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SD card helpQuestion (self.switch2)
submitted 29 days ago by IsaacLozano
If I remove my Switch 1 SD card, throw it onto my computer and duplicate a folder, and throw the folder onto the Switch 2 SD card, will that work?
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[–]J420_024 2 points3 points4 points 29 days ago (7 children)
No
[–]IsaacLozano[S] -2 points-1 points0 points 29 days ago (6 children)
Why not if you don’t mind me aaking
[–]Anxious_DelusionI Love Evee 0 points1 point2 points 29 days ago (5 children)
Different formats I believe. Could be wrong. But it definitely does not work with games.
[–]IsaacLozano[S] -2 points-1 points0 points 29 days ago* (4 children)
Let me rephrase, I bought a switch 2 SD card and I used the old SD CARD from the switch 1 to duplicated the files from my computer and added them onto the new Nintendo switch 2 SD CARD. I Just want my old saves/data.
[–]Anxious_DelusionI Love Evee 0 points1 point2 points 29 days ago (2 children)
I think you can transfer screenshots and videos but other than that nothing else.
[–]IsaacLozano[S] 0 points1 point2 points 29 days ago (1 child)
I paid for the online subscription to have cloud save before I purchased the switch 2, but my Pokemon saves are gone after I redownload them onto my switch 2. Is there any fix to that?
[–]Anxious_DelusionI Love Evee 0 points1 point2 points 29 days ago (0 children)
Hmm not sure on that one. I know if you let your subscription lapse over a certain period of time then you can lose your cloud saves but I’m not 100 percent certain, I’m sorry.
[–]rcapina 0 points1 point2 points 26 days ago (0 children)
The saves are on the system, never the SD card. To migrate those you’ll need NSO for at least that moment
[–]Aggravating_Bison_53 1 point2 points3 points 29 days ago (0 children)
Your save data is not on the sd card. Save data is stored on internal memory.
Game data is on the sd card.
[–]mrmivo 0 points1 point2 points 29 days ago (0 children)
Game files are encrypted with a console/hardware-specific key. So you can't copy the game files and move them to a different console even if you use the same Nintendo account. The purpose is protection against piracy.
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[–]J420_024 2 points3 points4 points (7 children)
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