Hardware how do i clone a hard drive image to SD card

[Dominator211]

I recently got a SD to ide adapter and i cloned the hard drive image but the software i used (acronis) will not let me restore the image to the sd card. I am confused

 

[Originality]

You’re trying to restore a HDD image to a SD card? Is the SD card even big enough for the image?

How are you connecting everything up for this?

 

[Dominator211]

You’re trying to restore a HDD image to a SD card? Is the SD card even big enough for the image?

How are you connecting everything up for this?

sd is 64gb card and im using a IDE connector for the HDD and the sd card port on my computer for the card

 

[Originality]

I’m guessing that Acronis is treating the image as a hard drive image and the SD card as a removeable storage device (I.e not a drive) and preventing you from deploying the image into it.

You probably need to connect the SD/IDE adaptor to your device and run Acronis again to get it to register as an actual drive (using the controller built into the adapter). Acronis will probably also need to format the SD/IDE “drive” with the hidden partitions of the image drive to make it bootable.

 

[Dominator211]

I’m guessing that Acronis is treating the image as a hard drive image and the SD card as a removeable storage device (I.e not a drive) and preventing you from deploying the image into it.

You probably need to connect the SD/IDE adaptor to your device and run Acronis again to get it to register as an actual drive (using the controller built into the adapter). Acronis will probably also need to format the SD/IDE “drive” with the hidden partitions of the image drive to make it bootable.

i was succesfully able to clone the image but the computer will not boot it just gives me a blinking bar in the top left corner

 

[Originality]

Did you clone the hidden partition onto your SD card as well?

Edit: it’s the hidden partition that contains the boot loader that loads the OS from the main partition.

 

[Dominator211]

i did clone the recovery and the main partition ... those where the only two that came up in the clojning software

 

[Originality]

Then assuming that they show up properly in Disk Management and are in the right order on the SD card, the only other things I can think of are making sure that the SD/Adapter is recognised in BIOS as a drive (it should also show the capacity) and that the jumper settings are set properly (usually to Cable Select, Single or Master).

 

[godreborn]

possibly the bios lumped the sd card ahead of the hdd. I have this happen whenever there's a disc in the drive after restoring a disk image. I think it just happens when a disk is in the drive actually. the computer thinks that you want it to be first.

 

[Dominator211]

possibly the bios lumped the sd card ahead of the hdd. I have this happen whenever there's a disc in the drive after restoring a disk image. I think it just happens when a disk is in the drive actually. the computer thinks that you want it to be first.

the computer is 20+ years old

 

[Dominator211]

Then assuming that they show up properly in Disk Management and are in the right order on the SD card, the only other things I can think of are making sure that the SD/Adapter is recognised in BIOS as a drive (it should also show the capacity) and that the jumper settings are set properly (usually to Cable Select, Single or Master).

yea i know im double posting.... i did stick the OG HDD in the laptop and i did realize that there is remanence of a windows 2000 install. (when the computer boots up it asks me which operating system to boot up. that could be whats throwing it off. otherwise, im kinda out of ideas. other somehow transferring the drivers from one install to the other or emulating a floppy disk but neither seems very likely

 

[Originality]

Consider trying a clean install on the SD/IDE drive. As long as it works and boots, you can try importing the data manually.

 

[Dominator211]

Consider trying a clean install on the SD/IDE drive. As long as it works and boots, you can try importing the data manually.

a clean install is possible.... but it only runs in a low resolution and almost nothing works.... what should i do about that?

 

[Originality]

The resolution is to do with graphics drivers. Nothing working generally means there’s a bottleneck somewhere in the system (processor, memory, graphics, or storage). You’d have to be a bit more specific to troubleshoot that.

 

[Dominator211]

The resolution is to do with graphics drivers. Nothing working generally means there’s a bottleneck somewhere in the system (processor, memory, graphics, or storage). You’d have to be a bit more specific to troubleshoot that.

id love to install the flipping drivers but they require a floppy... any recommendations on that?

 

[Originality]

Are those really the legacy drivers for your GPU? Either from the MFR website or from the chip makers?

Also, there is such a thing as a virtual floppy drive emulator.

Last option (but might get a bit more involved) is installing the drivers manually. I’ve not had to do it for a graphics card before, but in the last 6 months of my new job I’ve had to do it for a bunch of other devices.

 

[Dominator211]

Are those really the legacy drivers for your GPU? Either from the MFR website or from the chip makers?

Also, there is such a thing as a virtual floppy drive emulator.

Last option (but might get a bit more involved) is installing the drivers manually. I’ve not had to do it for a graphics card before, but in the last 6 months of my new job I’ve had to do it for a bunch of other devices.

alirght here is the link to the drivers....
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/compaq-armada-7800-notebook-pc-series/96230


as for your second answer, i don't know how i would get something working on ME or 98E

as for your third answer ... i am not sure hot install drivers "manually"

 

[Originality]

Ok, now I understand a little better.

For virtual floppy drives, this page can provide some information: https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20149395/Virtual-floppy-needed-for-Win98.html

For drivers, running Windows 98 requires the floppy drive, which either means buying a floppy disk (since your laptop has one), or using the info from the above link.

Windows 2000 drivers are just an executable and don’t need a floppy disk.

 

[Dominator211]

the drivers i am using are here...
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/compaq-armada-7800-notebook-pc-series/96230

Ok, now I understand a little better.

For virtual floppy drives, this page can provide some information: https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20149395/Virtual-floppy-needed-for-Win98.html

For drivers, running Windows 98 requires the floppy drive, which either means buying a floppy disk (since your laptop has one), or using the info from the above link.

Windows 2000 drivers are just an executable and don’t need a floppy disk.

The laptop inly has a dvd rom drive. And i will probably have to dpwngrade to windows 98 in order to do the vurtual floppy??

 

[ryguy2010]

What OS are you trying to clone?