How To Backup / Copy Your RetroPie EmuElec or Batocera SD Card Image - RetroPie Guy Tutorial

[@AlfredoAVA]

For Retropie users who may be wondering; this DOES also back up your roms, input settings, save states, etc! And if you're doing this to move up to a bigger SD card, make sure that, after writing the image to the bigger card and putting it into your Pi, you also go into Raspi-Config > Advanced Options > Expand File System. Otherwise Retropie will still think you're using the smaller SD card from the image, and won't recognize the extra space on the bigger card! Awesome video dude, thanks! 😁🤟

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Thanks for the comments brother! I'm going to pin it since you added some very valuable information that I didn't initially think of!

[@AlfredoAVA]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan Thanks dude, glad I could help! Just moved up to a bigger card myself and this video helped immensely with the process. Just figured I'd add some of my own discoveries 🙂 Anyway, thanks again for the video! Subbed as well 🤟

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

@@AlfredoAVA thanks! That's what's awesome about KZbin videos and the comments. We can all come together together as a gaming/emulation community and help others by collaborating 👍🏻

[@AlfredoAVA]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan Absolutely! 😊

[@505mutha]

Would you have to do this for Emuelec also? (Expand the card) and if so do you know how we would do that?

[@COUREURSdesBOIS88]

Thanks Pal! Out of the thousands of videos on this process, your instruction was the only one that made sense to me! Step by step as if you had never done this before was perfect! A lot of instructional videos cut corners or omit content that the creator feels is trivial or already known and that is usually what loses people.

[@marksneddon3709]

Brilliant tutorial. I was worried in case I lost my files due to sd corruption. Thanks SOOOO MUCH.

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Thanks! Yeah always a good idea to have a backup copy especially when dealing with sd card which are prone to corruptions.

[@stickydizzler]

Did my first build years ago, started a new one last night then stumbled upon this. So easy. Appreciated.

[@jalee6587]

This is Best tutorial on KZbin. The other guys don't make sense as much as you made it.

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Thanks!! Glad it helped!

[@mrnobodyinvr9762]

Thank you so much, juts backing up my first custom Batocera image, and youre guide was flawless, thank so much for taking the time to make these Super helpful clips.

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

No problem! Glad it was a help!

[@MrViral20]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan what happens if sd card has multiple partitions? will it copy them exactly as they are too?....cause my sd card has two partitions and i want an exact clone of my SD card

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

@@MrViral20 yeah it will copy everything all mine have 2 as well

[@Redm4n1111]

Hello! thanks for the video. I notice i can only backup one partition of the SSD, but it contains more partitions with the roms etc, how can you full backup the ssd?

[@mickeymurderous3326]

What’s the difference between writing and classic “click and drag” copying?

[@KerasYoutube]

I’m wondering that as well!

[@jaymacaulay81]

I'd like to know also.

[@PrinzessinMaki]

Writing the image sets up all partitions. Devices like the rg351p have os and games on the same card in different partitions

[@MemeDispenser1]

@@PrinzessinMakiThanks so much🎉

[@andremarinkovich3282]

Thanks!

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Thank you!

[@iamthomasjudge]

Thank you so much. Every other video I found on this was ridiculously incoherent!

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Glad it helped!!

[@Hitokirivon]

Def will be doing this! Thank you so much for this info!!

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Any time man!

[@astroworfcraig9164]

Great tutorial. It's the first one of a handful I've watched that makes sense. One question, though: will the cloning work if the target card has more capacity than the source card?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Hey thanks! Yeah absolutely. Just had to be equal to or larger and you’re good!

[@astroworfcraig9164]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan Thanks. Much appreciated

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

@@astroworfcraig9164 anytime!!

[@TheNavaTribe]

Didn't work for me, my hard drive shows 300+ gb free space but I keep getting error message that there's not enough space dang

[@unclejaym]

Works wonder thanks! Make sure your reader is microSDXC compatible and you are golden!

