GAMING: Cloning a Generic SD Card to a Branded One

In this video, we're going to show you a step-by-step guide on how to upgrade your gaming experience by cloning a generic SD card to a branded one. Whether you're looking to boost the performance of your gaming consoleor save your progress more reliably, this tutorial has you covered.

[nebulaprince]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! A lot of the other tutorials on here are very overwhelming to those new to this type of stuff so I really appreciated this straight forward method.

[TheSpanishVulture]

Straight to the point. Very helpful. Might just add that if it asks you to format your original SD card first hit cancel! 😂

[amr.Khalifa]

You made it very simple and easy thank you!

Other youtubers made the obvious very complicated for 20 mins or longer

[PapiGrayBeard]

Been stressing for months on how to do this and this was super easy. Appreciate it very much. Now I have a good card in there with no worries. 🎉

[yencr]

I spent 2 hours on this tutorial (it was a long time but because of cloning the sd card and transferring it to the new one), following each step, and it really worked for me from the first try. I was afraid that something would go wrong, but everything is excellent, thank you for making such a well explained video <3 now my anbernic is backed up on my new sd card without problems.

[izelthewashbear]

I was so scared of doing something wrong, but this tutorial is so easy and straightforward it didn't take me long to finish on my RG35XX SP! Thank you so much!

[vinidgr]

Just did it and worked flawless, thank you so much

[sisl]

you're a legend, simple and easy to do, it worked great and navigating games and menu are way faster

[uprnva]

Thank you! I dunno where I would be without YouTube guides. This method works for the new RG35XX SP model! And the SP model is freakin cool

[fotisskodras]

It worked perfect for the micro sd of R36S. Thank you!!!

[Andrew_Navarrete]

The best SD Card cloning video I have seen in youtube, thank you for sharing !

[AnthonyLamb]

This worked perfectly, thank you so much! My original SD died on me mid-play, so I wasn't sure it'd still be good to clone. Thankfully however it opened on my PC fine, and after cloning even my save states were carried over.

[puppydoglover]

All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you. This is a great tutorial. I thought just copying the files from a card would work. I didn’t realise it needed these extra steps, so thanks again.

[siddiaz]

I do need a work out. Thank you for pointing it out

[seanokeefe]

Guys this works and is simple if you follow the steps even the links are safe thank you so much

[JustLickitung]

Tip: there's a feature in Win32 Disk Imager to "Read only allocated partitions", so if you enable this, you'll get all your free storage which isn't used on the new SD card.

[montanax]

Some background info why this is required:

You need to write an .img file to an Anbernic because it contains not just the files, but also the entire system layout, including partition structure, bootloader, and operating system configuration. Simply copying files over to an SD card wouldn’t recreate this structure, which is essential for the device to function properly. Writing the .img ensures that the SD card is set up exactly as required by the handheld.

[topherb]

YES!!! Finally a quick, to the point video that worked for me! I'm so stoked it finally worked. This tutorial is awesome. TY my friend 🤙🏻

[rayrock]

It really works. Thanks guy. This help me out a lot and your method is simple to follow.

[mtsmurf]

Thanks so much for the easy to follow and easy to do guide! no issues doing this in 2025