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kingk
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Making the SD in Windows

Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:18 am

Hello

I have found a good alternative to Win32DiskImager -> RawDisk.

For all interested:
http://www.theoldwildweb.com/-rawdisk-l ... ility.html
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Jim JKla
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Re: Making the SD in Windows

Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:54 am

Just proves there's more than one way to skin a cat. ;)
Noob is not derogatory the noob is just the lower end of the noob--geek spectrum being a noob is just your first step towards being an uber-geek ;)

If you find a solution please post it in the wiki the forum dies too quick
sweeneylorcan
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Re: Making the SD in Windows

Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:33 pm

That is good, as I used the win 32 image, and it appears to read and right, but when it is all complete, the sd card is empty. I unzip the file and save it as a image and then read and right it to the sd card but it doesn't work.
bredman
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Re: Making the SD in Windows

Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:41 pm

sweeneylorcan wrote:That is good, as I used the win 32 image, and it appears to read and right, but when it is all complete, the sd card is empty. I unzip the file and save it as a image and then read and right it to the sd card but it doesn't work.
You should only write the image to the SD card. If you read from the SD card, you will corrupt/destroy the image file.
calebzulawski
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Re: Making the SD in Windows

Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:59 pm

bredman wrote:
sweeneylorcan wrote:That is good, as I used the win 32 image, and it appears to read and right, but when it is all complete, the sd card is empty. I unzip the file and save it as a image and then read and right it to the sd card but it doesn't work.
You should only write the image to the SD card. If you read from the SD card, you will corrupt/destroy the image file.
I'm curious, how would reading corrupt the card? "Reading" should simply only view data, but not touch the card. Does this have something to do with Windows trying to edit timestamps or something similar?
itsonlyme
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Re: Making the SD in Windows

Wed Aug 01, 2012 2:09 pm

kingk

There is no download link on your page, (or do I need some new glasses)
bredman
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Re: Making the SD in Windows

Wed Aug 01, 2012 2:09 pm

calebzulawski wrote:I'm curious, how would reading corrupt the card? "Reading" should simply only view data, but not touch the card. Does this have something to do with Windows trying to edit timestamps or something similar?
It looks like the OP read from the SD card to the IMG file before trying to write from the IMG file to the SD card.
This would destroy anything which was already in the IMG file.
calebzulawski
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Re: Making the SD in Windows

Wed Aug 01, 2012 2:10 pm

itsonlyme wrote:kingk

There is no download link on your page, (or do I need some new glasses)
Near the bottom, there's a link next to a little image of a floppy disk.
I don't blame you, that page is cluttered :roll:
kingk
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Re: Making the SD in Windows

Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:12 pm

I forgot to mention the raw image file must be renamed with ".imgr" extension.
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