(Nintendo)在最初的GameBoy发布之后，(GameBoy)任天堂几十年来一直是掌上游戏市场的领导者。尽管如此，正是他们的家用游戏机(home console)产品让任天堂(Nintendo)成为了全世界都崇拜的超级明星游戏公司。
因此，当这两条产品线组合成一个混合控制台——Nintendo Switch时，真是令人惊讶。Switch是一款高性能游戏平板电脑，可从大屏无缝切换到小屏，让你随时随地畅玩AAA 级游戏。(AAA)
虽然这非常棒，但它确实带来了一些妥协。一方面，在原始性能方面， Switch 无法与(Switch doesn)PS4 和 Xbox(PS4 and Xbox) One等传统游戏机相比。另一个比较弱点是缺少硬盘驱动器。
虽然家用游戏机(home console)现在有数百 GB 可供数字下载，但Switch只有 32GB 的内部存储空间——(storage –)其中很大一部分被操作系统(operating system)占用。
幸运的是，支架下方隐藏着一个面向未来的SD 卡(SD card)插槽，可容纳高达 2TB 的卡——目前该产品的成本与游戏机本身差不多。如此多的用户最终可能会为他们的控制台购买价格更合理的SD 卡(SD card)，在销售期间或随着SD 技术(SD technology)价格的下降而升级到更大的容量。
那么问题是您是否可以将现有的SD 内容(SD content)转移到新的更大的卡上，而无需重新下载所有游戏。答案是肯定的，而且一点也不难。
为Nintendo Switch传输SD 卡内容(SD Card Content)
在我们开始之前，您应该知道您不能在Switch控制台之间交换SD 卡。(SD card)您下载的游戏链接到特定的控制台。本教程是关于使用新的SD 卡(SD card)替换旧的。
但是，您可以为一个Switch(Switch)使用多个 SD 卡并将它们换掉，尽管这可能相当乏味。
以下是完成转移所需的：
- Nintendo Switch - 显然！
- 包含游戏的旧SD 卡。(SD card)
- 您要升级到的新SD 卡。(SD card)
- 带有SD(SD card)读卡器的Windows 计算机(Windows computer)。
现在大多数笔记本电脑都内置了SD(SD card)读卡器，但如果您使用的是
台式机(desktop machine)，则可以花很少的钱购买USB读卡器。(USB card)
一切准备就绪(everything ready)，
这里是如何进行转移。
- 首先，按住电源按钮完全关闭您的(power button)Switch。将控制台置于睡眠模式是不够的。如果您在没有先关闭电源的情况下取出SD 卡(SD card)，它无论如何都会关闭。因此，您跳过此步骤不会节省任何时间 - 并且您可能会面临数据损坏的风险。
- 关闭电源后，抬起支架并取出SD 卡(SD card)。
- 现在，拿起两张 SD 卡并转到您的计算机。将旧 SD 卡(the old SD card)放入读卡器(card reader)。它应该在Windows 资源管理器(Windows Explorer)中显示为可移动驱动器。在驱动器上，您会找到一个简单命名为Nintendo的文件夹。
- 将整个 Nintendo 文件夹(entire Nintendo folder )复制到您的计算机。桌面是个好地方，因为这只是临时存储。请勿从旧SD 卡(SD card)中删除该文件夹。如果出现任何问题，您可能需要重试。
- 从 PC 中取出旧的SD 卡。(SD card)然后插入新的更大的SD 卡(SD card)。
如果SD 卡(SD card)是全新的，则无需执行任何操作。但是，如果它被使用或来自小品牌，您可能需要先使用官方SD 卡格式化实用程序(SD card formatting utility)对其进行格式化。在进行SD 传输(SD transfer)时，我们从来不需要对任何Nintendo 控制台执行此操作，但如果(Nintendo console)传输(transfer doesn)似乎不起作用，它可能是一个解决方案。
- 将Nintendo 文件夹(Nintendo folder)复制回新的SD 卡上(SD card)。
- 等待(Wait)传输完成，然后从读卡器中取出新的(card reader)SD 卡(SD card)。
- 将卡放回Switch中。完成后，打开控制台电源，您的游戏应该就在您离开它们的地方。只是有更多的可用空间。
- 确认一切正常后，您可以删除旧SD 内容(SD content)和计算机上的临时文件夹。
Upgrade Your Nintendo Switch SD Card Without Re-downloading Anything
Nintendo has been the leader in the handheld gaming market for decadеs, following the relеase of the originаl GameBoy. Despite this, it’s their home console productѕ that have made Nintendо the sυperstar gaming company adored across the world.
So it was quite a surprise when both lines of product were combined into a single hybrid console – the Nintendo Switch. The Switch is a high-performance gaming tablet that seamlessly moves from the big screen to the small screen, allowing you to take AAA games everywhere you go.
While this is pretty awesome, it does come with some compromises. For one, the Switch doesn’t really compare with traditional consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One when it comes to raw performance. The other comparative weakness is the lack of a hard drive.
While a home console now has hundreds of gigabytes available for digital downloads, the Switch only has 32GB of internal storage – and a big hunk of that is taken up by the operating system.
Luckily underneath the kickstand lurks a future-proofed SD card slot, that will accept up to a 2TB card – a product that currently costs about as much as the console itself. So many users will probably end up buying a more reasonably priced SD card for their console, upgrading to a larger capacity during sales or as the price of SD technology comes down.
The question then is whether you can transfer your existing SD content to the new, larger card without having to re-download all your games. The answer is yes and it’s not hard at all.
Transferring SD Card Content For The Nintendo Switch
Before we begin, you should know that you can’t swap SD cards between Switch consoles. The games you download are linked to a specific console. This tutorial is about using a new SD card to replace your old one.
You can however use multiple SD cards for one Switch and swap them out, although this can be rather tedious.
Here’s
what you need to complete the transfer:
- A Nintendo Switch – obviously!
- The old SD card containing your games.
- The new SD card you want to upgrade to.
- A Windows computer with an SD card reader.
Most
laptops now have a built-in SD card reader, but if you are using a
desktop machine you can buy a USB card reader for not much money.
With
everything ready, here is how to do the transfer.
- First, turn your Switch off completely by holding the power button. Putting the console into sleep mode is not enough. If you remove the SD card without switching off first, it will shut down anyway. So you save no time by skipping this step – and you risk data corruption.
- After turning the power off, lift up the kickstand and remove the SD card.
- Now, take both SD cards and go to your computer. Put the old SD card into the card reader. It should show up in Windows Explorer as a removable drive. On the drive you’ll find a single folder simply named Nintendo.
- Copy the entire Nintendo folder to your computer. The desktop is a good place, since this is only temporary storage. Don’t delete the folder from the old SD card yet. If anything goes wrong, you may need to try again.
- Remove the old SD card from the PC. Then insert the new larger SD card.
If the SD card is brand new, you don’t need to do anything. However, if it is used or from a minor brand, you might want to first format it using the official SD card formatting utility. We have never needed to do this with any Nintendo console when doing an SD transfer, but it may be a solution if the transfer doesn’t seem to work.
- Copy the Nintendo folder back onto the new SD card.
- Wait for the transfer to complete and then remove the new SD card from the card reader.
- Put the card back in the Switch. With that done, power the console on and your games should be just where you left them. Just with more free space.
- Once you have confirmed that everything is working, you can delete the old SD content and the temporary folder on your computer.
