hi
- I created empty blank raw image files by win10+cygwin,
by:
dd if=/dev/zero of=(anyname).img.0000 bs=1G count=2
thus each is 2GB file.
then i simply use batch to duplicate them into around 1000 files for 2TB HDD,
i have to use renamer say BRU to tune the file name, as in Fig-0.
ending in .0000, .0001 etc
then I open AIM, it didn't recognize .0000 or .0001 by default,
and I manually choose .0000 as the file,
AIM asked if treat as raw, ofcoz I say yes.
Then result is FIg-1: only 2GB
Then I give AIM another shot,
choosing .0001 as the file, and as in Fig-2, it's still 2GB in total.
HOWEVER, I am able to use Hex in the numbering,
so for 3alphabets, max is FFF, i.e. 4096 files.
each of 1-2GB, fits my need of 4TB to 8TB HDD.
- IMPORANT: did AIM touch .000 file?
as asked in previous issue,
Currently I WILL include a .000 in the collection, say for some reason.
it's STRANGE that if i got disk.000 disk.001 ... disk.014, each of 1GB,
if i open in AIM, choosing the .001 as the file,
the outcome is a 15GB disk,
which mean the disk.000 is included in the collection by AIM.
It is an ESSENTIAL question for this. becoz later I may use some rescue softwares
like , say getdataback etc for it and suppose GDB start with .000.
case 1: IF AIM DO touch .000,
then I think it's fine,
so both AIM and GDB start from .000,
and likely will find the MBR etc (I am a layman, not programmer),
in .000. Perfect.
case 2: IF AIM DONOT touch .000
then there is a risk for me and I wanna seek HELP.
so in this case, AIM start with .001, I suppose MBR is put in .001 then?
What if I use GDB to load from .000? will GDB think (as .000 is untouched,
it is all 00) the whole collection is a BLANK?
obviously i could manually rename the files to begin /w .001 when I
use AIM and rename them to begin /w .000 when I use GDB,
but with HEX naming, there is some chance the files are mixed up---
some file manager sort 0123456789ABCDEF (e.g. BRU) and some sort by
0ABCDEF123456789! (e.g. windows file manager)
- ps: how do AIM sort the 0-9 and ABCDEF? that info may help, thx
hope wont be too much of trouble by asking these.
thanks.
And everybody take care!