[@MichaelDavis-mr3fx]

Can I write directly to another card? I don’t have enough space on my laptop and just want to go from one sd card to another

[@japohn]

I watched this video in the hopes that it would bring me a few more moments with my father.

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

That's awesome I hope it worked out

[@christopherdunn317]

I have the super console x cube and 256gb version, i have already used another program to make an exact clone of my EmuElec, but it wouldn't boot just a black screen ? so I'm trying this now, but i have my doubts ? So if you copy it make sure you try it ,if it don't boot not much point in backing it up !

[@g2techno744]

did it worked for you. I have same issue copy sd card is not booting just black screen

[@EVMAN.gaming]

I have the same issue as you both

[@miszczmateusz]

Will the image contain all the partitions (linux partition included)? Will the uploading process make card usable for the super console x pro if I got original image of it? So far I was trying various methods of making an image of the SD card and none of the methods were successfull, I hope your will. I'm currently making another attempt of reading clone to the SD card, but I got no hope already.. On every video on the subject peoeple shows how to make a copy of the card, but no one shows if the cloned card really works.

[@grimuk3817]

Thank you, Buddy. Was looking for exactly this.

[@kee7581]

Thank you so much for your clear instructions ❤

[@ThePrintingShock]

Will this copy all the partitions?

[@maxdroll]

great video, just what I was looking for, thank you!

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Any time!

[@MrMuugoo]

Question: does this method also backup the partion of the card holding the game files, or is this just for the emuelec system files. Is there a way to copy both at the same time?

[@AlfredoAVA]

I'm not sure about Emuelec, but I did this for my Retropie and it backed up everything; roms, save states, themes, input settings, etc. 🙂

[@benjrgadgets7223]

@@AlfredoAVA Thats the same question i have in my Android Gamebox it has 2 drives partition detected by my PC H for EEROMS and I for Emuelec is there a way to Copy both drives? the Win32 disk imager i think only select one drive/

[@tf76]

@@benjrgadgets7223 Use imageUSB. It shows you all the partitions on the physical drive

[@bobsmalls100]

Great stuff. Just ordered your case for the light gun to try out on my Aracde 1UP. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to set up the Daphine controls. My understanding is there is a little bit more work to mapping the controls ingame to get it working. Thanks!

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Thanks! I will try to look into that. Daphne is such a nightmare with the controls. I’ve been hoping for a new emulator for those games to come out because the current one is just such a mess but I’ll give it a go. I just have to find a good game to test it out on and try to remember what the original controls were like. Been such a long time since I played those. I’ll try later this week tho! Stay tuned

[@bobsmalls100]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan sounds good! Maybe Dragons Lair would be a good game to start with.

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

@@bobsmalls100 That's what I was thinking too!

[@snho723]

@retrogamingguy thanks for the easy tutorial. They worked great. Only issue I have is that I have the 256gb super pro x which has over 100k games. When I did the cloned SD card, it boots up fine but it’s only showing 20k games or so. Any ideas on what I’m doing wrong? I used the win32 disc imager

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Hey there, not entirely sure. Did you use the same type of sd card? Even though it may be the same posted capacity different brands can have different actual capacity on them. If you went over the amount of space available it could cause issues like this. For example a sandisk 256gb card doesn't have the exact same capacity as a samsung 256gb card. They are generally close but not exact.

[@snho723]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan hey thanks for the reply. So I actually used a larger Samsung (512gb) for the clone. I did the default format on the Samsung sd and cleared it out, planning on just trying to write it again but now I’m getting an “access denied” error message. So I’m at a real loss now. I’m guessing it might have something to do with the original sd card having two drives on it? It has a D and an E drive. The D is labeled emulac and the E is labeled games. I’m reaching out to my IT friend to see if he can help but any suggestions you have would be really appreciated!

