Issues extending volume from SD card reimage

NoobieDoobie · 08-03-2024, 04:01 PM

I just received my Kobo Libra 2. I immediately opened it up, removed the SD card, and created an image of the SD card using Win32DiskImager. I pushed the image to my 256Gb SD card using Win32DI. However, now the card has a 32Gb image and 200+Gb of unformatted storage. I am unable to extend the volume. Do I create a separate volume or is there some step I am missing? Thanks!

PeterT · 08-03-2024, 04:11 PM

Rather than using the Microsoft tool I'd suggest one of the 3rd party windows tools such as Easus Partition Manager.

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NoobieDoobie · 08-03-2024, 04:16 PM

I just realized the format is FAT32 so it is limited to 32Gb. Is there a way to backup/create image of the device in another format so I can extend the volume?

DNSB · 08-03-2024, 06:05 PM

Sorry but where do you get that number from? A bog standard Microsoft FAT32 volume is uses a 32-bit field for the sector count which limits the maximum FAT32 volume size to 2 terabytes with a sector size of 512 bytes. If you change the sector size to 4,096 bytes you can create a 16 TB volume though that is likely to have issues with some programs.

I would suggest using Virtual Console's Flash Drive Image Creator and Flash Drive Image Writer to create and write the image and MiniTool Partition Wizard Free to extend the partition.

Aleron Ives · 08-03-2024, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

Sorry but where do you get that number from?

IIRC Microsoft wanted to promote exFAT, so it purposely crippled the removable drive formatting tool to forbid the use of FAT32 on volumes > 32 GB, even though FAT32 works just fine. As a result, you must use a third-party tool to format SDXC drives on Windows.

JSWolf · 08-03-2024, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by NoobieDoobie

I just received my Kobo Libra 2. I immediately opened it up, removed the SD card, and created an image of the SD card using Win32DiskImager. I pushed the image to my 256Gb SD card using Win32DI. However, now the card has a 32Gb image and 200+Gb of unformatted storage. I am unable to extend the volume. Do I create a separate volume or is there some step I am missing? Thanks!

Just to let you know, you have voided your warranty.

08-03-2024, 04:01 PM	#1
NoobieDoobie Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2024 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Issues extending volume from SD card reimage I just received my Kobo Libra 2. I immediately opened it up, removed the SD card, and created an image of the SD card using Win32DiskImager. I pushed the image to my 256Gb SD card using Win32DI. However, now the card has a 32Gb image and 200+Gb of unformatted storage. I am unable to extend the volume. Do I create a separate volume or is there some step I am missing? Thanks!

08-03-2024, 06:05 PM	#4
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 42,433 Karma: 162918680 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Sorry but where do you get that number from? A bog standard Microsoft FAT32 volume is uses a 32-bit field for the sector count which limits the maximum FAT32 volume size to 2 terabytes with a sector size of 512 bytes. If you change the sector size to 4,096 bytes you can create a 16 TB volume though that is likely to have issues with some programs. I would suggest using Virtual Console's Flash Drive Image Creator and Flash Drive Image Writer to create and write the image and MiniTool Partition Wizard Free to extend the partition. Last edited by DNSB; 08-03-2024 at 06:07 PM.

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08-03-2024, 04:11 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,010 Karma: 76440556 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Rather than using the Microsoft tool I'd suggest one of the 3rd party windows tools such as Easus Partition Manager. Sent from my Pixel 7a using Tapatalk

08-03-2024, 04:16 PM	#3
NoobieDoobie Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2024 Device: Kobo Libra 2	I just realized the format is FAT32 so it is limited to 32Gb. Is there a way to backup/create image of the device in another format so I can extend the volume?

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