You will learn how to clone SD card to larger SD card without losing data, suitable for like Raspberry Pi or Android.
SD card, the abbreviation of Secure Digital card, is a memory card that is mostly used in portable devices through SD card slot or reader, such as digital cameras, music players, Android phones, tablets, personal computers, etc.
And it has 4 four card families (SDSC, SDHC, SDXC, and SDIO) available in three different sizes (Original, Mini, and Micro). Besides, it has different capacities, file systems and brands.
Thus, you can clone SD card to larger card if you think it's smaller and format it as any file system. And it's suggested to use the mainstream SD card, such as, SanDisk microSDXC, Polaroid SDXC, Silicon Power (SP) Micro SDXC, Samsung SD Card, Transcend SDXC, Lexar SDHC, etc.
In general, several common reasons account for the behavior of cloning SD cards in all Windows systems, like cloning Raspberry Pi SD card to larger card. See if you’re in one of those situations.
Besides, data transferring between SD cards is also a factor that leads to SD card cloning. Nevertheless, what counts next is to figure out how to clone SD card to SD card in Windows 11/10/8/7 securely and efficiently.
How do I clone my SD card to a bigger SD card? AOMEI Backupper Standard is free yet professional SD card cloning software that earns its reputation due to its reliable and powerful features. It can help you clone SD card to bigger as well as smaller SD card easily.
What’s more, the cloning process will be running in the background and it won't interrupt you using the PC.
With AOMEI Backupper’s user-friendly interface, you can complete the job of Raspberry Pi copying SD card to larger one without effort. Please download it before starting. Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista supported. For server users, try AOMEI Backupper Server.
Here we take an example of cloning Android SD card to larger SD card using the best SD card cloning software AOMEI Backupper, please follow the preparations and steps below:
1. Connect both SD cards to your PC and make sure they can be detected properly. Open AOMEI Backupper Standard. Click Clone and then Disk Clone.
2. Select the smaller SD card as the source disk. Click Next.
3. Then, choose the larger SD card as the destination disk. Remember to click Next in each step.
4. Confirm your operation and click Start Clone to clone SD card to larger card easily. Wait for the process complete.
Related tips:
π Tick Sector by Sector Clone option to clone all sectors of SD card when you clone Android SD card to a larger one or an equal size one. Please note it will make partition editing unavailable.
π Click on Edition Partitions to resize the larger SD card size. You have 3 options in the following. (The last two options are available after upgrading to the Pro or higher versions.)
AOMEI Backupper Standard makes it easy to clone SD card to larger card, even smaller ones. And the steps are exactly the same. Within only several clicks, all data on the old SD card will be transferred to the larger card. And it also applies to cloning disk to larger disk or cloning larger drive to smaller drive, whether it's an HDD or SSD.
Besides, AOMEI Backupper is also a powerful backup solution and disaster recovery tool for Windows. It is suggested to keep it installed to set continuous data protection for your computer. You can also create bootable media just in case.