Which files/folders to backup?

[retrodaniel]

Hello!

So I am moving from one sd card in my Raspberry to another, and just to be clear, I have to perform a manual backup of pretty much everything because I am moving from a 32-bit OS to a 64-bit one.

In this case, for Retropie I have backed up the following folders:

• bios
• roms
• splashscreens
• everything in ~/RetroPie basically

Other than that, I have backed up the following:

• /opt/retropie/configs/all/psx
• /opt/retropie/configs/all/fba
• /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig (controllers?)
• /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation

So I have backed up only the configurations for the controllers, emulationstation, and emulators I care about.

Other than that, is there anything I should be backing up? I know that I changed the configuration of some games specifically during emulation, but I have no idea where those are stored. Could anyone point me to where they are, please?

Thanks in advance!

[mitu]

@retrodaniel said in Which files/folders to backup?:

know that I changed the configuration of some games specifically during emulation, but I have no idea where those are stored. Could anyone point me to where they are, please?

The overrides for cores/games should be stored in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/configs, each core has its own folder for overrides. If you're backing up /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch, it should be enough - you can restore them afterwards.

Other than that, the backed up folders you mentioned should be enough.

[retrodaniel]

@mitu said in Which files/folders to backup?:

@retrodaniel said in Which files/folders to backup?:

know that I changed the configuration of some games specifically during emulation, but I have no idea where those are stored. Could anyone point me to where they are, please?

The overrides for cores/games should be stored in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/configs, each core has its own folder for overrides. If you're backing up /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch, it should be enough - you can restore them afterwards.

Other than that, the backed up folders you mentioned should be enough.

Amazing! Thank you for the help :)