@sleve_mcdichael All great ideas. Thank you all for responding!!

Which ROM/game ? Perhaps the message is coming from the emulator itself. Please add some more info about your setup and error, as requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

You can install RetroPie to a USB 3.0 stick + USB 3.0 cable. I believe it will work. I have boot RetroPie from a USB 2 stick with 80cm USB cable and it was working.

@10vorne said in Move 64GB Image to 256GB Card:

just pull an image with Win32DiskImager and move it to the new card with Etcher?

That should do it. Make sure you go into the setup and "expand filesystem" after, to make use of the new space.

@kev1049
There’s an app called PiHelper that I use. Shows temp, memory usage, does ssh, and let’s you open a terminal window on your phone

@g4h The latest version of RetroPie 4.8, is working with all revisions of RPi4.

@retropiecase said in How can i copy my retropie sd card to my computer:

@gomineko if i Backup is every setup lile scrapper or controller configuration the same ?

If you backup the SD image, it's a bit-for-bit duplicate of the entire SD card. This copies everything, updates, boot settings, installed packages...the mistyped commands in your bash history...everything. Just like you shut it off and just turned it back on again.

If you copy the roms, bios, and configs over the network share and then restore them to a fresh image, you will still keep most of your customizations (from the "configs" folder) but all your history, updates, etc. will be wiped clean and you will be starting fresh on those fronts.

@sleve_mcdichael
Thank you I will try this now

@vwcr Please post the solution you used so this topic may be of use to someone else who comes across it.

@rmbell34 I also use the 8BitDo SN30 Pro+. The problem with the Switch mode is, rumble/vibration/haptic feedback doesn’t work (for games that support this feature). This only works in Windows (X-Input) mode. For this mode to function properly, you need to install/update the xpadneo driver. This should fix the long loading times and can be done through the RetroPie-Setup script. However, in Windows mode the star and home buttons are not supported.

@mitu fixed

@tango Thanks for this comprehensive writeup. That's the spirit of a community. :)

For all coming accross this post: This guide works only for Rpi 3B+ (Note the +).

For other models suppporting USB mass storage boot see prerequites here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/msd.md

@colstar yeah that's understandable if you are new to this. My point is you don't even have to use a UBS stick to transfer ROMs. Can do it all with your PC and its not even a very technical process. But if you like the USB way that's cool

@tango said in SDCard Unreliable - Move all RP to USB card? Or fix SD?:

Or does it do that because I have no boot sector or boot programs on my USB stick?

If you haven't programmed the OTP bit for USB boot, the Pi will always boot from sdcard.

Sorry, we don't support 3rd party images or pre-sold 'consoles' . You'll have to ask the vendor/seller for support.

@mindwave

Win32DiskImager is what I use as well to backup my RPi images.

This site has an easy to follow guide: https://howchoo.com/g/nmexndnlmdb/how-to-back-up-a-raspberry-pi-on-windows