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nand-backup: sync with finalizing-setup @ 8c2613d88b

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This brings the NAND backup steps up to speed with the more up-to-date
Finalizing Setup prior to adding an automated script, which fixes
a few issues such as:
- missing step to copy `.bin.sha` from the SD card
- inconsistency where guide tells to copy `essential.exefs` without
  extracting it first
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1. Press (B) to return to the main menu 1. Press (B) to return to the main menu
1. Select "Exit" 1. Select "Exit"
1. Press (A) to relock write permissions if prompted 1. Press (A) to relock write permissions if prompted
1. Navigate to `[S:] SYSNAND VIRTUAL`
1. Press (A) on `essential.exefs` to select it
1. Select "Copy to 0:/gm9/out"
+ If you see "Destination already exists", press (A) on "Overwrite file(s)"
1. Press (A) to continue
1. Hold (R) and press (Start) at the same time to power off your console 1. Hold (R) and press (Start) at the same time to power off your console
1. Insert your SD card into your computer 1. Insert your SD card into your computer
1. Copy `<date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin` and `essential.exefs` from the `/gm9/out/` folder on your SD card to a safe location on your computer 1. Copy `<date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin`, `<date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin.sha`, and `essential.exefs` from the `/gm9/out/` folder on your SD card to a safe location on your computer
+ Make backups in multiple locations (such as online file storage) + Copy these backups to multiple locations (such as online file storage, an external hard drive, etc.)
+ These backups will save you from a brick and/or help you recover files from the NAND image if anything goes wrong in the future + These backups will save you from a brick and/or help you recover files from the NAND image if anything goes wrong in the future
1. Delete `<date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin` and `<date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin.sha` from the `/gm9/out/` folder on your SD card after copying it 1. Delete `<date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin` and `<date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin.sha` from the `/gm9/out/` folder on your SD card after copying it
+ The other backup files are negligible in size and may be kept on your SD card for ease of access
1. Reinsert your SD card into your console 1. Reinsert your SD card into your console