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From: Larry Sabo on 19 Jun 2007 19:09
I'll be receiving a GPS programs and maps on an SD card soon and would
like to clone the card for backup. The software is locked to the
serial number of the SD card, so just backing up the data isn't
enough. I suspect it is impossible to clone the card completely,
including serial number, but thought I'd ask if anyone has
investigated this and found a solution. I believe one can change the
Volume ID of hard drives and imagine something similar being possible
for SD cards.

I appreciate that unscrupulous people might clone such cards and sell
copies, and I certainly don't want to facilitate that behaviour
through this thread. Given that the program and data on the card in
question cost me $183 CAD, I do feel rather vulnerable, even if I can
backup the contents of the card excluding the serial number. I have
had SD cards become totally unreadable and unformatable and would like
to be prepared should it happen with this one.

Only freeware, please.

Thanks,
Larry
From: �� on 19 Jun 2007 19:17
> I'll be receiving a GPS programs and maps on an SD card soon and would
> like to clone the card for backup.

Let me guess: is it TomTom by any chance?
Even if you get a TT unit with a hard drive, there is no backup on CD/DVD or
anything. You have to make a complete backup *first* before using it incase
you mess anything up. I think it is terrible that you can pay a lot of money
and if you are not aware and screw something up, you would think the backup
(map) is on the CD - wrong!
Hope you find a solution and I know your predicament...you *do* need that
backup because cards fail.
(Sorry I can't offer an answer!)


From: Larry Sabo on 19 Jun 2007 20:29
"��" <n0ne(a)n0ne.com> wrote:

>> I'll be receiving a GPS programs and maps on an SD card soon and would
>> like to clone the card for backup.
>
>Let me guess: is it TomTom by any chance?
>Even if you get a TT unit with a hard drive, there is no backup on CD/DVD or
>anything. You have to make a complete backup *first* before using it incase
>you mess anything up. I think it is terrible that you can pay a lot of money
>and if you are not aware and screw something up, you would think the backup
>(map) is on the CD - wrong!
>Hope you find a solution and I know your predicament...you *do* need that
>backup because cards fail.
>(Sorry I can't offer an answer!)

No, it's OCN6.

Thanks for the reply.
From: Lord Possum on 19 Jun 2007 21:12
In article <hsng73p5tu66gckcehue3u2lig7bukb73h(a)4ax.com>,
larry_sabo(a)hotmail.com says...
> I'll be receiving a GPS programs and maps on an SD card soon and would
> like to clone the card for backup. The software is locked to the
> serial number of the SD card, so just backing up the data isn't
> enough. I suspect it is impossible to clone the card completely,
> including serial number, ..............[snip]

================

Larry, you did specify the serial number shown for the SD card in
consideration, but wonder if you were speaking of the VOLUME No.
This will appear as a binary pair looking like this:

0a33:fa15 (fictitious, of course) This is called the volume no.
or Volume Serial Number. (VSN) Understand we are not talking about
the drive Label name. That is different.

There are several proggies that will enable a user to recode any
particular drive, SD card, thumbdrive, etc. using any combination
of valid binary digits like the above. I always delighted in
re-volume-setting my various SD cards with C0DE:FEED (That 0 is zero)

Look for a DOS program called SETVOLNO.EXE, 1992 Micrological Designs
From: Lord Possum on 19 Jun 2007 21:24
In article <MPG.20e248e5690cf3629896ce(a)netnews.insightbb.com>,
lord.possum(a)yahoo.com says...
> In article <hsng73p5tu66gckcehue3u2lig7bukb73h(a)4ax.com>,
> larry_sabo(a)hotmail.com says...
> > I'll be receiving a GPS programs and maps on an SD card soon and would
> > like to clone the card for backup. The software is locked to the
> > serial number of the SD card, so just backing up the data isn't
> > enough. I suspect it is impossible to clone the card completely,
> > including serial number, ..............[snip]
>
> ================
>
> Larry, you did specify the serial number shown for the SD card in
> consideration, but wonder if you were speaking of the VOLUME No.
> This will appear as a binary pair looking like this:
>
> 0a33:fa15 (fictitious, of course) This is called the volume no.
> or Volume Serial Number. (VSN) Understand we are not talking about
> the drive Label name. That is different.
>
> There are several proggies that will enable a user to recode any
> particular drive, SD card, thumbdrive, etc. using any combination
> of valid binary digits like the above. I always delighted in
> re-volume-setting my various SD cards with C0DE:FEED (That 0 is zero)
>
> Look for a DOS program called SETVOLNO.EXE, 1992 Micrological Designs
>
LATE COMMENT: I misspoke the above: the correct examples should read
0a33-fa15 and C0DE-FEED (Use hyphens - instead of colons :)
Just did it to make sure.
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