# Suggestion copy a SD to DIsk

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/suggestion-copy-a-sd-to-disk/14467>\
**Category:** balenaEtcher\
**Created:** [June 10, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/suggestion-copy-a-sd-to-disk/14467 "2019-06-10T06:47:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bonzadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Bonzadog](https://forums.balena.io/u/Bonzadog)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/suggestion-copy-a-sd-to-disk/14467/1 "2019-06-10T06:47:18Z")

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The Disk image to SD works well, but I need to archive my SD’s, so  
a SD -\> disk copy is needed.

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**Author:** ![dansku](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/dansku/32/1183_2.png) [@dansku](https://forums.balena.io/u/dansku)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/suggestion-copy-a-sd-to-disk/14467/2 "2019-06-10T12:08:53Z")

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Hey @Bonzadog, you can backup your sd card.

Check this post here [https://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-tutorials/17789160-backing-up-and-restoring-your-raspberry-pis-sd-card](https://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-tutorials/17789160-backing-up-and-restoring-your-raspberry-pis-sd-card)

Cheers

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**Author:** ![Bonzadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Bonzadog](https://forums.balena.io/u/Bonzadog)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/suggestion-copy-a-sd-to-disk/14467/4 "2019-06-10T15:30:08Z")

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Thank you, but I did know that - I mainly use Win32Diskmanager for  
SD -\> disk.  
Since I use Escher to copy img to sd and I would like to use one  
programme for both reading and writing  
instead of two as I am now doing.

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**Author:** ![dfunckt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/dfunckt/32/56_2.png) [@dfunckt](https://forums.balena.io/u/dfunckt)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/suggestion-copy-a-sd-to-disk/14467/5 "2019-06-10T15:34:50Z")

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Hello, Etcher is for writing images to SD cards. Creating images from SD cards is a completely different story that doesn’t necessarily fall into Etcher’s ballpark. However, I’ll make an internal ticket to track your feature request. Thanks for reaching out!

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**Author:** ![Bonzadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Bonzadog](https://forums.balena.io/u/Bonzadog)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/suggestion-copy-a-sd-to-disk/14467/7 "2019-06-10T16:03:17Z")

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Thank you, but since Win32Diskmanager does both directions perhaps adding this at some future date would be advantageous.