do it for you.
Yes if you boot your Switch normally without a RCM payload it will boot SysMMC

thanks for the reply! but if i disable autorcm will it work? so if i do that i insert my blank sdcard and power it n. correct?

 

[petspeed]

thanks for the reply! but if i disable autorcm will it work? so if i do that i insert my blank sdcard and power it n. correct?

Then you will boot SysMMC with ofw and it will create the folder. But since the Nintendo folder is empty all your installed games will not work. You need to redownload them. Thats why I suggested that it might be better to reset your Switch to start clean

 

[TheBroGuy]

Then you will boot SysMMC with ofw and it will create the folder. But since the Nintendo folder is empty all your installed games will not work. You need to redownload them. Thats why I suggested that it might be better to reset your Switch to start clean

thanks. how do i reset my switch data? i can redownload them in my pc since im still scared connecting my switch on the internet

 

[petspeed]

thanks. how do i reset my switch data? i can redownload them in my pc since im still scared connecting my switch on the internet

Somewhere in the Settings menu. I don't recall exactly where it is and I don't have my Switch with me. But it should be possible to find

 

[TheBroGuy]

Somewhere in the Settings menu. I don't recall exactly where it is and I don't have my Switch with me. But it should be possible to find

thanks for the reply. cant boot to normal. black screen only appears. i only know i can reboot to normal on other payloads.

 

[petspeed]

Did you disable AutoRCM?

 

[TheBroGuy]

Did you disable AutoRCM?

yes i did. i erased everything inserted sd card and powered on the switch. black screen... im on panic mode already... it might be something else now. sysnand is Gone??? i just dont know.

 

[Hayato213]

You can back up your files on a computer and then use guiformat to format the SD to FAT32 and try again, if replacing CFW files still doesn't boot, good chance there is a problem with your sysnand.

 

[TheBroGuy]

You can back up your files on a computer and then use guiformat to format the SD to FAT32 and try again, if replacing CFW files still doesn't boot, good chance there is a problem with your sysnand.

now i know my sysnand is the problem. what do i do now?

 

[Hayato213]

now i know my sysnand is the problem. what do i do now?

Give FAT32 a try, you don't need exFAT as everything stored on the SD card is under 4GB, right now you should find out if new cfw file on a freshly format card would boot or not. You happen to have matching NAND backup with boot0/boot1?

 

[TheBroGuy]

Give FAT32 a try, you don't need exFAT as everything stored on the SD card is under 4GB, right now you should find out if new cfw file on a freshly format card would boot or not. You happen to have matching NAND backup with boot0/boot1?

sorry for the late reply, sadly i dont have boot0 and boot1 backup. i have but its when i broke my switch, but i was dumb when i tried to backup boot0 and boot1 on my switch while it was broken. i now found a solution to get a non patched swtch, started over and put my old sd card in it