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**Jim**

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I have some USB flash drives that I'd like to image - just in case I
screw
them up or lose them - but I can't find any software that backs up USB
flash
drives as complete images.

Some of my drives have several partitions, so the USB drive needs to be
imaged completely - just like you can do with an internal hard drive.

I have Acronis True Image Home 11 but it won't even see the USB flash
drives.

Have you seen software used to image USB drives?
Use the bootable Acronis CD
ATI Home (full) not the (safe)
Backup
My Data
Removable Drive

Back up what you want to where you want.

Nope. It only "sees" the FAT32 partition - not the Ext2 or LinuxSwap
partitions.

Nice try though.

jim

Jim,

I hope you've considered a simple thing like creating the needed
partitions followed by a COPY to the second external.

If space is the issue and you need the compression then you might need to
image.

Consider Terrabyte's Image for Windows or even Boot-It-NG - both of these
create images based on the bios - so it the drive shows it will be able to
image.

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/products.htm

I just tested it using my Kanguru USB 2 thumb drive, created an image with
no problem, then erased the thumb drive, then restored the image - worked
just fine.

In my opinion, Terrabyte's products are solid - I've used them for years
on all kinds of systems. This company was the favorite of the MVP's here
for years and in particular when the late Alex Nichols was the patriarch
of the group.

Sweet!

I'll test it and report back in a few minutes.....

jim