Switch won't boot up after updating Atmosphere and hekate

Did you do a fresh install of atmosphere files? Should delete all folders except "Nintendo" folder, then replace with new files.

1 - Format SD card to FAT32
2 - Fresh install of Atmosphere files on SD card. - https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere/releases
3 - Get and put Correct Sigpatches in "atmosphere" folder - https://github.com/ITotalJustice/patches/releases
4 - (optional) Get Tinwoo or Goldleaf and place inside "switch" folder - https://github.com/XorTroll/Goldleaf/releases
5 - Boot into Hekate menu, select "Payloads", then select "Fusee-Primary"
Good Luck and Have fun!

 

You can copy your "Nintendo" folder to pc, format your card to FAT32, then copy your "Nintendo" folder back, and it will save your installed games atleast, and the game saves should be on switch memory. Good Luck! btw it will take awhile to copy that folder to pc and back to sd card, esp if you have a lot games installed.

 

Not sure what you mean...like the initial setup when you first bought it, no that's on switch memory itself, if that's the question.

 

Not if you make a backup of everything on your SD card first.

 

For future reference, there is no need to format your card and lose all your games when a problem so trivial arises. Delete your atmopshere/contents directory and replace it with a clean one, and if it doesn't work delete your atmosphere, sept and bootloader folders and replace them with clean ones. This forum has a strange obsession with recommending nuking everything no matter what the issue is.

 

Its mostly because it would take too much time to figure out what files they did or didn't put on their SD card. Its easier and more efficient for noobs especially to start fresh simply because most files can be retrieved apart from the Nintendo folder.