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Element14 Raspberry Pi - SD Card Cloning and Backup; Required Software Setup for SD Card Operations; Connecting SD Card to Computer

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SD Card Cloning/Backup
Note: Update these instructions if required once they've been tried
From windows you can copy the full SD-Card by using Win32DiskImager. Alternatively,
you can use the following instructions;
Note:
Many built-in SD card readers do not work, so if you have problems
use an external SD-USB adapter for this.
Required Software Setup
download a windows utility dd.exe from http://www.chrysocome.net/dd
rename it windd.exe
(This executable can to write to your harddisk so exercise caution using it!)
make a copy named dd-removable.exe
(That executable refuses to write to your hard disk as it is named dd-removable As long as you use dd-removable.exe you
cannot lose your hard disk)
Connect an SD card to the computer
run "dd-removable –list"
Should give something like this:
rawwrite dd for windows version 0.6beta3.
Written by John Newbigin <jn@it.swin.edu.au>
This program is covered by terms of the GPL Version 2.
NT Block Device Objects
\\?\Device\Harddisk1\Partition0
link to \\?\Device\Harddisk1\DR8
Removable media other than floppy. Block size = 512
size is 4075290624 bytes
This "\\?\Device\Harddisk1\Partition0" is the part you need.