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I don't know where this goes so I'm just putting it in OT since this is about as active a forum we have here and there are a lot of smart people.
I have a hard drive that is 500gigs and it has 4 partitions on it. The 4 partitions are about a total of 7.3gigs, so there is like 490gigs of unallocated space.
One partition is a linux OS, 1 is the game data that runs after startup, 1 is swap, and I don't even know what the other one is for.
I am trying to make a hard drive image of the allocated space, so that I can have an image that is (max) 7.3gigs, with all 4 partitions.
I tried using Clonezilla and it only saw 3 of the 4 partitions. Then when I tried to make it, it failed on 2 of the partitions and I don't recall the error. The partition that did work was the one with the game data on it. I also don't know if it would have made a full 500gb image or not.
I tried to use HDD Raw Copy to do it but it was creating a full 500gb image.
Does anyone know if it's possible to do what I am trying to do, where I just have an image that is the size of the allocated space? Preferably with freeware software too.
My goal is to put this on a little 8GB SSD SATA card that I have so that is why I am trying to do this.
I have a hard drive that is 500gigs and it has 4 partitions on it. The 4 partitions are about a total of 7.3gigs, so there is like 490gigs of unallocated space.
One partition is a linux OS, 1 is the game data that runs after startup, 1 is swap, and I don't even know what the other one is for.
I am trying to make a hard drive image of the allocated space, so that I can have an image that is (max) 7.3gigs, with all 4 partitions.
I tried using Clonezilla and it only saw 3 of the 4 partitions. Then when I tried to make it, it failed on 2 of the partitions and I don't recall the error. The partition that did work was the one with the game data on it. I also don't know if it would have made a full 500gb image or not.
I tried to use HDD Raw Copy to do it but it was creating a full 500gb image.
Does anyone know if it's possible to do what I am trying to do, where I just have an image that is the size of the allocated space? Preferably with freeware software too.
My goal is to put this on a little 8GB SSD SATA card that I have so that is why I am trying to do this.