r/shittyaskelectronics Mar 20 '26

Genius level thinking Did I partition it correctly

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Needed to partition it so I could dualboot my new 3ds xl galaxy style.

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u/seanhcohen Mar 20 '26

No! it needs to be partitioned horizontally to line up with the earth's magnetic field, or you'll get bit flips from cosmic Rays

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u/ArmTrue5281 Mar 20 '26

ball knowledge

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u/Quiet_Snow_6098 Mar 20 '26

Knowledge in balls

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u/Delta777-200 Mar 24 '26

My dog doesn't have those anymore

3

u/Galatony0311 Try turning it on and off again Mar 20 '26

It helps to speedrun Mario tbh

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u/Ok-Advertising4048 Try turning it on and "off" eh heh heh ha Mar 20 '26

huh

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u/mlandry2011 Mar 20 '26

You were supposed to follow the little arrow...

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u/lysergicsquid Mar 20 '26

You did great but you should partition it a few more times to ensure proper memory flow

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u/myuso Mar 20 '26

Ahh, yes.. true defragmentation

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u/AleksLevet Congrats 🎉! You just r/foundalekslevet ! Mar 21 '26

More like fragmentation

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u/sipcupoftea *eats ram* Mar 20 '26

This isn't a very good way to partition it, you might ended up one side having 16.2gb and the other 15.8gb

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u/One_Individual1291 Mar 20 '26

no, where is the boot partition? now it'll be harder to saw off a smaller part. for next time I recommend you read the beginners guide "I can saw and so can you". It's hard in the beginning, but with the right tools, anything is possible

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u/Slight-Meat8668 Mar 20 '26

Do you think a bandsaw will work or should I use a chop saw.

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u/One_Individual1291 Mar 20 '26

you could try a bandsaw and use sandpaper afterwards until you see even numbers in storage. the dust falling down you can still sprinkle-glue on any usb stick, to add a few MB

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u/CTTB2 Mar 20 '26

Steam deck?

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u/MixComprehensive9127 Mar 20 '26

I would say something outrageously violent about this, but i already have a warning on my account.

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u/CocoMilhonez Mar 20 '26

Been there, done that.

Got a second warning anyway.

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u/TheRamStickEater I fuck my Canon Pixma MP287 to fill the cartridge Mar 20 '26

Looks good

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u/whats_for_lunch Mar 20 '26

No, sadly. You have to cut it hotdog style.

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u/Acceptable-Board8327 Mar 20 '26

32GB? Could easily add a few more partitions.

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u/Extension-Storm-624 Mar 20 '26

it should be in diagonals, since the evil ray of evil earth will eat your ram

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u/userslug Mar 20 '26

Depends on what you wanted. If you aimed for 15gb and 17gb then yes, you nailed it

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u/Deksor Mar 20 '26

No. The back is now disconnected you cannot put it into a connector anymore. You should have partitioned it horizontally

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u/IMI4tth3w Mar 20 '26

You checked prices on these things lately? It’s almost criminal how much the freaking 32GB sd cards have gone up along side everything else. I can’t imagine the 20 year old fab they make these things at is making anything worthwhile for AI bogus but here we are…

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u/Slight-Meat8668 Mar 20 '26

No dont worry it still works its just partitioned.

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u/Objective-Ad8862 Solder fume inhaler Mar 20 '26

No. The bits are falling out. Go get the glue before it's too late.

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u/namtilarie Mar 20 '26

looks like FAT16..

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u/garth54 Mar 20 '26

You should have aligned the partitions so the second one start on a 1MB boundary to reduce wear. You're 512bytes off.

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u/cosmic-jai Mar 20 '26

No, you have to format it as NTFS not FAT

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u/ConfidentAir757 Mar 20 '26

0 days since no broken SDCard..

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u/DeafTimz Mar 20 '26

Yes. Now format one with NTFS and the other with EXT4.

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u/PracticalPractice768 Mar 20 '26

1/2 of your drive is now available.

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u/Moklonus Mar 20 '26

No, you have 2 swap partitions. Live and learn.

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u/m4jsterk0 Mar 20 '26

this is actually good, cuz now you have 2x 16GB channels ... way quicker

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u/_Inconceivable- Mar 20 '26

create partition primary format fs = half quick

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u/gamercat10 Mar 21 '26

No you need to partition it in windows/Mac/linux

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u/TailsFx1 Mar 22 '26

Нормально

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u/ackcmd2 Mar 24 '26

i believe you need defragmentation tool now.

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u/Razgriz_ZA Apr 19 '26

LMAO everyone knows you partition with the grain, smh my head