How to Upgrade Your MicroSD Card & Migrate emuMMC for Atmosphere CFW

[@blainelocklair]

This is really cool! I've underutilized my G1 Switch. Great to know this is an option! :)

[@MrMario2011]

Always been an option! Just a bit involved to do so with a partition.

[@undeadgenesis6713]

@@MrMario2011you guys are two of my favorite hombrew content creators 🔥

[@AbdAbdAbdAbd]

that new intro is sick! I'll definitely come back to this tutorial when I eventually upgrade my SD card

[@MrMario2011]

Hope this helps in the future!

[@nathanpritchard5114]

Don't follow this video. He literally doesn't even tell people that they need to restore the backup they made. Skips over it completely

[@ryanarteaga1148]

16:47 ​@@nathanpritchard5114

[@JoeBobman13]

Great timing and relevant to me considering I just found an unpatched switch and set up Atmosphere with a 128 GB microSD. Definitely going to be a great reference when I inevitably upgrade. Thanks!

[@MrMario2011]

So really less than a 100 GB card after setup and such, definitely will help for that upgrade down the road!

[@Jeremy.C8]

I love how detailed you were. It helped me swap to a 512gb from a 128gb. Thank you!

[@luiscazares6408]

Same here, just got the SD this morning. This video was really helpful.

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@mozza1983]

I've held off upgrading but having watched this it's time do it 👍👍

[@MrMario2011]

Hope this helps!

[@gscharles]

Thanks for the detailed guide, I was able to upgrade my switch to a 1TB card and everything is intact!

[@stephans7607]

Yeah just done that to my switch 256gb to 512gb. Just finished up. Nice tutorial.

[@MrMario2011]

Glad this helped!

[@olliepoplol5894]

Super helpful guide! Went from 128 to 512, thanks dude

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@AngelGarcia-im3ys]

Awesome tutorial! I was able to upgrade my SD card from a 256gb to a 1TB. Thank you!

[@MrMario2011]

Great to hear!

[@Firefox0234]

Hi I followed your tutorial everything was going fine up until 17.41 I launched the firmware and when it come on I get an error saying “unable to access Micro sdcard please turn off the console and reinsert the Micro sdcard” does anyone have any idea what to do?

[@blaize5436]

same issue here

[@mrmanny1418]

Thanks for the tutorial , REALLY informative! I value and trust your videos when I have a mod id like to do in my various gaming devices and am relieved when you have a video to help! Cheers!

[@MrMario2011]

Have fun!

[@igli01]

Might be a dumb question, but can i still access both the sysMMC (OFW) and the emuMMC (CFW) on the Hekate menu after i successfully transfer the files on the new SD Card like usual?

[@MrMario2011]

Yes

[@dimitrijepavlovic9344]

Thanks a bunch, was able to switch to a new sd card as old one was dying. It was a low quality card, now i got a nintendo branded one of higher capacity.

[@MrMario2011]

Unfortunately those Nintendo brand ones are alright at best, you can get better speeds on other cards for the same price or less.

[@derickflores5669]

i will definitely try this method.. nice step by step procedures.. thanks sir..

[@MrMario2011]

All the best!

[@Rayz0268]

Will this work with android partitions too? I have both atmosphere (not emummc) and android installed, so shouldn’t I just be able to allocate the android partition with the new sd and then transfer my files?

[@MilesSPeeD22]

Tysm!!!!! I was going crazy since atmosphere kept showing some problems with fusee tyyyy

[@MrMario2011]

No problem!!

[@mrchaotiq]

I have a somewhat related question. I have a 1tb sd card with a quad partition (HOS, Atmosphere, Android and Linux) for some reason it stopped booting into atmosphere (just hangs on the switch logo) it boots into the rest just fine. This sd card was updated to the latest version of everything using the HATS pack. I have an old 512gb sd on 16.0 which can access all the partitions including atmosphere. What's the easiest way to get the 1tb sd back to launching atmosphere? I don't really want to wipe it as it's full of games. Any suggestions?

[@MrMario2011]

Never ran into that personally. If you're going to mess with partitions, especially that many, you'll probably just have to wipe it and start fresh for the path of least resistance.

