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    Problem with backup using Windows

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    • R
      Retrus
      last edited by

      Hi Gang,

      i try to make my first backup with Win32 Disk Imager but i have problem and dont know how to resolve it.
      I do it with this steps:
      https://howchoo.com/g/nmexndnlmdb/how-to-back-up-a-raspberry-pi-on-windows

      But on the step 5 when i click 'read' button i see error and process stop:
      'the disk is not large enough for the selected image'

      I have enough space on my hard drive (57GB) and retropie image on sd card have less than 10GB.

      What i do wrong ? Any hints ?

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      • saccublendaS
        saccublenda
        last edited by

        What is the size of your sd? 64GB? 128 GB?

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          Retrus @saccublenda
          last edited by

          @saccublenda 256GB Kingston

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          • sirhenrythe5thS
            sirhenrythe5th @Retrus
            last edited by sirhenrythe5th

            @retrus You have 57GB free on your HDD?
            Then of course the 256GB Image does not fit on this HDD.
            The imager uses the maximum size of the SD-CARD, even if there are only three C64-games stored on it.

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            • saccublendaS
              saccublenda @sirhenrythe5th
              last edited by saccublenda

              Yes, the image that you create will have the same size of the sd, regardless of how much free space it has.

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                Retrus
                last edited by

                Ok, thanks for fast help Guys @saccublenda @sirhenrythe5th

                So if my image with roms have for example have 10GB and its on 256GB SD card, when i make backup in result i have 256GB image or 10GB image ?

                Now i know that i must have free space on hard disk like my SD card.
                Its possible to make backup from SD card to SD card with Win32 Disk Imager ?

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                • saccublendaS
                  saccublenda @Retrus
                  last edited by

                  @retrus said in Problem with backup using Windows:

                  So if my image with roms have for example have 10GB and its on 256GB SD card, when i make backup in result i have 256GB image or 10GB image ?

                  As said in the previous replies, the backup image will have the same size of the sd card, so 256GB.

                  Its possible to make backup from SD card to SD card with Win32 Disk Imager ?

                  I guess so, but the target sd card will not be bootable, it will just contain a single 256Gb .img file.

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                    Retrus @saccublenda
                    last edited by

                    @saccublenda thanks !

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                    • pjftP
                      pjft @Retrus
                      last edited by

                      @retrus You may use rpi-clone to clone your card to another, smaller one, and then run the backup on Windows.

                      https://github.com/billw2/rpi-clone

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                        Retrus @pjft
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                        @pjft said in Problem with backup using Windows:

                        @retrus You may use rpi-clone to clone your card to another, smaller one, and then run the backup on Windows.

                        https://github.com/billw2/rpi-clone

                        Thanks for advice. I bought 2TB ssd :)

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