Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Axel Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mint Subject: Re: Making a hard drive image Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 18:06:32 +1000 Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net rmKjq4Pgz88MKQedmdnOrg4tRQ55hqirep0mLgRzbF8tWo8V74 Cancel-Lock: sha1:aREMBB01uSPMpgjSVWQ0yx/GnDY= sha256:PpT3Fk8IclzbCi4n9llnNzkg1SR2p7K8VKwXcE6A3oM= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.23 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.os.linux.mint:47357 Axel wrote: > Axel wrote: >> Axel wrote: >>> Axel wrote: >>>> >>>> I want a full back up of my 500Gb NVME disk. I tried Foxclone, but >>>> I found that the image can only be written back to the original >>>> drive, which pretty much negates it's usefulness. I want an image >>>> of the NVME drive I can use on any disk to create a working drive. >>>> I tried the Disks app, and discovered it doesn't compress the >>>> image, and since the image created is a bit over 500 Gb, I can only >>>> write it to a drive larger than 500Gb. (sigh) I think the problem >>>> is that the NVME drive is actually a fraction over 500Gb, since if >>>> I try to clone it to a 500Gb drive I get a message that the >>>> receptor drive is too small. I was told I can reduce the partition >>>> on the NVME drive to make a smaller image, but I'm afraid to do >>>> that in case I lose data. I will try Rescuezilla, but if that >>>> doesn't compress the image there's no gain from that. Does anyone >>>> have any better suggestions for what I can do? thanks to all. :) >>>> >>> >>> thanks for all replies, I will investigate them. for now, this is >>> what I have done. successfully created an image of the NVME using >>> rescuezilla. successfully wrote that to a 500Gb SSD, but it won't >>> boot. Disks shows there are no files in the main partition: >>> https://auslink.info/linux/copy.png >>> this is the nvme i copied from: https://auslink.info/linux/nvme.png >>> ??? >>> >> >> p.s. this is the image I made. if that helps? >> https://auslink.info/linux/image.png >> > > solved! I mounted the 'empty' partition using Disks and the files are > all there https://auslink.info/linux/mounted.png, so I tried the disk > in a different PC, and it works perfectly. issue was the first PC I > tried was using legacy bios. thanks everyone, > I still have a problem. :( The PC I want to use the copy drive in has only legacy bios. is there anyway I can make this disk boot in that PC? thanks, -- Linux Mint 22.3