[@mrchaotiq]

@@MrMario2011 Ok thanks. I got it going temporarily last night but the card was really laggy. Then I went to put a theme back on it and I've got the same issue again 🤣 I guess I'll just rebuild the emummc and start it all over again. Is there a way to copy the 512gb card as is? I'm meaning like partitions and all? That would be the quickest way, then I'd just have to use the latest HATS pack and I'd be close to where I was just minus a ton of games.

[@celebrategout1008]

Based. This is more or less what the rentry guide says so i know this is gold. Nice video!

[@MrMario2011]

A great guide right there, thank goodness for the racoon.

[@3060ti_Benchmark-yl4ij]

Thank you for this guide! I upgraded from 128 GB to 256 GB. However, I used a different software. The AOMEI Partition Assistant is really slow and it's stuck at 1%. I decided to use Macrium Reflect. They have the same settings to configure so it's not hard to use Macrium. It only took 2 hours to clone a full 128 GB card. I wouldn't have upgraded my SD card if not for this video. Subscribed and Liked.

[@coztfu]

Ive followed your guide and all went well, I was able to boot on the new sd card but all my games were missing. Is there any way to fix this or do I need to redownload them all again? Thank you

[@djbone94]

the same thing here.... If someone know why...

[@nathanpritchard5114]

He skipped over the entire restore part

[@jeffqseid2169]

he didnt show the part where he copy paste again all his roms

[@cyberbladee]

thank youf for this amazing guide! i was able to follow along easily and upgrade to 512GB of storage

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@hitechmaster69]

Hi Mario, on an OLED switch which is 64GB, can you put 64GB on hekate instead of 2x29GB? Should it work the same??

[@ErsunnSeken]

Thank you very much! Works perfectly.

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome!

[@joelreno1997]

Hi, I want to use 2 different SD cards in my switch with different games, but do both SD cards need to have the same EMUMMC, or can I set up a new SD card from scratch and just use my old one when I want?

[@MrMario2011]

You can migrate the same emuMMC to another card, but you won't be able to easily keep them in sync since the emuMMC is on the cards themselves, not the system.

[@joelreno1997]

@@MrMario2011 So I can put a fresh SD card in my switch and install a new EMUMMC on that card, and then if I switch back to my old card, I will still have all the games and saves on it?

[@bernardomota6659]

Idk why, but i can't copy the partitions folder from my backup to my new sd, anyone can help?

[@sk8oblaze]

hey man i did everything in this video but when i went into the backup folder i didint have the files at 15:16 and went i went to restore emummc with the raw partition on it says "this may render revice inoperative are you really sure? i dont understand i did everything exactly like you did. am i screwed now?

[@russellsilva9128]

did you ever figure it out? because it happened to me too and i followed the guide 100% switch OLED

[@sk8oblaze]

@@russellsilva9128 i did nothing bad happened i just clicked ok and it went great. i think its just a warning

[@ruffino77022]

@@sk8oblaze same i followed the guide 100% and hit yes. Everything worked .(OLED).

[@seiya6924]

Great Video! Followed the video. Everything works great, I just transferred everything over from 512gb to 1tb sd card with no problems

[@ABDALLAH42069]

just out of curiosity, what are you planning to use a whole TB for on the switch? I'm on the fence on whether I should get 512 or 1TB as an upgrade to my current 128 so I'd like to hear why you chose to upgrade

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome!

[@seiya6924]

​@ABDALLAH42069 i have alot of rpgs and metrodvania games on my 512gb..400 was used up, so i just had to upgrade 😅 i also have games like like psx, psp and all the older retro games

[@walterlyons3639]

I have a problem when copying over I am using a SD File and I am upgrading from a 400GB to a 1TB the problem copying over is at the emuMMC folders. I did everything I saw. Do I have to back up my emuMMC and then restore it on the new card???

[@Mattiphob]

Will my android OS be transferred to the new sd as well? Thx. I’m quite new to this

[@jqdoh1561]

Do these steps work on a Mac? Many thanks in advance to the legendary Mr Mario 2011.

[@MrMario2011]

Yep! Desktop OS doesn't matter, I created the tutorial with that in mind.

[@jonasnilsson9556]

Hi can i ask you some questions i have trouble to migrate to larger sd card on switch

[@AydenJustHere]

I have a android partition on my old sd card. Will that be transferred to the new sd card during this process or is there something else that I have to do?

