Sector by sector copy of one pendrive to another ?

I think the answer to this would apply irregardless of what o.s. is on the pendrive, but I may be wrong or am wrong.

Is it possible to do a sector by sector copy of one pen drive to another of equal or greater capacity ?

It is FAT 32 and has Puppy Linux on it.

Most other Linux distros file systems are ext 3,4, and 5 if that makes any difference.

Appreciate your feedback.

Andy

Andy wrote:
I think the answer to this would apply irregardless of what o.s. is on the pendrive, but I may be wrong or am wrong.

Is it possible to do a sector by sector copy of one pen drive to another of equal or greater capacity ?

It is FAT 32 and has Puppy Linux on it.

Most other Linux distros file systems are ext 3,4, and 5 if that makes any difference.

Appreciate your feedback.

Andy

I've done it, so the answer is yes.

Use another OS, use a port of "dd".
For example, to copy my Ubuntu 16GB stick to my
new 32GB stick, I did that in Windows (while Ubuntu
isn't running), then used the Windows port of
"dd" to do the copy.

http://www.chrysocome.net/dd

Note: dd version 0.5, does not detect the
end of a USB flash stick properly. If crafting
commands, specify both a block size (bs) and
count.

Example. I want to transfer 1,073,741,824 bytes of
data. I can specify that this way. This is actually
a one line command, but I did it this way to make
it easier to read.

dd if=source file or partition
of=destination file or partition
bs=1048576
count=1024

With that port of "dd", you open command prompt
and try out

dd --list

and it will tell you the names of the devices
and partitions. That's how you figure out how
to craft a partition (block oriented) reference.

*******

Linux does not mind, if you place multiple partitions
on a USB stick. You can use an MBR, use a copy of
Linux fdisk, and put four primary partitions on there.

When Windows sees that, it honors the first partition,
and ignores the other three.

I think it's also possible to put a file system on
a USB stick, without an MBR. So there are actually
some differences, when compared to a hard drive.
They don't work identically in all respects.

*******

Since you're copying sector by sector, it
really doesn't matter what file system is inside
the partition. It could be a FreeBSD file system
even.

Paul

You can do that in Windows, using the [free to use] utility: WinImage.exe

Choose the source/target drive to use, from the "Disk" menu, then use the
read (and Save As)/write commands to create a virtual disk image-file which
can then be used over and over to write absolute copies to
[identically-sized]
pen-drives as you like....

Winimage for WinXP can be downloaded by clicking the link below:
http://www.winimage.com/download/winima85.exe


Winimage for Win9x can be downloaded by clicking the link below:
http://www.winimage.com/download/winima60.exe

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Andy" wrote in message
...
I think the answer to this would apply irregardless of what o.s. is on the
pendrive, but I may be wrong or am wrong.

Is it possible to do a sector by sector copy of one pen drive to another
of equal or greater capacity ?

It is FAT 32 and has Puppy Linux on it.

Most other Linux distros file systems are ext 3,4, and 5 if that makes
any difference.

Appreciate your feedback.

Andy

On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:27:36 AM UTC-5, Tim Meddick wrote:
You can do that in Windows, using the [free to use] utility: WinImage.exe



Choose the source/target drive to use, from the "Disk" menu, then use the

read (and Save As)/write commands to create a virtual disk image-file which

can then be used over and over to write absolute copies to

[identically-sized]

pen-drives as you like....



Winimage for WinXP can be downloaded by clicking the link below:

http://www.winimage.com/download/winima85.exe





Winimage for Win9x can be downloaded by clicking the link below:

http://www.winimage.com/download/winima60.exe



==



Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)









"Andy" wrote in message

...

I think the answer to this would apply irregardless of what o.s. is on the

pendrive, but I may be wrong or am wrong.



Is it possible to do a sector by sector copy of one pen drive to another

of equal or greater capacity ?



It is FAT 32 and has Puppy Linux on it.



Most other Linux distros file systems are ext 3,4, and 5 if that makes

any difference.



Appreciate your feedback.



Andy

Vielen Dank.

I found a Windows .exe for puppy installation.

I am "cooking with gas right now.

Take care,
Andy