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Looking for an app to image my USB drives.....
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? jim |
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Looking for an app to image my USB drives.....
jim wrote:
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? jim Probably because of the relatively small size and lack of complexity there will not be support for it yet. Normally USB drives contain no boot info etc, *normally*. A zip file backup is all I do. That or just copy to another HD. |
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Looking for an app to image my USB drives.....
"jim" wrote in message ... 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. |
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Looking for an app to image my USB drives.....
"Frank-FL" wrote in message .. . "jim" wrote in message .. . 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 |
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Looking for an app to image my USB drives.....
jim wrote: "Frank-FL" wrote in message ... "jim" wrote in message ... 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. Fred |
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Looking for an app to image my USB drives.....
"Fred S *****" "Fred wrote in message ... jim wrote: "Frank-FL" wrote in message ... "jim" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Looking for an app to image my USB drives.....
"jim" wrote in message ... "Fred S *****" "Fred wrote in message ... jim wrote: "Frank-FL" wrote in message ... "jim" wrote in message ... 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 Terabyte's product definitely did the job. The only down sides are (a) having to boot to DOS to do the image of the USB drives (if Acronis can backup Windows while it runs from Windows backing up a USB drive from Windows seems trivial by comparison) and (b) it is reeeeaaaalllllyyyyy slow. It took almost 20 minutes to backup a USB 2.0 8GB drive and a full 58 minutes to restore it. Still, its better than losing your data, and its the only software solution I have found to create copmplete images of bootable Linux USB drives as of this writing. Thanks for pointing it out! Jim |
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Looking for an app to image my USB drives.....
jim wrote:
"jim" wrote in message ... "Fred S *****" "Fred wrote in message ... jim wrote: "Frank-FL" wrote in message ... "jim" wrote in message ... 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 Terabyte's product definitely did the job. The only down sides are (a) having to boot to DOS to do the image of the USB drives (if Acronis can backup Windows while it runs from Windows backing up a USB drive from Windows seems trivial by comparison) and (b) it is reeeeaaaalllllyyyyy slow. It took almost 20 minutes to backup a USB 2.0 8GB drive and a full 58 minutes to restore it. Still, its better than losing your data, and its the only software solution I have found to create copmplete images of bootable Linux USB drives as of this writing. Thanks for pointing it out! Jim Come to think of it, maybe BING will also let you partition copy one USB drive to another. I bet it will! But you do have to boot up on a floppy, or on another USB drive, (in Maintenance Mode), and do it "down there" at the DOS level - and NOT in Windows. Interesting. Guess we all learn something here. |
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Looking for an app to image my USB drives.....
jim wrote: "jim" wrote in message ... "Fred S *****" "Fred wrote in message ... jim wrote: "Frank-FL" wrote in message ... "jim" wrote in message ... 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 Terabyte's product definitely did the job. The only down sides are (a) having to boot to DOS to do the image of the USB drives (if Acronis can backup Windows while it runs from Windows backing up a USB drive from Windows seems trivial by comparison) and (b) it is reeeeaaaalllllyyyyy slow. It took almost 20 minutes to backup a USB 2.0 8GB drive and a full 58 minutes to restore it. Still, its better than losing your data, and its the only software solution I have found to create copmplete images of bootable Linux USB drives as of this writing. Thanks for pointing it out! Jim Jim, I have BOTH, Image for DOS and Image for Windows. THe latter runs in Windows and that's what I used for your test project. Better yet, when you buy image for windows, you get image for DOS free. Glad I could help. Fred |
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