image.dd file cannot go beyond 4GB in size

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ppchu9999
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image.dd file cannot go beyond 4GB in size

#1 Post by ppchu9999 »

trying to run testdisk , on a FAT32 partition, it cuts me off beyond 4GB in size..

not sure if there is a way to tell it to create multiple image dd files , each less than 4GB.
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Re: image.dd file cannot go beyond 4GB in size

#2 Post by cgrenier »

Currently, it's not possible to create splited image.dd files
You have to use a destination that supports files bigger than 4 GB: NTFS, exFAT, ext2/3/4...
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Re: image.dd file cannot go beyond 4GB in size

#3 Post by ppchu9999 »

not sure If I could tell testdisk to generate image.dd say,

the 1st 2G , the next 4 G or something like this , in chunks
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