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~~{{Page WIP|notes=Add GUI options for those who want to use GParted or GNOME Disks instead of the command line.}}~~

This is an add-on section for completely recreating an SD card's filesystem using either fdisk and mkfs or GParted. This should only be done if formatting does not fix your issue or is not possible for some reason.

This is an add-on section for completely recreating an SD card's filesystem using fdisk and mkfs. This should only be done if formatting does not fix your issue or is not possible for some reason.

This page is for Linux users only. If you are not on Linux, see the [[SD Clean/Windows|Windows]] and/or [[SD Clean/Mac|Mac]] pages instead.

== Instructions ==

{{warning|Before beginning these steps, copy all of your SD card's contents to a folder on your computer.}}

~~{{warning|Before beginning these steps, copy all of your SD card's contents to a folder on your computer.}}~~

=== Command line ===

{{warning|The commands in this guide are case-sensitive. Enter them exactly as written, or there may be unintended consequences.}}

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#* If the SD card is over 32GB in size, change </code>64</code> to <code>128</code>.

# Type <code>sudo eject /dev/(device name)</code>, then remove and reinsert the SD card.

# Copy your data back onto the SD card.

=== GParted ===

# Open GParted.

#* If you do not have GParted installed, install it using your package manager of choice, such as follows:

#** Debian-based: <code>sudo apt-get install gparted</code>

#** Fedora-based: <code>sudo dnf install gparted</code>

#** Arch-based: <code>sudo pacman -S gparted</code>

# Find your SD card in the drive list and select it.

# Open the Device tab and select "Create Partition Table..."

#* If this fails saying there are active partitions, open the Partition tab and select "Unmount".

# Select <code>msdos</code> partition type and click "Apply".

# Right-click on the new "unallocated" space and click "New".

# Change the filesystem to "fat32", and optionally choose any label that does not start with <code>3ds</code>. Leave all other settings intact.

# Click "Add", then press the "Apply All Operations" button and click "Apply".

# Close GParted, then remove and reinsert the SD card.

# Copy your data back onto the SD card.

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-{{Page WIP|notes=Add GUI options for those who want to use GParted or GNOME Disks instead of the command line.}}
+This is an add-on section for completely recreating an SD card's filesystem using either fdisk and mkfs or GParted. This should only be done if formatting does not fix your issue or is not possible for some reason.
-This is an add-on section for completely recreating an SD card's filesystem using fdisk and mkfs. This should only be done if formatting does not fix your issue or is not possible for some reason.
 This page is for Linux users only. If you are not on Linux, see the [[SD Clean/Windows|Windows]] and/or [[SD Clean/Mac|Mac]] pages instead.
 == Instructions ==
+{{warning|Before beginning these steps, copy all of your SD card's contents to a folder on your computer.}}
-{{warning|Before beginning these steps, copy all of your SD card's contents to a folder on your computer.}}
+=== Command line ===
 {{warning|The commands in this guide are case-sensitive. Enter them exactly as written, or there may be unintended consequences.}}
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 #* If the SD card is over 32GB in size, change </code>64</code> to <code>128</code>.
 # Type <code>sudo eject /dev/(device name)</code>, then remove and reinsert the SD card.
+# Copy your data back onto the SD card.
+=== GParted ===
+# Open GParted.
+#* If you do not have GParted installed, install it using your package manager of choice, such as follows:
+#** Debian-based: <code>sudo apt-get install gparted</code>
+#** Fedora-based: <code>sudo dnf install gparted</code>
+#** Arch-based: <code>sudo pacman -S gparted</code>
+# Find your SD card in the drive list and select it.
+# Open the Device tab and select "Create Partition Table..."
+#* If this fails saying there are active partitions, open the Partition tab and select "Unmount".
+# Select <code>msdos</code> partition type and click "Apply".
+# Right-click on the new "unallocated" space and click "New".
+# Change the filesystem to "fat32", and optionally choose any label that does not start with <code>3ds</code>. Leave all other settings intact.
+# Click "Add", then press the "Apply All Operations" button and click "Apply".
+# Close GParted, then remove and reinsert the SD card.
 # Copy your data back onto the SD card.