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Old 05-19-2019, 05:18 PM   #14
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Don't use it for your HD.
It's YEARS since I did stuff like this on Windows. There are tools for USB sticks (same should work on an SD card, especially if you use a USB adaptor.

1) Get a tool to write an ISO file to a USB Stick
2) Download ISO for 32 or 64 bit Linux Mint with Mate desktop, version 18.3, not the shiny new 19.1 See https://linuxmint.com/download_all.php If the PC / laptop has a 64bit CPU, even 0.5G RAM will work for 64 bits. If you have a 32bit CPU, then download 32 bit version. Irrelevant if Windows is 32 or 64 bit.
3) Write using the ISO tool to a 4G or larger USB memory stick (it will erase anything already on it.
4) Boot that stick. You might have to change your BIOS setting if it doesn't boot. Do this with stick in USB port. If EFI/UEFI, enable Legacy AND EFI so that Secure Boot isn't needed and enable USB stick to boot before HDD.
4b) DO NOT actually install Linux. Just let it run from the USB stick. Do NOT double click "install" on the desktop.
5) Use the SD card in a USB adaptor if there is no built in card reader or that's not recognised.
6) Use the Linux tools such as gparted or Disks to do anything to the SD card.

HOWEVER, if you download the correct windows tools, you don't need Linux. Linux has all the tools "built in".

That program is to manage Windows disks, and not really needed since Windows 7. I used to use "Partition Magic" on NT4.0 and XP and indeed used it to move a Windows install from a small disk to a big one a few weeks ago. I think that program is the wrong tool for SD cards and not needed for win7 /8 / 10.

With the Linux Live USB stick as a source of tools you ONLY need a spare 4G or larger USB stick and a Windows program to format a USB stick with an ISO file. However perhaps that's all you need for the SD card if the downloaded OS for it is an ISO file (or ISO inside a zip).

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