My poor memory - I am pretty sure I tried a 32G card, and that the 665 'saw' only 16G. I have a 32G card in inventory, and since its not in the Garmin, I think that's the outcome of that test.
You don't have to start with a clean card, my 16G card has many music files on it, the Garmin s'ware just ignores those files.
You don't have to install all the map segments with Mapinstall, but why not, that's the point of putting the map on the SD card. Note I have 165 segments in my 'map'.
I first renamed the giant file on the Zumo (changed the extension to .sav) and then fired up the Garmin to ensure it was working from the map on the SD card. Once I was sure all was well, I deleted the file on the Garmin.
JaVaWa can do this file mgmt. for you (ie delete the file from the Garmin)
I believe that when Mapinstaller places the file(s) on the SD card, it leaves a pointer file of some kind to tell the Garmin where to look for the map file(s).I do not think its the absence of the file on the Garmin that forces the Garmin OS to look on the card. Pure speculation on my part.
At one time I had Western North America loaded to the Garmin, and Iceland maps on the SD card, and the Garmin would switch back and forth without a problem.
All the files you named stay in the (hidden) .System folder on the Garmin. Not all of them get a date change when an update occurs. So I cant say that they are all refreshed with each update.
I have never tried restoring the Garmin from backup, so I cant help you with that.
The Javawa main screen -
The .System files on the Garmin
The files in the Garmin Folder on the SD card
The 'map' file is now 2.5G!! That's the 2020.1 map.
Hope this helps
-Steve