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Backup NAND

Guide Information

Creating a NAND backup is the one thing everyone with a Switch should do before they do anything else relating to CFW. It allows you to restore your Switch at a later date if you want to clean stuff up, or if you were to install something malicious that bricks your Switch.
  • 30+ Minutes
  • You need 30GB of free space on the microSD card to create a backup.

What You Need

  • Any Switch With CFW
  • Hekate Bootloader Folder & Payload
  • MicroSD Card (64GB+)

Backup NAND

  1. Make sure you have the Hekate bootloader folder on the root of your microSD card, and the corresponding hekate_ctcaer_x.x.x.bin payload. If you don’t have them click the link below and extract the hekate_ctcaer_x.x.x_Nyx_x.x.x.zip to the root of your microSD card.
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Extract Hekate 1
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Extract Hekate 1
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  1. Insert your microSD card into your Switch > put your Switch into RCM > inject the hekate_ctcaer_x.x.x.bin to boot into Hekate.
  1. Set the Time/Date.
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  1. Select Tools > Backup eMMC > eMMC BOOT0 & BOOT1.
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  1. Once the backup finishes select Close > eMMC RAW GPP.
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  1. Once the backup finishes select Close > Close.
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  1. Copy the backup folder to your PC for safekeeping, then delete it from your microSD card.
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Optional Next Steps