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Corrupt memory card on new computer?
07-25-2017, 03:36 PM
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Danneyland
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I recently bought a new computer. I put all my game files and my memory card onto Google Drive and OneDrive when I was copying my files over from my old computer (instead of using a flash drive or other external storage device). I downloaded all those files onto my new computer, and then later tried to run the only game I actually ended up playing on my old computer, Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (GC).

The problem is that, when I try to load the save files on that memory card, it tells me that the card is corrupted and I need to format the card, losing all my saves. Now, the thing is with Harvest Moon is that it literally takes forever to make any progress in that game, and obviously I don't want to lose my progress. I have never used save states, only the memory card.

I've tried a few different things, including viewing a few different threads, but nothing helped to solve my issue.

I used both an older version of Dolphin on my old computer (something like 3.0 or 3.5—I don't know and can no longer check) and the newer 5.0, which I have on this computer. When I switched versions on the old computer, everything seemed to be fine. (Though I wouldn't be adverse to using a newer, developmental version now if it might help.)

When I try to resume my game save by selecting "Continue" (and it must recognise on some level that there was a game saved to the card because the "Continue" option is available—it is normally greyed out if there is no save detected), it tells me to format the 'corrupt' card.

If I do that (with a copy of the memory card), it tells me that "There is no system file for this game on the Memory Card in Slot A." If I select "New Game", it gives me the same message, and then the option to "Create a system file". I tried doing that with another copy of the memory card, but it doesn't recognise any pre-existing save because the data was lost when the card was formatted—it returns the bleak "there is no system file" message from before when I try to continue with my save.

Also, interestingly enough, a copy of the memory card works just fine with another game (Pac-Man World 3), though is still "corrupt" according to the game. I have even replaced my copy of the game with another version but to no avail. It seems to be an issue with the memory card itself, I think.

Can anyone give any tips or pointers as to what could A) be causing the issue and B) how to fix it? It would be much appreciated.


My computer:
Dell Inspiron 15 Gaming 7567 laptop running Windows 10 64-bit with an Intel Core i5-7300HQ Quad-Core CPU @ 2.50GHz, a(n) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics card, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB Solid State Drive.
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07-26-2017, 10:56 AM
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Maybe your config changed? Your old computer might have been set to memory card but your new computer might be set to gci folder (or vice versa)
Also can you screenshot the files you are transferring?
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07-26-2017, 11:35 AM
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Danneyland
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(07-26-2017, 10:56 AM)Craftyawesome Wrote: Maybe your config changed? Your old computer might have been set to memory card but your new computer might be set to gci folder (or vice versa)
Also can you screenshot the files you are transferring?

I've never used anything other than memory cards, but as you can see in the attachment, the device settings are set to use a memory card .RAW file. I'm not sure what files you mean, other than the game files? They're just the disk images from my brother's game discs (he's become quite possessive of the things). Or do you mean the memory card file itself? The games and the memory card were the only two things I made backups of when I switched over.


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07-26-2017, 11:49 AM
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Try manually selecting the proper folder in the explorer just in case. Does dolphin's memory card manager see save files?
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07-26-2017, 11:55 AM
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Danneyland
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(07-26-2017, 11:49 AM)Craftyawesome Wrote: Try manually selecting the proper folder in the explorer just in case. Does dolphin's memory card manager see save files?

Nope. (And there should definitely be a save on Mem Card B because I played some Pac-Man on it.)


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07-26-2017, 09:01 PM
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Is the PAC man save file in game? It might be set to a different raw file somehow. Does the old computer show things in the memory card manager?
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