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    how can I copy whole SD card to my NAS

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      treichhart
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      Hello Guys
      I am just wondering if somebody can point me in the correct way on doing this. I have a SD card
      (16gb)that got RetroPie on it and I need to transfer the whole SD card to my NAS for backup then Add it to larger other SD card that is 64gb.

      I am using Raspberry Pi 3

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        derchris
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        From Linux:

        'dd if=/dev/sdX of=/path/to/nas/sdcard.img bs=1m'
        'dd if=/path/to/nas/sdcard.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1m'

        Replace 'sdX' with your sd device of your SD Card

        Reboot with new card and resize partition, with 'raspi-config'.
        Or do it manually with 'resize2fs'

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        derchris

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          treichhart
          last edited by

          I am using windows to try to copying it any clue on that?

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            derchris
            last edited by

            Sorry, not a Windows guy

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              dewen
              last edited by

              use Win32DiskImage to backup 16G SD card image to HD or NAS.
              then use win32DiskImage to restore to 64G new card.
              boot RetroPie, RetroPie Menu -> Raspi-Config -> Expand FileSystem

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                treichhart
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                If I do it by linux or windows would it copy everything including the games from SD card to NAS then back to the larger SD card?

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