[@michaeliamele2614]

Retropie Guy... Love your tutorials! very helpful! I have a retropie img... would that work if I plugged the SD card into an android box running EmuElec? I'm very new to using the android box and EmuElec. Its a cheaper option than the raspberry pi 4 thats why im so curious about it. Maybe you can do a tutorial on EmuElec? That would be amazing! Thanks again!

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Hey mIchael, think we spoke via email but if not I'm not sure if it would work on that setup. Certainly worth a try.

[@robertmadrigal6783]

just got my x king today. ty simple easy to understand

[@benjrgadgets7223]

Thank you for the instructions. Is this procedure also applicable for the Android box that has games Like the Super Console X3 Plus? because the MicroSD has 2 drives detected by my computer H for EEROMS and I for EMuelec? in Win32 Disk imager you can only choose 1 drive. please help.

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Should be but I haven't tried with a dual drive one though.

[@dbua1979]

Great tutorial! Can i do the same steps with my 64gb sd card wich came with my super console x pro emuelec?

[@enriquecontrerasperez9398]

Hi, my origin card is a 64gb adata the same as the new card (kingstone) but the program indicates that the 2nd card space is less than the origin card this can change or impact on the image clone?

[@samjaza666]

My disk has three partitions? Does this method automatically back them all up? I’ve heard windows 32 doesn’t copy multi partitions?

[@BeStance]

Thanks for the tutorial. I have a question: My sd card has two images one is the boot partition of 255 MB and I guess the second one is the rest of the capacity. Do I need to create two images of the two partitions?

[@staceymcdermott4954]

Hi there do do you etch image first before transferring files over or can you you transfer the files and then etch image I'm confused sorry

[@susanguy925]

So let me this right, I purchased the super console x pro with 256gb worth of games etc. To back this up I just need to follow your steps and I'll be able to have 2 sd cards with all the same data on with all games etc? And I can then insert my new SanDisk sd card into my super console x and it will work just like the old one?

[@mrglenn233]

Did you find this to be the case? I wanna do the same but scared I’ll mess it up lmao

[@susanguy925]

@@mrglenn233 Yes it did work

[@snho723]

@@susanguy925hey I did the same thing. Everything worked but the copied SD card is only showing like 20k games vs the 100k plus the original one had. Did you run into this? Any fixes?

[@LogosGaming]

Ty so much i was doing it all wrong finally im going to be able to patch myioo 1.3.3 and share with the community thank you. Just needed to change the extension and do read lol 🎉

[@marcusnordlund]

Great video, do you know if I can write the image to a bigger card/usb? Maybe the partions created get wrong then?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Thanks! Yes you should be able to do that without any issues

[@jalee6587]

I have a super console x and I wanted to get a good fast sandisk SD being used in the console instead of the no name sd card supplied in the console.

[@johntoye6602]

This sounds simple enough but what if it is showing as two distinct harddrives?

[@billnyc9076]

Will this same procedure work if backing up the 256GB SD Card in a Super Console X Pro?

[@dbua1979]

Good question that i also want to know! Exactly the same system super console x pro emuelec

[@dmace81]

Any news on this? Im trying to find card files so I can add games. It won't show up on my computer yet they are there on a partition. All I want to do is update it and add games yet I can't find any backup files where the roms show up unlike mine.

[@chicoguapo586]

Did you ever test it out? I wanted to pick up one of those super consoles to compliment my Anbernic handhelds.

[@dmace81]

Nevermind I used disk genius and got it working. Took a bit of a leap of faith as I thought I'd ruin the card. Just make sure you only use regular delete on game files to make room and cd games are chd files. I used a converter for that you just have to have the cue and bin files.

[@Creepshow2000]

Great video, thank you!

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Glad it helped!

[@valg.3152]

Hi there happy holidays. Question, if I have two partitions, do I make two img images?

[@slappymcphee]

How about the more modern installs for example of RetroPie using ONLY an SSD?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Depending on how big they are if you connect your ssd to your PC you should be able to follow the same process. If you have a massive SSD then you may run into issues with storage capacity.

