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This is add-on section for moving the contents of a previous EmuNAND to your new SysNAND CFW, then removing the old EmuNAND partition. Note that the terms EmuNAND and RedNAND refer to slightly different implementations of [the same concept](http://3dbrew.org/wiki/NAND_Redirection).
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You will LOSE your GBA VC and DSiWare saves!
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**You MUST have already installed arm9loaderhax + Luma3DS to use this.**
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#### What you need

* An existing EmuNAND
* The latest release of [GodMode9](https://github.com/d0k3/GodMode9/releases/latest)

#### Instructions

1. Copy `GodMode9.bin` from the GodMode9 `.zip` to the `/luma/payloads/` folder on your SD card and rename `GodMode9.bin` in `/luma/payloads/` to `up_GodMode9.bin`
2. Reinsert your SD card into your 3DS
3. Open Hourglass9 from arm9loaderhax by holding (Start) on boot
4. Go to "EmuNAND Backup/Restore", then select the "EmuNAND Backup" option to backup your EmuNAND to `NANDmin_emu.bin`
5. Press (B) to get back to the main menu
6. Go to "SysNAND Backup/Restore", then select the "SysNAND Restore (keep a9lh)" option to restore your SysNAND from `NANDmin_emu.bin`
7. Press (Select) to eject your SD card
8. Put your SD card in your computer, then copy `NANDmin_emu.bin` and `NANDmin_emu.bin.sha` from the `/files9/` folder on your SD card to a safe location
  + Make backups in multiple locations
  + This backup will save you from a brick if anything goes wrong in the future
  + **Your backup should match one of the sizes on [this](nand-size) page; if it does not, you should delete it and make a new one!**
9. Delete `NANDmin_emu.bin` from the `/files9/` folder on your SD card after copying it
10. **Backup every file on your SD card to a folder on your computer, all files will be deleted in the next step**
11. Reinsert your SD card into your 3DS
12. Press (Start) to reboot while holding (Up) to open GodMode9
13. Press the (Home) button to bring up the action menu
14. Select "SD format menu"
15. Press (A) to confirm
16. Select "No EmuNAND"
17. Select "Auto"
18. Enter the prompted button combination to confirm
19. Hold (R) and press (B) at the same time to eject your SD card
20. Put your SD card in your computer, then copy all your files back into it
  + Ensure you replace the `arm9loaderhax.bin` file on the SD card with the one from your backup
21. Reinsert your SD card into your 3DS
22. Press (A) to remount your SD card
23. Press (Start) to reboot!
24. If you get a black screen, [follow this troubleshooting guide](troubleshooting#ts_sys_down)

Return to [Installing arm9loaderhax](installing-arm9loaderhax).