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

Upgrading to a new MicroSD card on the Switch is usually a straightforward process, however for CFW users running emuMMC there's a few more steps to take depending on your setup. Migrating your data is a process of copying and pasting, but the hurdle of moving your emuMMC partition from one card to another could be confusing for many people out there looking to retain their console setup. This tutorial will show you how to back up your old MicroSD card, set up your new MicroSD card, and bring over all of your data along with your emuMMC setup.

This will require a modified Switch along with knowing the basics of how to navigate it.

#SwitchModding #emuMMC #AtmosphereCFW

This video has been made with Fair Use in mind and has been created as an educational piece of media.

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Timestamps!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Prerequisites
1:52 - Verifying emuMMC Type
3:36 - Backing Up emuMMC Partition
5:39 - Backing Up Files
7:18 - Partitioning New MicroSD Card
12:08 - Restoring Files
15:06 - Restoring emuMMC Partition
17:37 - Verifying emuMMC Works
18:27 - Reclaiming Storage Space
19:47 - Outro

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Changing SD Cards Guide:

hekate:

FAT32format:

How to Install Custom Switch Themes on Atmosphere CFW:

How to Test for Fake MicroSD Cards:

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[blainelocklair]

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

[Jeremy.C]

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

[gscharles]

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

[AbdAbdAbdAbd]

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

[JoeBobman]

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!

[mozza]

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

[AngelGarcia-imys]

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

[celebrategout]

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

[stephans]

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

[derickflores]

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

[Firefox]

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?

[cyberbladee]

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

[mrmanny]

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!

[Kyle]

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

[seiya]

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

[ti_Benchmark-ylij]

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.

[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.

[bernardomota]

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

[gavizcool]

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?

[igli]

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?