[@mc333777]

Would you be able to show me how to clone my SD card that has the IMG file written on it. I used WIN32Diskimager to write on the SD card. The SD card totally works great after the IMG file was written. I need to clone this SD card, but every time I insert it on the drive, My computer doesn't even see it, so there is no way it can be read. I really need to clone it badly. I don't have the original IMG file amymore. I have asked few PC smart people already, but no luck. So how can I copy or make a back-up of this SD card? thanks

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

The process in the video is done with a IMG file so the exact same process should work. A windows PC won't read it itself but when you put the card in via a usb micro sd card reader you can just select the drive that the reader registers as and copy it from there

[@misharial-dhafeeri3442]

Will this automatically copy over the Roms as well? In my sd card , it has D/ as the emuelec , and E/ as the Roms. I copied the D/ image and then the E/ image just in case .. is this excessive ??

[@tf76]

I think imageusb software does the same thing. It shows you more detail though

[@ChristopherRiley-d2f]

Noob question , once i have cloned to a new sd card do I use that new sd card or the original one ? Thabks .

[@gmodesike]

2:23 Main Info Starts ;)

[@PotterPossum1989]

Hello, me again. I usedmy SD card the other day in my retropie device and it worked just fine. After I came home that evening, I tried it again, but it would not read my card. I had put it in so that I could finally set up my Wi-Fi after I got my keyboard figured out as I mentioned in your other video, but I was given the repetitive flashing green light so it was not reading upon boot. I had previously written the image to my SD card, and then thought to copy the files over to an external hard drive just in case the SD card failed. Not wanting to deal with any boot issues, tonight I went to rewrite the card and my Windows computer just died, and I don't believe the writing process had finished, although it may have as I was nearly done. Would I simply be able to format the card once again and then pull those previously saved files from my external hard drive over onto the SD card? It's a $512 gig image, but it's telling me that it's only 50 something megabytes? I had noticed that previously as well, does it expand once it's in the machine? Thanks for any help, I'm also in search of a new computer if you have any recommendations. I was previously using a 2007 HP pavilion DV9000 running Windows Vista so it's had a good run, looking for something with a disc drive if they still make those, or at least one that could support an external one. I have a lot of CDs and DVDs as well. I'd previously bought in a Google chromebook, but that's also at the end of its life for updates, and I'm not happy with that ecosystem simply because everything is so ephemeral. I am not looking to buy a mac. Again, thanks for all the help you've given so far.

[@djavsdjavs]

Help please So i backed up a sd card 128gb evo card saved image fine using win32 imager... i then wrote the image back a 128gb sandisk which first said csrd need few more extra mb... anyway i manged to rewrite image using win32 to the new sd. However when i launch it the themese have not copied over and it only showing a few system plus 1 game in each console folder helpppp. This is for pi4 2gb do you also need to hit read only allocated when backing it up and when writing it?

[@xamergt]

An emty sd you have burn a wrong image,can you format it again?

[@te5844]

Still confused...a stock micro SD LARGER than 32 gb comes formatted as exfat and from what I read raspberry Pi cannot read exfat data but requires fat32 formatting. Question....your process does not address formatting a larger card than 32GB...or formatting the card at all for that matter.....does imaging a file to a larger than 32gb sd card also automatically re-format the card to fat32 as well? still confused...

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

I've never formatted anything manually. I do the steps exactly as shown here and it works perfectly. I just did this yesterday with a 1tb image too.

[@te5844]

what if your using a pre-used sd card? wanting to re-load it after a corruption issue of a previous image? I've tried this several times when the card size is the same, and it will not complete ...runs out of room and fails at the end tried this twice today, both times unsuccessful. image file is 119 gb, the room available on 128gb card only 118gb after reformatting to remove the old image....guess I'll just have to buy a 256gb card to have enough room. ( tried two separate sd cards one samsung the other sandisk both 128gb cards) both failed. weird you loose that much space just formatting to fat32 or exfat.

