Restore 'Device Mode' image into smaller USB flash drive possible?
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 7:02 pm
I have a 64 GB USB flash drive and installed a WinPE tool with approx 7 GB on it.
It works.
Now I created an *.imz backup in ÄDevice Mode' with USB Image tool v1.81.
Later I wanted to restore this backup on a smaller USB flash drive with only 32GB.
These 32 GB should be sufficient to hold the original content from the 64GB USB flash drive.
Anyway I git an error popup telling me "Device and image are different"
So it is NOT possible to restore an image to a smaller USB flash drive than the original.
Real content size doesn't matter.
Correct?
Peter
It works.
Now I created an *.imz backup in ÄDevice Mode' with USB Image tool v1.81.
Later I wanted to restore this backup on a smaller USB flash drive with only 32GB.
These 32 GB should be sufficient to hold the original content from the 64GB USB flash drive.
Anyway I git an error popup telling me "Device and image are different"
So it is NOT possible to restore an image to a smaller USB flash drive than the original.
Real content size doesn't matter.
Correct?
Peter