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Quote from haightc

I don't have have this setup so I am not sure of how much help I can be. The controller we have is R-30i. So I would just run the image backup from the program on the teach pendant and restore it by hold f1 & f2 on startup. I have been able to just make images if the CF cards and duplicated to the disk. This controller may have some vendor lock on the disk, which maybe able to gotten around by editing the raw disk info. First though, I would try making a raw copy using dd or drive cloning software. You'll get a block copy duplicate, if that works then you know you controller doesn't have a vendor lock. I would also stick to smaller CF cards, . Newer CF card don't necessarily have full true ATA backward compatibility. IME industrial/commercial grade ones tend to have better compatibility. If for some reason it is vendor locked, you can trying getting around that using a hex editor and editing the disc info (magic block area). It's a bit more involved but there some guides out there to help.

Hi haightc,

I am trying to get an S4c+ flash drive image, but the disk must have a vendor lock; Clone Disk, Clonezilla, Acronis, Ghost, no program was successful in writing back to the empty disk.

You say "If for some reason it is vendor locked, you can trying getting around that using a hex editor and editing the disc info (magic block area). It's a bit more involved but there some guides out there to help."

Can you help me find the Magic Block Area or editing disc info?

Thank you

Quote from Black

look on treath S4C+ Ghost

Thank you for your interest. I already tried Ghost, but after your post, I downloaded the file from the link you gave and tried again. The result did not change.

If you ghost the image without destroying the original disk partition structure, it may work. However, if you make the disk completely RAW with options such as Diskpart>Clean, CloneDisk or Ghost>Image All, it will definitely not boot. The same situation will occur with a new disc purchased from the store

In this topic , haightc says "If for some reason it is vendor locked, you can trying getting around that using a hex editor and editing the disc info (magic block area). It's a bit more involved but there some guides out there to help.' I think it is necessary to do something like this. But I don't have any idea about finding the magic block area

Has anybody succeeded in clonning?