[@cowerkerdouch505]

So can you copy the img data from an already write protected micro SD card to a new micro SD just in case if you haven’t backed it up yet before that sd card gets write protected anytime soon?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Shouldn’t be an issue.

[@cowerkerdouch505]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan so you’ve did copied the data from that Fake micro SD card then

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

@@cowerkerdouch505 I'm not sure I'm following what you are saying?

[@nicolehustin1423]

2 questions! I got a rbg20s and I’m gonna get a 128 gb sd card would that still work? Also there are almost 30,000 games. Do I have to do them all separately?

[@gjuniorX]

@RetroGamingGuy So if I clone my 256gb Kinhank X2 Pro Super Console SD card this way with a 256gb SanDisk, can I just pop the new SanDisk card into my console & use just as original?? Or is there something you also have to do on account of the 2 partitions on original card? Thanxs for anyone's help.

[@jaymacaulay81]

I'd like to know this as well. Also, can't you just do a simple copy and paste to backup the original card?

[@greggblack8205]

My 256 card is split into three partitions to which the middle partition can't be read. The other two are EMULEC and EEROMS. So I just make an image for each? The middle partition can't be read so I'm not sure about that.

[@te5844]

A quick question, When dealing with larger cards than 32gb, Windows will not allow you to format a card in FAT32 . Isn't it necessary for the card to be "FAT32" formatted in order for the Raspberry Pi 4 B to be able to read and use it? I have used Guiformat in order to format a larger card to FAT32... is this necessary? If so... a great " update idea" for a future video!

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Hey there, depends on how you do it and what software you use but I use this exact process with 512GB cards all the time. You don’t have to do the formatting if following this exact process.

[@Billisminimus]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan just did this and when I put the sd card in the pi, it goes from the color splash screen to black screen with cursor blinking in top left. Did I do something wrong?

[@te5844]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan are you then only using new cards? or are the cards not exfat formatted? or does the image carry the proper formatting along with it (fat32) when it writes the image to the card and automatically re-formats the card to fat32?

[@cowerkerdouch505]

Nice video however I got 1 question, even if you make a backup image file, will the backup image still eventually cause a write protection from the original sd card on the new real micro sd card?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

I've never done this with anything that has a write protection I would imagine that would prevent you from being able to do this.

[@cowerkerdouch505]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan I hope the backup image file from the fake micro sd that came with the system that is on the real micro SD card doesn’t get corrupt or write protected when I make a backup from the original micro sd card right away before that one gets corrupt. Know what I mean?

[@TVChi]

My question: RetroPie image mounts 2 disks. Boot and Retropie. Would this process copy them both? Even though you selecting one of them?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Good question! Yep! it will copy the entire image as it is with both parts.

[@THIB4999]

Can you add games to the new card ? Or is it a one time thing

[@lawrencejd8935]

one thing missing that image will divide sd card in 2 sections, storge and Emulec? which one you take?

[@benbuttars5594]

Is there any ideas for an individual who has a mac computer? I just bought a loaded retropie from you and I want to back it up before messing with it. Long shot, I know.

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

I know it's possible to do but I'm not a mac user myself so I'm not familiar with what programs are used for Mac to do this. There's got to be a mac equivalent though.

[@brentmoentmann]

Thanks RPG!!!

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

You got it!

[@christopherdunn317]

I made a clone with a 256gb sd micro card and now i cant format it, delete files, any idea's ive tried everything programs, windows format, disk management, and even the cmd method ,nothing works is there some type of protection it seems to have 4 partition and it wont format or delete ?

[@christopherbrown5338]

I am currently making a .img back up file as you describe. But if I look at the SD card there are many separate files there. Why would I not just copy those files over to a new SD card to have a back up?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

You can copy them to another card. You can save to your computer and then write that image onto another card if you want. That's what I always do then I have a copy on my computer saved as well as one on another card.