[@DJdoushitekimi]

Hi, so I just have a regular SD file (with no partition). Everything booted up fine after transferring the files but when I try to load the games it says cannot load software, try again from home menu. On tinfoil, there’s a section that says incomplete and I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the games. What should I do from here?

[@MrMario2011]

Sys-patch

[@District7Studio]

Try and arch bit fix vv (Make sure your Switch is in RCM mode and in hekate.) In hekate, click on: Tools ➜ Arch bit • RCM Touch • Pkg1/2 ➜ Fix Archive Bit Let it run and when finished launch your CFW again. had same issue tried sys-patch and sig patch but did not work once I did the "Fix Archvie" Everything worked.

[@Kyle32109]

thx u just got one for my self and i upgraded the 128 GB microSD it came with. To a 1tb

[@MrMario2011]

Super nice! I've got a 1 TB in my main console.

[@Kyle32109]

@@MrMario2011 i have question my system is based on sd files so i copyed my sd card and transferred it to my new sd card but when i injected it gave me a error saying update binloader im on the old unptached switch

[@angelvlcek433]

I know it's been a while since this was posted but i knew this would be helpful. However my emummc is saying disabled in Hekate and I have no clue what to do. I didn't jailbreak my switch but i purchased it already jailbroke. Can you please guide me a little bit on what to do from here since my emummc is disabled and I still want to upgrade my SD card.

[@makro1962]

Can this solve the issue where the switch suddenly restarting itself while playing either its in handheld mode or docked mode?

[@paladinash83]

Can you do how to update hekate, atm and hos, since I tried to migrate from 128gb to 512gb card, using file sd but my payload won't load, my switch just stay dead even when I tried to boot. But using latest hekate my switch can enter boot but I lost all my 128gb setting I can't even load atm

[@MrMario2011]

No

[@THCv3]

Couldnt you just copy the partitions exactly as they are from old sd to new sd and deal with most of this?

[@Dat_Thing88]

10:42 I’m updating my micro sd card but I also have android and I was planning on installing Linux because I know the processes are similar so should I partition Linux and Android here if I want to flash those?

[@MrMario2011]

Yes, the best to partition now while the card has nothing on it.

[@Dat_Thing88]

@@MrMario2011Thank you for the answer and quick response, you’re the best

[@Emiturbina]

Why is it necessary to put in on FAT32? it's not a really convinient format because of the 4gb transfer limit, and my other card that's exFAT worked just fine

[@MrMario2011]

exFAT driver is worse and prone for corruption on CFW.

[@ronaldellis9042]

What if you cannot load back into hekate? I have tried several things and looked for info but everything I saw to try doesn’t work. Always loads into atmosphere. It’s like hekate doesn’t exist? Is there a way to reinstall hekate?

[@MrMario2011]

It will launch as long as you inject the payload. If you have it set to autoboot Atmosphere, you need to hold Vol+ or Vol- when you inject and boot into Hekate.

[@KennyCarson123]

Can you transfer when certain software data is archived? I can’t un archive everything because I don’t have enough space

[@MrMario2011]

That won't make a difference thankfully.

[@Gammastrahl]

What is this 29 Full, can i push it more to the right to get more space or does it create any issues. I just wanna use the homebrew and not the stock side

[@MrMario2011]

If you have a standard or Lite console you don't need anything more than 29 FULL, going higher than that is a waste of storage.

[@TTMastery]

at 16:16 when plugging SD into switch i get "a fatal error occurred when running fus6e invalid GPT signature"

[@demonzand3264]

will there be a problem if i do not have those files at 15:16? the system emmc? i just found out that i do not have those...but i still have the files inside emummc folder

[@russellsilva9128]

did you ever figure it out? because it happened to me too and i followed the guide 100% switch OLED

[@thecarrieshot6411]

Thinking either upgrade to 500 GB or 1.5 TB. Going to be trying this later on, wonder if 1.5 TB would be too high

[@MrMario2011]

It's better to have too much storage as opposed to too little!

[@thecarrieshot6411]

Testing this out, got over 1 TB on emmu. Was curious if this is shared storage

[@crissepiroth]

So, the thing is, I just copied and pasted everything from my old SD CARD in a folder on my laptop. But now, the old SD is corrupted. I placed everything from the old SD that I had in my laptop, in my new SD card. But it doesn't work. Do you have any suggestions?

