Save File 0b. What do I do?

[Reaga]

I have a perfectly fine file, but a friend of mine has a pokemon white .sav on his r4 3ds. It's file size reads 0. Pokegen won't read due to unsupported file size/type. Tried a couple converters on a copy of his .sav, and no luck after changing it to 512 kb. What should I do for him?

[evandixon]

Does the save load properly on the R4? Because a 0 byte file has no data in it at all, so converting that to 512KB won't do anything.

[Reaga]

It loads fine in his. I haven't tried on mine (an older R4 for the original DS). He can play it fine, he just can't Gen, which means I usually have to do it on mine and trade w/ him.

I have the copy I made of his .sav on my desktop, if I knew how to attach files here I could submit it.

[evandixon]

When you're about to reply, click the "Go Advanced" button next to submit, then scroll down to Additional Options -> Attachments -> Manage Attachments. There you should be able to upload files.

However, since the save is 0 bytes, I doubt that would be very helpful.

What kernal is your friend using? The official one, or Wood R4. Try Wood R4 if you aren't, and if your cart supports it.

[Reaga]

Yeah it fails to upload every time. But even if he changes carts, wouldn't the file remain as is? I have no idea off the top of my head what his firmware is.

[evandixon]

Perhaps it is something wrong with the MicroSD card (just suggesting things). When you plug it in to the computer, try doing an error check by Right-clicking -> Properties -> "Tools" tab -> Error Checking -> Check Now -> Check both checkboxes and hit start.

It might be that there's a bad sector, and doing that will probably fix it.

That is unless, you have a Mac or Linux. Then that won't work...

[Reaga]

I'll try that later. Thank you.