How to avoid SDcard failures with your Raspberry Pi's in your SmartHome

Have a SD card that you suspect is failing? Want a way to avoid having to completely rebuilt a SD card configuration? Stay tuned and I will show you how to do both of these.

1. Backing up your SD Cards before they have problems a. Win32 Disk Imager i. https://win32diskimager.download/download-win32-disk-imager/ b. Apple PiBaker (Mac) i. https://www.tweaking4all.com/ApplePi-Baker2.dmg
2. Using a NAS to manage your SD card backups a. Good place to store test tools for when you need them b. Create a dedicated mount point/share for SD backups
3. Tools to test SD Cards a. H2testw i. https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/H2testw.shtml b. Check Flash i. http://mikelab.kiev.ua/index_en.php?page=PROGRAMS/chkflsh_en c. ChipGenius i. https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/ChipGenius.shtml

⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️ 0:00 - Intro 0:51 - What we will be covering 1:41 - Avoiding SD card failure 2:32 - Required items 5:24 - Backing up the SD card 7:52 - Restoring the SD card 10:45 - Using H2testw 11:42 - Using CheckFlash

================================================ *** Show Notes, Links and Resources **** Here are the items mentioned in this video -

SanDisk 16GB 3-Pack Ultra microSDHC UHS-I Memory Card (3x16GB) https://amzn.to/2NYysOF

PNY 32GB Elite Class 10 U1 MicroSDHC Flash Memory Card 3-Pack https://amzn.to/3w4QCj2

Anker 2-in-1 USB 3.0 SD Card Reader https://amzn.to/3frgQWK

Click on this link to get the SmartHome Account Creation Checklist

http://eepurl.com/go4fVP

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