From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   Daniel70  writes:   
   > Some time ago, I backed up my Laptop's 500GB internal HD to an 2TB   
   > external HD using (I forget) ... It might have been 'dd' but I doubt   
   > it.   
      
   A backup that you don’t know how to restore isn’t really any use.   
      
   > However, the 500GB Internals Image took up 500GB on the External   
   > (i.e. a byte-by-byte image, even the empty bytes, apparently!).   
   >   
   > Now, when I look at that External HD using my Win 11 Desk-top, it   
   > doesn't 'see' anything.   
      
   Look at it with a Linux box instead.   
      
   > If I back-up this Win-11 Desktop to the same External HD, is there a   
   > possibility that Win-11 will write itself over the Linux Image?? Or is   
   > Win-11 able to detect that there is 'something' there so will go   
   > looking for the next available UNUSED portion of the External HD??   
      
   Not possible to say, since you don’t say how you made the backup.   
      
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