Tutorial:- Fast backup and restore (cloning) of Amiga CF's =D - Page 2

Overdoc · 12 February 2013, 01:06

Thanks a lot!!

Sorry for asking when the answer was already available not long ago - I should have used the search function, or - much better - be more active in this great forum, and not miss such important threads!

TroelsDK · 05 March 2013, 21:19

Thanks for the guide Steve

fitzsteve · 05 March 2013, 22:29

Glad to help guys, I now have backups of all my setups

Amiga1992 · 05 January 2014, 20:28

This guide should be stickied! Thanks Steve.

supaduper · 06 January 2014, 19:57

After Using Steves advice I was that impressed with winimage I bought it,great bit of software, Cheers SteveO !

Nobby_UK · 06 January 2014, 22:43

I made an Dynamic image of my 4 Gig card
= 1.43 GB (1,537,601,536 bytes)
= 924 MB (969,248,768 bytes) as a RAR

and wrote it back to another card and a Micro-Drive no problems.

rogersyd · 30 March 2014, 23:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

...method for quickly reproducing Amiga CF cards and have found WinImage really useful...

Saved me much hassle sir. Thank you!
My miggy's hd is safe. Now only if I had another 4gig card to test the image with... update: successfully took an image of the 4gb Transcend x133 card and restored it to another card of the same model with no issues. Also successfully backed up and restored my 8gb SD card full of ADFs. Very handy piece of kit. May just have to buy this...

sneeker · 13 October 2014, 15:34

Could I clone my current 4gb cf card to a 16gb one and it still work? Just have 12gb unpartitioned, and then just create some new partitions in the free space? Its already running workbench 3.9 and using pfs3.

fitzsteve · 14 October 2014, 13:54

No it would only use 4gb of your 16gb card, this is because it would keep rdb settings from your 4gb card.

You will need to setup the 16gb card and use winuae to transfer the files.

The method on this thread only works for identically sized cards.

fgh · 15 October 2014, 09:00

Thomas made a program called fixhddsize that can change the drive size (rdb) without loosing the partitions. I haven't tried it yet though. It's on aminet, try it!

fitzsteve · 15 October 2014, 10:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by fgh

Thomas made a program called fixhddsize that can change the drive size (rdb) without loosing the partitions. I haven't tried it yet though. It's on aminet, try it!

Hmm, this could be interesting, please let us know how you get on

(I might even try myself later if I have time.)

Amiga1992 · 08 November 2014, 04:40

Thanks Steve for this tutorial, it worked fabulously! I cloned my CF in less than a minute!!!

I also want to confirm fgh's theory that Thomas' fixhddsize will fix the size of the CF after you used this method on a card bigger than the originally imaged one. I fixed the drive geometry and then was able to recover that empty space by adding a partition. Worked great!!

fitzsteve · 08 November 2014, 12:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

Thanks Steve for this tutorial, it worked fabulously! I cloned my CF in less than a minute!!!

I also want to confirm fgh's theory that Thomas' fixhddsize will fix the size of the CF after you used this method on a card bigger than the originally imaged one. I fixed the drive geometry and then was able to recover that empty space by adding a partition. Worked great!!

That's awesome thanks for the tip

Amiga1992 · 26 April 2015, 23:25

Would this method work with an HDF? Wondering how to transfer an HDF I have to CF.

fgh · 26 April 2015, 23:34

AFAIK if it is created in 'RDB mode' it should work.

(And I've also used fixhddsize successfully after writing an image to a larger card, very handy indeed.)

Arnie · 26 April 2015, 23:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

Would this method work with an HDF? Wondering how to transfer an HDF I have to CF.

WinImage handles HDF's fine.

I have made an Image of a card using WinUAE and Winimage wrote it to another CF card, everyhing works O.K.

Amiga1992 · 27 April 2015, 20:02

Excellent, thanks!

AmigaWolf · 08 January 2018, 16:09

Thanks you very much fitzsteve, your a life saver.

Thunderbird77 · 05 February 2018, 19:59

Is it possible to backup a CF card and then restore it on a SD card? Then use an SD card adapter in the Amiga? Anyone tried this?

emuola · 06 February 2018, 22:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thunderbird77

Is it possible to backup a CF card and then restore it on a SD card? Then use an SD card adapter in the Amiga? Anyone tried this?

Yes. Did it a while ago. I actually used Windiskimager (free). Source 8Gig sandisk CF, target 32Gig Kingston SD. Worked like a charm. I then used Thomas' partition tool (Aminet) to grow the partition table to match the 32Gb card. (did not add new partitions at the end yet, though). No problems

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12 February 2013, 01:06	#21
Overdoc Commodore Collector Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Austria Age: 53 Posts: 944	Thanks a lot!! Sorry for asking when the answer was already available not long ago - I should have used the search function, or - much better - be more active in this great forum, and not miss such important threads!

05 March 2013, 21:19	#22
TroelsDK Registered Amiga Maniac Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Denmark Age: 40 Posts: 385	Thanks for the guide Steve

05 March 2013, 22:29	#23
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Glad to help guys, I now have backups of all my setups

05 January 2014, 20:28	#24
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	This guide should be stickied! Thanks Steve.

06 January 2014, 19:57	#25
supaduper Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Krypton Posts: 1,210	After Using Steves advice I was that impressed with winimage I bought it,great bit of software, Cheers SteveO !

06 January 2014, 22:43	#26
Nobby_UK Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,595	I made an Dynamic image of my 4 Gig card = 1.43 GB (1,537,601,536 bytes) = 924 MB (969,248,768 bytes) as a RAR and wrote it back to another card and a Micro-Drive no problems.

13 October 2014, 15:34	#28
sneeker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Manchester! Posts: 308	Could I clone my current 4gb cf card to a 16gb one and it still work? Just have 12gb unpartitioned, and then just create some new partitions in the free space? Its already running workbench 3.9 and using pfs3.

14 October 2014, 13:54	#29
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	No it would only use 4gb of your 16gb card, this is because it would keep rdb settings from your 4gb card. You will need to setup the 16gb card and use winuae to transfer the files. The method on this thread only works for identically sized cards.

15 October 2014, 09:00	#30
fgh Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Norway Posts: 817	Thomas made a program called fixhddsize that can change the drive size (rdb) without loosing the partitions. I haven't tried it yet though. It's on aminet, try it!

08 November 2014, 04:40	#32
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Thanks Steve for this tutorial, it worked fabulously! I cloned my CF in less than a minute!!! I also want to confirm fgh's theory that Thomas' fixhddsize will fix the size of the CF after you used this method on a card bigger than the originally imaged one. I fixed the drive geometry and then was able to recover that empty space by adding a partition. Worked great!!

26 April 2015, 23:25	#34
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Would this method work with an HDF? Wondering how to transfer an HDF I have to CF.

26 April 2015, 23:34	#35
fgh Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Norway Posts: 817	AFAIK if it is created in 'RDB mode' it should work. (And I've also used fixhddsize successfully after writing an image to a larger card, very handy indeed.)

27 April 2015, 20:02	#37
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Excellent, thanks!

08 January 2018, 16:09	#38
AmigaWolf Registered User Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Bla Posts: 29	Thanks you very much fitzsteve, your a life saver.

05 February 2018, 19:59	#39
Thunderbird77 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Bergen / Norway Posts: 6	Is it possible to backup a CF card and then restore it on a SD card? Then use an SD card adapter in the Amiga? Anyone tried this?

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