[@MrMario2011]

Unfortunately if your old SD card is corrupted, it probably corrupted the contents.

[@crissepiroth]

@@MrMario2011 nvm, it seems I can create a FULL NAND folder from the old SD. The nxnand manager is loading, I hope it'll work... thank you for answering 🔥

[@billyball]

Will this help me transfer from Switch Lite to Switch OLED?

[@MrMario2011]

No

[@billyball]

@@MrMario2011 do you have a video for setting up an sd card from scratch? The console already has hekate

[@md.kamalhossain9467]

Bro I have just bought a jailbreak Switch Light. and when I followed your instruction, I've found my emuMMC info & selection is Disabled. I don't know what I have to do now

[@MrMario2011]

Sounds like you missed a step, if everything is set up properly then it should be enabled.

[@homina.homina]

I got same problem my emummc disabled, what to do? What step do i miss?

[@doukey]

No luck for me. Everything is fine until 17:35. Atfer tapping Launch i get emuMMS is forced but not enabled. after reboot emuMMC is in disabled state and i can't enable it.

[@doukey]

Well. Turned out that was caused by faulty micro SD card. That was chinese counterfeit.

[@MiguelRedPy]

I have a Switch OLED. When I want to make the partition I do not have the 2x29 option, but instead I have 2x58 directly. In the comments I see that the same thing happens to several people. Even so, my question is this, why should I choose 2x58 instead of just 58 Full? Why does the Switch OLED need 2 Emummc?

[@MrMario2011]

OLED does not need two.

[@MiguelRedPy]

@@MrMario2011 At minute 11:10 you mention 2x29 Mario, and since I don't have . Could you clarify this for me please? Another thing, is there any way to know if it is safe to play from the original CFW without the risk of banning?

[@MrMario2011]

2x29 is not 2x58

[@flexdadestroyer9313]

@@MrMario2011 It dont give the option 2x29 at my oled. i have used the 58 full option

[@Raystorm002]

How would i be able to transfer the games that i have in my old SD card if theyre more than 4GB? Wouldnt FAT32 prevent files over 4GB?

[@MrMario2011]

If they're installed already there's no issue since Horizon breaks installed games into appropriate chunks.

[@Raystorm002]

@@MrMario2011 oh interesting. Thank you for responding quickly. Much appreciated.

[@k00lboricua]

when I try to restore, it tells me that no file were found, so I get an error in while in hekate to do the boot and boot 01. Files are located in the correct folder

[@AlFa-oc5kp]

Im having the same issue

[@willnebuload8252]

Same here... I tried several Time, same résult....really dont understand... Any help please ? ;)

[@huanvanhuynh]

Why not use geniusdisk free version and clone the OLD SD to new one. Make sure use the option copy file so u can toggle the fat32 partition to expand with new sd card capacity.

[@faystoface3134]

It actually seems simpler to realize. Did you do it this way and can you confirm that it is effective and without data loss?

[@ismaelflores1747]

when i try to partition the new sd card the 2x29 option is not showing its only showing 2x58 max please help

[@MrMario2011]

Move it around to find 2x29

[@patryktv9164]

@@MrMario2011 It's the same for me, there is no 2 x 29 option at all

[@ToJestProste]

@@MrMario2011 It's the same for me, there is no 2 x 29 option at all

[@ToJestProste]

@@MrMario2011 It's 2x12 and then immediately 2x59

[@bcharette86]

Its because the OLED is a 64GB internal vs Standard/Lite that have 32GB internal. Therefore, you have to emulate a 64GB sysnand (2x58) instead of the 32GB Sysnand (2x29) like shown in the video. Just go with 2x58 and you should be fine. Worked for me.

[@kaitunbokbok]

My old SD Card show SD Files so I follow the steps but on my new sd card it shows boot.dat even the new sd card have the boot.dat files

[@Ali.Niasar]

How do I format the original SD card so that I can use it on something else? It has two partitions at the moment.

[@MrMario2011]

Delete all of the partitions.

[@omacentennial6372]

how do you overcome the file size limits of fat32 I have nsp files of 6Gb? how do I transfer those to sd card?

