If I have an SD card with 3DS games on it, will putting it in a camera or laptop delete the games?

I am not very experienced with SD cards at all, and I have some pictures on my 3DS that I wanted to put on my laptop, but I was not sure if the games on my SD card would be deleted.

Will inserting an SD card with 3DS games into a camera or computer delete the games?

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Best Answer

Beware: while putting it in any device besides these with desktop OSes as some of them tend to silently format cards if they cannot read them for some reason (be it wrong filesystem or anything else)

As long as you use a reader directly connected to Windows device it will be fine (or Windows will ask if you want to format if anything bad happens), but cameras, phones etc are risky; consult a detailed manual to be sure (but unfortunately details like this may be omitted anyway).

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Can you put a 3DS SD Card in a computer?

Insert the SD Card with the Nintendo 3DS data into the SD Card Slot or the SD Card reader/writer. Open Windows Explorer (for PC) or Finder (for Mac) and access the SD Card. Highlight the data and drag it to the desktop. If performed as part of a system transfer, drag all folders to the desktop as they appear.

Can you put 3DS games on SD Card?

Downloaded Nintendo 3DS download software and Virtual Console titles will be saved on your SD Card, while downloaded Nintendo DSiWare will be saved on the System Memory. Only Nintendo DSiWare can be moved to an SD Card and back, but it's not possible to launch a Nintendo DSiWare title from the SD Card itself.

Can you use a camera SD Card for 3DS?

You can use the SD Card included with your Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL or Nintendo 2DS system, or the following Nintendo-authorised SDHC Cards: 8 GB [RVL-037] or 16 GB [RVL-038].

How do I delete games from my 3DS SD Card?

Tap Delete again to confirm.

From the HOME Menu tap the System Settings icon, then Open.

Tap Data Management.

Tap DSiWare. Tap System Memory to delete data saved to the system memory. Or tap SD Card to delete data saved to the SD Card.

Select the data you would like to delete.

Tap Delete.

Tap Delete again to confirm.

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