Pi backup question
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use something like etcher to clone the sd card
cool thanks for that, so i clone the card and if it goes **** up at a later date i use raspberry pi imager and write custom image or i use etcher to write aswell?
Just use etcher again
What did you do exactly? I don't think balenaEtcher can create images from your SD card, it just clones device to device.
Have a look at this guide, if you're using Windows you need to use something like Win 32 Disk Imager to create an actual image file from your SD card:
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Have a look at this guide, if you're using Windows you need to use something like Win 32 Disk Imager to create an actual image file from your SD card:
How to Create an Image of a Raspberry Pi SD Card? (Win/Linux/Mac)
Creating an entire image of your SD card can be really useful on Raspberry Pi. The system and your data are on this little piece of plastic, which isn't the safest :).In this tutorial, I'll
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If using Windows, then Win32 Disk Imager - creates a 1:1 (xGB SDCard generates a xGB image file) image of a drive and you write that back to the drive (or another drive).
On MacOS you can use Disk Utility.
On MacOS you can use Disk Utility.
So i used win32 disk imager to read my sdcard and make an image, then i wrote the said image to another sdcard the same size etc to see if the process worked. The write completes but when i put the card into the pi it just sit's there on a red light no flickering green activity
light from the pi.
i am doing this on windows 11 home and the pi is a 3b+
Update, just booted direct into the pi desktop and used the sdcard copier in that and it worked a treat.
light from the pi.
i am doing this on windows 11 home and the pi is a 3b+
Update, just booted direct into the pi desktop and used the sdcard copier in that and it worked a treat.
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