How to Migrate Home Assistant from SD Card to SSD on Raspberry Pi

Matt Tutorials · Advanced ·🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ·3w ago
SD Cards are not built for the constant data writing of a smart home and will eventually fail, wiping out all your hard work. In this video, I'll show you exactly how to safely migrate your entire Home Assistant setup from a fragile SD card to a lightning-fast SSD with zero data loss! Get a SSD here: https://amzn.to/47jeBPr 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Start here 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Do you want to support me? Leave a like, watch another video from me, buy an SSD via the link below. That will help me enormously to create these free videos for you and keep going! ⇒ I recommend: ✅ External SSD USB 3.2 ⇒ https://amzn…
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Why SD cards fail in Home Assistant
0:25 Creating a full local backup
0:46 Saving your encryption key
1:09 Pro tip: Automate cloud backups
1:46 Safely shutting down your Raspberry Pi
2:44 Flashing Home Assistant OS to your new SSD
3:41 Installing the SSD into your Raspberry Pi
4:21 Restoring your Home Assistant backup
5:10 Verifying your smart home is working
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