~~tag>OOWOW backup emmc user storage ~~

===== OOWOW Backup User Storage =====

If you are booting OOWOW as embedded service [[software/oowow/devices/start#full-supported | New generation boards]] you need to attach external USB disk or SD card to store the backup image, preferably formatted to ExFAT.

If you are booting OOWOW from [[dl>/products/oowow/system/#latest-sd.img.gz | special oowow disks ]] **SD card** or **USB drive** with any of the boards, you can store a backup on the disk itself or on an secondary attached USB disk.

==== Store backup ====

  - Navigate to the backup menu: **OOWOW main menu** => **Dump image from eMMC**
  - Select the backup location:
    * on OOWOW disk itself: ''location'' > ''../'' > ''dumps'' > ''okay''
    * on USB disk: ''location'' > ''../'' > ''USB-sdXX....'' > ''okay''
    * if OOWOW was booted from special oowow disk backup location will selected automaticly
  - Start backup: **Start**, and wait for few minutes to finish the backup and exit.

==== Restore backup ====

  - Navigate to the restore menu: **OOWOW main menu** => **Write image to eMMC**
  - Select the backup image location:
     * on OOWOW disk itself: ''vimx-xxxxxx.xxxxxx-.....img.zst'' > ''okay''
     * on USB disk: ''../'' > ''USB-sdb1....'' > ''vimx-xxxxxx.xxxxxx-.....img.zst'' > ''okay''
     * if OOWOW was booted from special oowow disk backup location will selected automaticly
  - Restore the image: **Write**, and wait for few minutes to write the image and exit.