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    Retropie Software Update Issue

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @T_Oldskool
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      @T_Oldskool A backup of the card will be a bit-wise copy of it, so it doesn't take into account how much space is free. You can backup your games/setting by copying them from the RetroPie system, then re-image and copy them back.

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        T_Oldskool @mitu
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        @mitu thanks for reply, how do I go about that? Not sure if you seen my original problem, every time I switched the pie on, it was asking me to map controller, then when I went in to a game, come back out the menu would freeze, then I would have to reboot and again map the controller. That’s why I tried to do the update, but as I said it crashed, so I loaded back on my back up ISO then memory full..

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          mitu Global Moderator @T_Oldskool
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          @T_Oldskool Your ROMs, BIOS files and configuration folders should be accessible via the network at \\retropie, from a PC in the same network. You can copy that to your PC, then flash the write the latest RetroPie release on the card and you can copy back your ROMS, BIOS files and configurations - though I'd probably try starting without any configuration files from a previous release first.

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            T_Oldskool @mitu
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            @mitu thanks, Do I type that command into internet explorer to access the Pie on my PC?

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              T_Oldskool @mitu
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              @mitu sorry, got you now, would be in file explorer it type that in, will give it a try when I get home, thanks.

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                T_Oldskool
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                @mitu That worked, copied over one of the Rom folders and free'd up about 4 gig
                and I was able to navigate and access games etc.

                Now to try and do an update, how do you find our what version of retropie
                you currently have installed ?

                Thanks again for your help and assistance.

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @T_Oldskool
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                  @T_Oldskool said in Retropie Software Update Issue:

                  Now to try and do an update, how do you find our what version of retropie
                  you currently have installed ?

                  It's shown on top of the dialog when you start the RetroPie-Setup script:

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                    T_Oldskool
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                    Great, thanks, will check out when home, any idea what the aprox file size
                    of the latest Retropie software is? may need to get a bigger SD Card.

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                      mitu Global Moderator @T_Oldskool
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                      @T_Oldskool said in Retropie Software Update Issue:

                      Great, thanks, will check out when home, any idea what the aprox file size
                      of the latest Retropie software is? may need to get a bigger SD Card.

                      The RetroPie image is small, since it's contains just the OS and the RetroPie installation. A 32Gb card is more than enough.

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                        T_Oldskool
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                        btw @mitu , I had been pulling my hair out for so long with this issue, I'm sure
                        I owe you a Paypal pint at least...

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