[@MrMario2011]

No applications have chunks higher than 4 GB once installed, they are split. That sounds like you're trying to transfer over NSPs that you either haven't installed yet or already installed and never deleted.

[@keepitshort4208]

Is it necessary to download the emummmc when there are blocker apps ?

[@MrMario2011]

Depends on your usage.

[@keepitshort4208]

@@MrMario2011 I won't go online on it tho, also I wanted to ask all the tools that are not in the homebrew I would have to find them in GitHub or you have a guide for that too ? Sorry for the bother I'm new to this so just want to do things right.

[@keepitshort4208]

@@MrMario2011 make sense, also wanted to ask is there a video on how to prepare a SD card for modded switch before hand ? Is it possible ?

[@ValakJPjokes]

its not copy the rawnand.bin because of fat32 cannot copy large file what should i do?

[@MrMario2011]

If it was me? I would temporarily format the card in a PC after it has been partitioned to exFAT And only load up Hekate in order to copy over and restore your rawnand.bin file. After that has been restored, format the main data partition on PC to FAT32 And do your file copy.

[@ValakJPjokes]

@@MrMario2011 its what i did thanks

[@tde439]

So let’s say I screw up somewhere down the line, I can just put my old sd card back in and everything will be ok?

[@MrMario2011]

Yes, this doesn't make any changes to your actual console.

[@tde439]

@@MrMario2011 does the drive lettering need to be the same or is that irrelevant?

[@3060ti_Benchmark-yl4ij]

@@tde439 It doesn't have to be the same. Just make sure you select the correct disk to clone and the target disk.

[@ChrisChase-uo6uz]

if i look in hekate on the switch through tinfoil it says emummc disabled.How do i migrate to a larger micro sd card in this situation please

[@hazelbagels024]

How do i do this without a partition or the EmuNAND?

[@harichiman5804]

Do deleting my games and backup gpp will less thw storage space?

[@MrMario2011]

what

[@angel250779]

hi ,can you please tell my how to tranfer all data from old hacked swith to a new hacked oled switch?

[@MrMario2011]

That's not what this video covers.

[@maelsantos1388]

mine says disabled. "emuMMC is disabled and eMMC will be used for boot

[@jeffqseid2169]

In case anyone experience partial backup (due to no memory space left though you have already delete all the your games etc), you need to take out your SD card and get into PC to transfer (Ctrl + V) few backed up files earlier to give more extra SD card space for you to continue the backup process later. Basically, Hekatu will do the backup by partition (i.e rawnand.bin.00, rawnand.bin.01, rawnand.bin.03 and so on...). Just make sure you dont delete the latest backup file otherwise Hekatu wont able to continue based on the latest backup.

[@HimMrM]

Can I use this to migrate my entire system, os and games to a new system? I want to put everything on my old switch on an oled

[@MrMario2011]

Nope, this is not a system transfer.

[@HimMrM]

@@MrMario2011 Aww man. Thanks for your reply. Is system transferral possible?

[@HimMrM]

@@MrMario2011 ???

[@HimMrM]

@@MrMario2011 bump

[@Sho_Goat]

@@HimMrMbro u bumped your own message 😂

[@mishamicheev996]

Will it work with different consoles?

[@MrMario2011]

This is not for transferring from one console to another if that's what you're asking.

[@starbrand9052]

is this mean upgrading ofw and cfw at the same time?

[@MrMario2011]

This has nothing to do with firmware upgrades.

[@starbrand9052]

@@MrMario2011 i mean the storage, can the ofw use the cfw storage??

[@ubuntu210]

What should I do when I don't have 32gbs left in my SD card

[@MrMario2011]

Better free up storage!

[@ubuntu210]

@@MrMario2011 I can't access my sistem to delete some games. Is there another way? Seems like my emummc is corrupted

[@goncaloribeiro8527]

What if i dont have enough storage in the sd?

[@MrMario2011]

Better clear up some space.

[@MrCorkscrew91]

Do you loose your save game files while following this tutorial?

[@MrMario2011]

Nothing in here would wipe your data unless you choose to.

[@AteoBendito]

How do i move from SD file to SD Raw Partition?

[@MrMario2011]

This video is not intended for that, however a Google search I did does show promising results. Good luck!