[@christopherbrown5338]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan I tried copying everything over but when inserted in the pi I got a screen that looked to me like DOS. It did show that I have version 4 B with 4gb of ram. What OS do you run? I believe mine is set up on a Linux type platform and it so, do you have advice on how I can use the right OS from my Win10 laptop? Thank you!

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

​@@christopherbrown5338 If you boot up your raspberry pi without the card in it does it come to that same screen? Sounds like it's not finding the image on the card. Likely something went wrong with the copy. What do you mean about OS?

[@christopherbrown5338]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan Last night I used the Windisk 32 Imager and then used another software to flash the image to a new sd card. I bought a new Raspberry Pi 4 and I loaded Raspian software that came with it. When I shut down & tested the new copy, Retropie came right up and was prompting for control inputs. I made this task so much harder than it needed to be :) Thanks for your help.

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

@@christopherbrown5338 glad it worked out!!

[@saibot293]

I have my batocera on a computer with SSDs.. how can I backup if that's the case?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

You need a cable to connect your ssd to your computer. From there you could back it up very similar to this process but it’s going to depend on the size ssd you have. If you have a large ssd it’s not going to work like this. You can probably look up how to duplicate an ssd. I have a machine that does it for me but it’s very expensive.

[@saibot293]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan so basically backup individual files. I have batocera on one ssd and storage on a 1tb ssd.

[@mrjaratpon]

Thanks I tried using macrium reflect and it didnt work. Luckily i found your guide. Thanks.

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Glad it's helping!

[@adrianm2030]

Hi. I downloaded a couple Retropie Images. If I open with 7zip the retropack.img, I see 3 files: 0.fat, 1.ntfs, 2.img. Should I extract 2.img? Which img should I choose in Win32DiskImager: retropack.img or 2.img ? Thanks

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Honestly not sure. I've never downloaded an image where I had to do that. I've only made my own.

[@djavsdjavs]

I tried this method to try clone a card - i realised sandisk sd card are not great and Samsung evo can do the 128gb card better - when cloning i never click the READ ONLY ALLOCATED PARTITIONS i noticed it backed up the card it was fine with out clicking that box however when restoring it to sandisk it said i didnt have enough space...when restoring ot a samsung it was fine HOWEVER the issue is instead of displaying 58 systems and the games it shows only 8 systems and 1 game in each one...not sure why Do i need to click the READ ONLY ALLOCATED PARTITIONS and backup the image again and then restore it to a sd card.. am going mental trying to figure it out...cant use ether as it says the image it too big the other thing how can i remove some roms from the sd image or original sd card as i can not see the option on the pi4 or when in batocera

[@andrewathridge5821]

Could this method also be used for a hand held system like the Anbernic RG35XX? It comes with a terrible SD card and I want to copy it to a better SD card.

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Absolutely

[@jackdoobie]

thanks for the info.

[@The_Capt87]

When I did this with my super console x card it shows files on d and f drive. One with the games other with setting etc. do I read them both?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Not sure about that. I've never seen stuff on two drives

[@uncledouvee1200]

Hello, my card is reading as two drives, E is Emulec and F is ROMs. I've saved them as two different images. Have I done this right and how would I write that back to a new micro SD? Appreciate any feedback, thanks.

[@deadslayer16]

Will this backup the sd card that was included in the super console x2 pro?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Yep

[@glovedcop69]

How does this work of our card is partitioned?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Should be the same regardless

[@glovedcop69]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan but two different partitions show up when we need to select the correct.one..which we do we pick?

[@glovedcop69]

?

[@japohn]

If a friend were to lend me their 5TB hard drive with preloaded image, would I be able to copy back that up to a second drive to prevent it from being lost or damaged?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Correct

[@japohn]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan Thank you. She got her laptop fixed and was able to do it on her own. She was worried that the disk she bought would crap out, as she had been having poopy luck with her tech.

