Folders on RetroPie 4.6, for Raspberry Pi 4.

[Madara Uchiha]

Hi guys! So I've really been liking the interface on the Retro-pie and love the versatility! I can tell you guys worked very hard on this and I am grateful. There is a problem I am facing at the moment though. I have seen on many Retro pie tutorials that there are always folders to put roms in. These folders would be the name of a console. ( GameCube, PlayStation etc. ) The thing is these folders aren't appearing on my SD card that had Retro Pie on it. Are these folders important? Because from what I can see ( Correct me if I'm wrong ) these folders are the things that sorts the roms by console on the menu ( Where would I copy the roms? Are the folders created by retro pie or are they created by me manually? ). So, if I were to create folders manually, where would I create them on the USB? And would I have a limit to how many I can make? ( This is my first Retro-pie project, so I would be grateful for your support! )

[mitu]

You shouldn't need to create manually any folders, they are created (with the correct name) when the corresponding emulator is installed. RetroPie already comes with emulators installed, so the basic folders should be already present.

The thing is these folders aren't appearing on my SD card that had Retro Pie on it.

If you're looking at the SD card's contents on a Windows PC, you will only see the boot partition, the 2nd partition holds the actual system (and the RetroPie installation), but Windows doesn't know how to read the Linux filesystem on it - so you won't be able to see the folders.

So, if I were to create folders manually, where would I create them on the USB?

No, you don't need to create the folders manually. If you want to transfer your ROMs over, take a look at the Docs. If your RetroPie system is connected to your network, the easiest method for transfer is via File Shares from your PC.