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    Sd card backup alternative to windisk32iamger.

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      Gridmstr75
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      hello, im looking for way to backup my 32gb san disk micro sd card either without taking it out of my RP3 or plugging into desktop. when i tried to do backup on Desktop with win32imager i get an access denied error box ( lot of info on this none that makes sense to me) is there a step by step guide that actuallys works to perform a backup of the sd June of 2020
      thanks

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        mitu Global Moderator
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        Taking a full backup, as an image, of the sd card requires to take it out, otherwise the backup will not be consistent with a running OS.
        Try sd image as an alternative to Win32DiskImager.

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          Gridmstr75
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          thanks sd imager did not work i still get an error when reading the card, i am using a belkin usb micro hub , micro sd card inserted , i used this before when i setup the RP image. really annoying

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