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Originally Posted by StradaRedlands
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StradaRedlands - yes, the ^ is THE guide.
It helped me with recovery when my E70's HDD took a dump during 2023 map upgrade.
However, it could be
greatly simplified if the goal is to keep your NAV operational (before HHD fails) and make maps reasonably responsive (CF Card upgrade).
The effort becomes no more complex than the work you've done to replace front right door handle.
In short, your steps will be
- take off trim, pull HDD drive out
- back up
entire HDD to a file (no need to worry about individual partitions)
- store old hdd in a safe place (tag it with VIN number using permanent marker)
- restore file backup into a CompactFlash card
- put CF card with IDE adapter in the CIC slot, re-assemble trim.
On linux/mac you can backup (and restore) entire drive using single command.
Remember to replace
if(source) and
of (destination) with your actual device handles reported my linux/macos
To backup
Code:
dd if=/dev/<hdd_block_device_handle> of=/path/to/backup/file
To restore, use block size 8192 with CompactFlash card, 10x faster than default 512
Code:
sudo dd if=/path/to/backup/file of=/dev/<cfcard_block_device_handle> bs=8192
I failed to make a backup for my E70, and then spent a week re-building partitions, etc
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1716221 post #11+ - this
NOT where you want to be.