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   On Wed, 3/12/2025 10:12 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-03-12 01:03, Paul wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 3/11/2025 2:16 PM, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
   >>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> sudo apt install disktype      # An application having a small source   
   size, but quite capable   
   >   
   > Do you know where to find its source?   
   >   
   > My distro doesn't have it.   
   >   
      
   https://disktype.sourceforge.net/   
      
   (  https://sourceforge.net/projects/disktype/  )   
      
      Paul   
      
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