Cloning bootable CompactFlash Card - Club CDFreaks

tbl · 05-10-2006

Can anyone help with making a backup copy of a bootable 128 MB CompactFlash card ?
I have tried making images with WinImage and WinHex and then restoring them to a new card, but without success. The new card always displays a message during booting that a particular file is missing. Is there a equivalent to Alcohol or CloneCD for CompactFlash ?

**imkidd57** · 05-10-2006

Transferring to 'Flash Memory' section of the forum...

DeepTrance · 06-10-2006

Is the new card same (make and) capacity as the old one?

tbl · 06-10-2006

I have tried both the same types and different ones with exactly the same results. My problem seems to be a copy protection issue.

DeepTrance · 06-10-2006

The only other thing I can think of is Norton's Ghost. You can try it to create a ghost image of the bootable CF. I would also suggest checking the CF-IDE drive that you are using and ensure that it is not contributing in any way.

tbl · 07-11-2006

Thanks for the suggestion but I have now tried this and it doesn't work. The drivers supplied with gkost do not see my USB card reader and thus the boot disk never boots. I've also tried the Panasonic USB drivers for DOS together with a Ghost boot disk without success. I can get it to see a memory stick, but not my card reader.

05-10-2006	#1 (permalink)
tbl New on Forum Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3	Cloning bootable CompactFlash Card <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Can anyone help with making a backup copy of a bootable 128 MB CompactFlash card ? I have tried making images with WinImage and WinHex and then restoring them to a new card, but without success. The new card always displays a message during booting that a particular file is missing. Is there a equivalent to Alcohol or CloneCD for CompactFlash ?

05-10-2006	#2 (permalink)
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06-10-2006	#3 (permalink)
DeepTrance New on Forum Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 13	Re: Cloning bootable CompactFlash Card Is the new card same (make and) capacity as the old one? __________________ Deep Trance

06-10-2006	#4 (permalink)
tbl New on Forum Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3	Re: Cloning bootable CompactFlash Card I have tried both the same types and different ones with exactly the same results. My problem seems to be a copy protection issue.

06-10-2006	#5 (permalink)
DeepTrance New on Forum Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 13	Re: Cloning bootable CompactFlash Card The only other thing I can think of is Norton's Ghost. You can try it to create a ghost image of the bootable CF. I would also suggest checking the CF-IDE drive that you are using and ensure that it is not contributing in any way. __________________ Deep Trance

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07-11-2006	#6 (permalink)
tbl New on Forum Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3	Re: Cloning bootable CompactFlash Card Thanks for the suggestion but I have now tried this and it doesn't work. The drivers supplied with gkost do not see my USB card reader and thus the boot disk never boots. I've also tried the Panasonic USB drivers for DOS together with a Ghost boot disk without success. I can get it to see a memory stick, but not my card reader.

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