[@Cristo12344]

Do you recommend backing up your SD Cards that you sell?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Yeah wouldn’t hurt to do

[@jeroquai3170]

Hi, does this work also on win7? I read that on older windows versions these partitions (linux ext4) are not supported. In order to succeed you need a diskgenius pro version to clone it correctly? Sorry but i‘m really scared to corrupt my original device card by tryin to clone it.

[@billybatson8657]

Can you just use one of those little $15 USB micro SD card adapters to do this? There's no information in your description on what readers you can use.

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

No you need a usb sd card reader/writer is you plan to make a physical copy

[@LogosGaming]

I have a question my myiio mini img has 4 partitions will it back up the 4, if i only select the main?

[@Deadmare]

Would this work for backing up sd from a super console x cube?

[@rofiksebelas]

Nice info but how about emuelec firmware, is it automatically copied to new the SD Card? Thanks

[@32523Bwahahaha]

what about the Shared partition, needs to be imaged or can be copied ?

[@DLWang]

Dont you need to check box that says read only allocated partitions? Before hitting read.

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

I never do and haven't had issues

[@DLWang]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan im told if you dont. It will copy the card info also. Then it will not work when writing to another brand of card. I always use the same brand. But tried sharing my image with a friend. He has different brand card. And it wouldnt work. So wondering if this is why?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

@@DLWang I don't believe so because I use sandisk and Samsung and it works on both for me.

[@DLWang]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan ok thanks for the reply.

[@RetroThursdayClub]

Hi, I think my Pandora 5s card might be corrupted, would the emulec SD card play on that One, any idea of the link for Pandora S5 link location?

[@jefrysax]

Do anyone know where I can find backup copy for download because I didn't backup mine and the my sd card unexpectedly just ... broke ... I don't have other words for in.

[@weytuhsgdhwe8864]

Hello sir, Can You Tell me If Create A img file from a corrupt micro sd or usb drive(old) into a new one will it work ok or not

[@wanghotangho5803]

I need to know if there is a way to resize the FAT16 ‘EmuELEC’ partition on my system to a larger FAT32 partition so I can update to 4.3?

[@christopherdunn317]

I read somewhere where the sell these chips, they said not to update mine failed when i tried they say to keep the 3.9 version

[@wanghotangho5803]

@@christopherdunn317 my main concern was wanting to update MAME. Wondering if it would work ok just to update MAME manually or if it would screw something up within emuelec

[@christopherdunn317]

@@wanghotangho5803 You can update using the lan, it seems to hook up to there system, i did the arcade but i don't think there was games gone from there, when i reset it back, just be careful what you mess with or you know disaster, but you can just do one game system you want to update at a time hope this helps.Oh and i tried to update it to 4.3 but it failed, so i wouldn't not try that. What i cant figure out is why they need huge chips there's only about half a gig of stuff ?

[@wanghotangho5803]

@@christopherdunn317 what i mean by update MAME, is to update the Mame version to the newest version. The bezels all are downloaded and updated fine (even tho I did have to add a few gigs onto THAT partition so I could do so)

[@mets23q]

Thanks buddy

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Any time

[@te5844]

Another issue I have ran into when copying say a 32gb image to another 32gb card, that the card will fail at the end of the process, saying there is not enough room on the card even though the card is a blank card....could this be because I formatted the card first? any thoughts....

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Could be but is it the exact same card? Some different branded cards have different amounts of space available. If you put a 32gb card in you won't find a full 32gb of space they're never 100% accurate.

[@te5844]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan Yes same exact card ordered from amazon (genuine). i can't remember but think the problem arose when I formatted a larger card for one of your bigger collections ( can't format fat 32 thru the win32 disk manager on larger than 32gb cards) and I was wanting to make sure raspberry pie could read the card. So went with Guiformat to format it to fat32.. Are you saying that win32 will automatically format a new card to what the image is formatted at, even though it can't "blank format" the larger card ahead of time? if thats the case, it may be where the problem arose, taking up more space when I pre formatted...