[@AteoBendito]

@@MrMario2011 Do you mean emutool?

[@nanashi5139]

It says boot 0 and 1 fail when I click it. Help

[@MrMario2011]

Oof

[@rickydeldo8596]

Thx mate :) .

[@MrMario2011]

No problem 👍

[@micksterminator3]

Just got a sp 256gb sd card running on my V1 and just filled it in 12 hours. Happens to be prime day today, there's a bunch of 512gb for cheap 👀

[@MrMario2011]

If you need a recommendation? Samsung is AWESOME from my experience.

[@micksterminator3]

​@@MrMario2011Ty! Thanks for the rec and video. I totally get the process

[@micksterminator3]

@@MrMario2011 ended up going with a SanDisk 512gb from Walmart, only was 20usd! Seems to be the same spec as the official switch ones. Hoping for the best

[@micksterminator3]

What a bummer, seems as if I didn't save my emummc backup and only sys backup for some reason. My 256gb SD card corrupted last night after trying to install Hades which crashed the system not allowing me to boot. Think I'm gonna restart the whole process sadly lol​@@MrMario2011

[@josemine8863]

I keep getting unable to access micro sd card im so confused on why

[@MrMario2011]

Not sure if that's on your PC or Switch?

[@josemine8863]

@MrMario2011 its on my switch im also using a 1tb micro sd card I made sure its real but maybe that might be the problem?

[@nestorp8398]

I'm having the same issue. Everything works and in the hekate menu Everything is showing as good. However, I get the can't read the micro sd as soon as I boot into atmosphere. I even get a message stating that the system needs to update the switch firmware when I try to load one of my cartridges. I'm on 17.0.0 and AMS 1.6.2E.

[@nestorp8398]

After banging my head against the wall with the can't read microsd error, I think I finally found my issue. I ran the archive bit fix tool in hekate and it looks like everything is working now. In hekate, go to tools and click on the menu option on the right hand corner. In that menu you will see the option for the archive bit.

[@rnrm9675]

i tried that as well but didnt work for me :(@@nestorp8398

[@ismaelcrespin18]

10/10

[@tutruelove]

and my games will be copied?

[@MrMario2011]

Shown in the video

[@Marco_Reus]

Thx man

[@MrMario2011]

No problem!

[@Liokid20]

My emummc is disabled what do I do?

[@oroomaa]

You found anything?

[@Liokid20]

@@oroomaa honestly it was because i used the wrong guide so i had to re mod my switch

[@arransic_gaming]

FYI Exfat is better because every nsp or xci file u use for games will need to be split & is 3x the work

[@MrMario2011]

exFAT driver is problematic and can corrupt your data easily on CFW, which is why it isn't recommended. Install any large files through something like DBI and USB and it won't be an issue.

[@paladinash83]

OMG it's marioooo, and I thought you only do psp video 😅

[@MrMario2011]

What's a video?

[@paladinash83]

@@MrMario2011 the permenant psp cfw

[@Dabbingtonsir]

Can you please teach us android users how to do everything with an android and maybe some other sort of devices if needed but please can you help me do this with an android

[@MrMario2011]

None of the steps here are OS specific.

[@nathanpritchard5114]

I screwed up. Got ahead of myself and lost everything. Oh well. Now ive got a 1TB sd card i can start over

[@echoch2688]

clone SD Card to new SD Card it easy.

[@NotColaTai]

You have a nice voice you should venture in to other genre's

[@MrMario2011]

Find me in anime parodies.

[@NotColaTai]

@@MrMario2011 that would be great!

[@filthmaster9936]

@MrMario2011 The best way is to use a simple disk clone utility. I trief all these special ways and they all failed. The clone disk way is easy in just 1 step and always works no matter what kind of setup you run

[@faystoface3134]

what cloning software do you recommend please ?

[@filthmaster9936]

@@faystoface3134 Just Google for disk clone and just clone with what you find for free. I tried so many other methods till I found this and it just worked instantly

[@Violated.R6]

followed your tutorial everything was going fine up until 17.41 I launched the firmware and when it come on I get an error saying “unable to access Micro sdcard please turn off the console and reinsert the Micro sdcard” does anyone have any idea what to do?

[@joelreno1997]

hi did you ever fix this?