Switch on the Raspberry PI and let it boot.
Plug in a USB Hub Extender into one of the Raspberry Pi USB Ports
You need to know the name of the 2 x USB SD Card Readers you are going to use.
USB SD Card Reader No 1 = Green FNK TECH 0100 Card Reader
USB SD Card Reader No 2 = White Super Top Micro SD Card Reader
Now plug the No 1 Green card reader into the USB Hub Extender.
Type lsusb enter
Card will be listed as FNK TECH 0100 Card Reader
Remove the card reader from the USB Hub Extender
Now plug the No 2 White card reader into the USB Hub Extender.
Type lsusb enter
Card will be listed as Super Top MicroSD Card Reader
Remove the card reader from the USB Hub Extender
We now know the names of the 2 x USB SD Card Readers
This will help to prevent mishaps when you make a backup copy of a card.
One can easily select the wrong cards when copying on to the other.
Ensure that you have a “clean” new SD Card to which you want to copy to.
I format the new card with SD Card Formatter in Windows with one of the card reader.
I select which card to format and then add the Volume Label Example: svxlink bu
Once added you can now format the card.
Remove and keep the card and reader at hand.
First we going to plug in the Green SD Card Reader into the USB Hub Extender that is connected
to the Raspberry Pi.
Now go to Accessories and click on SD Card Copier
SD Card Copier window will open displaying:
Copy from Device
Copy to Device
Click on the down arrow of the Copy from Device and FNK Tech 0100 Card Reader (dev/sda) will be listed. Select it.
Now add the White SD Card Reader into the USB Hub Extender that is connected to the PI
Click on the down arrow of the Copy to Device and Mass Storage Device (dev/sdb) will be listed
Select it. Leave other settings as is.
Click on Start and the copy process will start.
Green SD Card Reader LED will flicker and partition 1 will be copied. Later partition 2 will be copied.
Once the process is finish a screen will appear to say that copy has been finalized.
Click OK
Eject both SD Card Readers
You now have 2 x SD Cards. One backup and one for use.
Store the backup in a safe place and do not forget to label it so that you know what is on the card.
This backup process will save you a lot of time and frustration in the event of a corrupted or error card etc.
Enjoy!!