[@G7501]

Great video! Will it work copying SD files for android?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Yes it should

[@G7501]

Thanks! Any suggestions for a Mac Win32 Disk Imager alternative?

[@stevent7944]

My version of Batocera had a partition. My new SD card was the same size as the small on. HELP!

[@LogosGaming]

If it's a clone question balena etcher can clone carda directly

[@MutatedGuy]

I backed up the card so can I format the card now so I can access it on my device?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

If you are being asked to format on windows that will wipe the card not allow you to view it.

[@chadbeaudry4872]

I followed your steps, but when I try to read it tells me "Disk is not large enough for the specified image" any idea on how to fix it?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

What brand and card capacity are you using? Some are advertised as higher capacity than they actually have available

[@te5844]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan I have ran into this exact same thing, same brand card (sandisk) same exact size and it fails due to there not being enough room on the card....my question is or thought is...does this happen because IF you choose to re-format the card before doing this process, it somehow takes up to much room on the card that a full 32GB image will then not fit? I have looked at the size of the image used and it comes in just below the card size....so something is taking up to much room....

[@TheLoneRanger1992]

Hi mate I’m trying to do this with a 256gb sd card on my laptop but it’s saying disk is not large enough for the specified image any advice?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Sometimes the posted capacity isnt accurate. You may need to go up a size.

[@TheLoneRanger1992]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan i think I don’t have enough space on my laptop to image the sd card could I use a flash drive on win32 an copy my sd card to that?

[@TheLoneRanger1992]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan i have bought a 500gb external hard drive now but how do I command the disk32 to transfer from the SD to the hard drive if both are plugged in I cannot find any info on this

[@Zirus_Blackheart]

How long did the actual 32gb take? And, how long would you estimate 8tb taking? Cheers man :-)

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

I think the 32 took about 45 min or so start to finish. Pretty quick. 256gb takes like 5 hours. 512 is half a day. 8tb probably 3 weeks. Haha jk but maybe not 😂. Honestly I have no idea. That's a massive image to backup.

[@Zirus_Blackheart]

@@OfficialChaseBrogan hahah ok thx for ya help 🙂 A m8 is working on a 8-16tb batocera system, basically we want every rom n system it can do n when its done im gonna grab an image off him..... and just leave my ect hdd there for a couple of weeks it seems hahaha

[@TritonGamezYT]

​@@Zirus_Blackheart dude, do you have an update? Would love to hear more haha

[@Zirus_Blackheart]

@@TritonGamezYT I decided to go with a Miyoo Mini v2/v3 in the end for the portability and speed of getting back into game (onion OS) etc rather than a home Raspberry Pie system and it only does SD cards up to 128gb and ps1 so didn't need to create an image from my m8s 8tb Batocera hdd in the end.

[@chatgame8947]

Is there a way to prevent copying?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Not that I know of

[@drock890]

Can you use a 1 TB HDD?

[@OfficialChaseBrogan]

Yeah should be able to do that just connect the hhd via usb

[@easterlingderek34]

Would this also work for upgrading to a bigger card?

[@AlfredoAVA]

Worked good for me :) Upgraded my Retropie from a 64GB card to a 128GB card using this video's method, and everything was there; roms, save states, themes, etc. You do need to go into Raspi-Config afterwards and Expand the File System though, otherwise Retropie thinks you're still using the smaller card that was initially imaged.

[@etflyfish454]

I just bought a Super Console x cube and it has 2 partitions. Anyone know what I need to do to write both files on one card?

[@b.t.h.9568]

Beware Win32DiskImager stopped when my screensaver came on, now it can't write to my SD, and my 128GB SD card is now 54GB and I can't change it back.