tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post5815928116476195813..comments2024-03-27T11:06:22.057+00:00Comments on RMPrepUSB, Easy2Boot and USB booting: Using E2B with Zalman\IODD disk drive enclosures (is the IODD 2531 the best USB HDD enclosure for E2B?)Steve Sihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-86714269305031134272019-07-05T12:02:39.689+01:002019-07-05T12:02:39.689+01:00Reading all i understand IODD do not support dynam...Reading all i understand IODD do not support dynamic VHD, or does it?<br /><br />And what about VHD trees? A base VHD and two or more diferencing VHDs whoose base is that main base VHD, like snapshots, inmutable+differencing, etc<br /><br />VHD trees, for who do not know what are, are a hierarchical structure of VDHs with childs and parent relations between them, mainly used as snapshots, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-79384742394102655822019-05-31T20:05:19.557+01:002019-05-31T20:05:19.557+01:00Thanks I understand better now, I bough an IODD dr...Thanks I understand better now, I bough an IODD drive and was making a structure with files/folders on my HDD that will also serve as a backup.<br /><br />In my IODD drive I use a SSD so since usually technically you don't need to defrag a SSD I was asking if I transfert some VHD on the IODD drive I would need to defragment the VHD after the copy on the IODD.<br /><br /><br />I think I will Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10196746693898726602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-79994763668385242572019-05-31T19:54:12.179+01:002019-05-31T19:54:12.179+01:00Hi, I think that the files would need to be contig...Hi, I think that the files would need to be contiguous. You can see from the VHD Tool linked to in the blog post that the Tool makes a 'continuous fixed VHD'<br />I think the way in which it works is that the start of the file is treated as the start of a partition. Now you cannot have a partition with gaps in it! A partition start at sector xxx and the end of the partition is at sector Steve Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-86773989022347923732019-05-31T19:43:54.015+01:002019-05-31T19:43:54.015+01:00If I use a SSD with the IODD drive does VHD, DSK a...If I use a SSD with the IODD drive does VHD, DSK and RMD files need to be contiguous also or it apply only to mechanical drive?<br /><br />If the answer is yes could you explain me why it would be needed even with SSD ? <br /><br />Regards. ☺️Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10196746693898726602noreply@blogger.com