Beginners • Re: Clone SD Card with Windows 10

My current state is:

* Original SD card is 16GB
* Used Win32 Disk Imager to create the.img file (using Windows)

Questions:
* If using a 32GB SD card to 'write' to.... what are the negatives here?
- are you 'stuck' only 16GB usage? (even though on a 32Gb SD card?)
- can you no longer write/update the 'project' running on your RPi? (as its stuck at a certain size based on the .img size?)

* I read a comment/approach of using 7z to 'shrink it'? (not sure how that works., or what is does in the end results?)

* Comments about using: Pi Shrink...............(but how?) no steps/guidance provided?

Update: I wrote the .img file to a new 32GB SD card... tried in my RPi.. and it seems to have booted/worked fine.
I have an extra RPi...that I can throw the -new- SD card.. and try things.... but I dont want to guess on how to do it


thanks

Statistics: Posted by xl97 — Fri Jan 09, 2026 2:55 pm

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