I have found the bug, that caused the troubles with version 1.67 and Windows XP. Version 1.70 now requires .NET 4.0 again, but also supports Windows XP. I also fixed the option for scrolled output in the command line tool.
I have found the bug, that caused the troubles with version 1.67 and Windows XP. Version 1.70 now requires .NET 4.0 again, but also supports Windows XP. I also fixed the option for scrolled output in the command line tool.
Thank you!
hallo ich bin neu und kann leider nur deutsch.
@gerhard: Ok, aber wo ist das Problem? Die Seite und die Software sind auf Englisch, aber so kompliziert ist das Programm jetzt auch nicht zu bedienen.
Hallo Alex,
schönes Tool – nur – ich bekomme nicht alle Devices angezeigt? Was mache ich falsch? z. B.: USB-Drucker wird nicht angezeigt? Über eine kurze Hilfe würde ich mich freuen – danke und Grüße
@Erich: Images können nur von USB-Massenspeichern (Sticks, Speicherkarten, Festplatten) erstellt werden. Drucker gehören dieser Geräteklasse im Normalfall nicht an.
Hallo Alex,
I’m a xp user, and telling the truth I never had the need of installing .net 4, so far. Everything always worked fast and smootly.
My question is: do I miss something if I continue to use your 1.69 version ? Apart the fix about ‘scrolled output in the command line tool’, I mean?
Thanks in advance and for your great piece of sw.
Antonio
@antonio: I will keep version 1.69 online, but you can install .NET 4.0 on Windows XP as well. Currently Windows XP is still supported, but that might change with future versions. 1.70 itself is not a major update.
Thank you.. for your software tool
i love this tool
Danke!
I’ve used USB image tool for some years.
Thank you very much for your effects on it.
ok
nice tool
thank u!!
how do you download it?
@lol: On the right side, in the menu, just click the download link…
Thank for supporting
Hallo Alex,
Dein Programm ist ja Super zum speichern des Image. Leider funktioniert bei mir das Restore nicht.
Nach ca 5-10 % kommt immer die Meldung “Gerät nicht bereit, Code 21”.
BS ist W7 32Bit
Grüße Gerd
@Gerd: Passiert dies mit nur bei einem Usb-Stick? Ich vermute eher, dass es sich um einen Hardware-Fehler handelt.
Hi Alex I am trying to restore an openelec install.img file but it kept saying
could not convert internal zip file name to MBCS (Code 5) Access is denied. What Am I doing wrong?
@Randy: Code 5 usually appears, when device vor file can’t be locked exclusivly, but the error message itself indicates something else. If it is a compressed image, please try to extract it manually and then restore the raw image. If this doesn’t work, I habe to take a look at the source code. I’m currently in Christmas vacation.
Alex,
Feature Request:
handle compressed images, .img.gz and .img.xz.
@Ace: .img.gz is already supported, .xz possibly in the future.
Thanks, I didnt know that img.gz was supported, thats awesome!
I will wait for img.xz, this is very common as well.
Thanks 😀
Das Tool ist superb!
Es erkennt leider keine Kingston Workspace (Win 8 toGo) USB-Sticks, wahrscheinlich weil da ein SSD-Controller drinsteckt, oder?
Oh sorry, do you like to have comments in english language?
Tool is superb
But: It does not recognize Kingston Workspace USB Sticks (Win 8 To Go), i assume this is because it contains a SSD controller and appears as a USB harddrive? (Acronis True Image can not Backup the stick too!)
@Roger: Please activate the HDD option on the options tab.
Hallo Alex,
I used your software, I find it great but I can not do “restore”.
I made “Backup” from a Pendrive with about 4 gigabytes of data. Every time message back is” The image file is too large for the selected USB devide!”
Where I’m wrong?
Thanks
Nick
@Nick: Is it the same device. 4Gb on one device aren’t exact the same size as 4 Gb on another.
Thank you, it works! With HDD Option activated Kongston Workspace USB Sticks can be imaged!
Very Helpful tool Thanks…!!!
Hi Alex, answering to you message of january 11th, 2015 at 8.10 pm. Yes it I used the same device. The image backup I had from this device with your software in 14,9 Gb.
Restoring this image I have always the same message I just wrote you: “The image file is too large for the selected USB devide!”
Give me a help please. Thanks
Nick
@Nick: What are the exact file size and image size in bytes? Habe you activated device mode for restore?
Hi Alex,
sorry I made a mistake changing pendrive. Now everything is OK
Thanks
Hello
I report a trouble : I had made a backup from a 32 Go sd card.
When I restore this backup on a 64 Go sd card, it is ok but te size of the SD card become 32 Go ???
I resize the sd card whit EasUS Partition Manager to 64 Go and format on FAT 32 whit guiformat software.
I restore again and the size become always 32 Go.
An idea ?
Lot of thanks
@Jmarc: Please read the FAQ.
Hi Alex
#Q: I restored a smaller image file to a larger flash drive. Now it shows the smaller size. What can I do?
A: You have to extend the restored partition. You can do this with various partition tools. A freeware program is the Home Edition of Partition Wizard #
Is it the good way to do ?
lot of Tanks
@Jmarc: Yes.
Thank you very much useful software 🙂
Hi Alex,
ich finde leider auf die Schnelle auf Deiner Seite keine andere Kontaktmöglichkeit.
Wir planen für den Franzis Verlag ein weiteres Raspberry Pi Maker Kit (Aktuelle Version siehe: http://www.softwarehandbuch.de/2014/11/franzis-raspberry-pi-maker-kit/). Erstmals wird eine DVD mit Software beiliegen. Hier würde ich gerne das USB Image Tool mit drauf packen, um die Raspbian-Images zu übertragen. Bisher war immer nur ein Downloadlink auf alexpage.de im Handbuch abgedruckt.
Ich gehe davon aus, nach dem Lizenztext ist das möglich, aber ich finde es freundlicher, vorher dem Entwickler Bescheid zu geben.
Viele Grüße
Christian
@Christian: Eine Beigabe auf einer Buch-DVD ist von der Lizenz abgedeckt. Danke trotzdem für die Info.
Is there a way, using USB Image Tool, to duplicate an USB bootable key (that is: with a MBR) and some files into another USB key that has a smaller dimension ? NOTE: of course, the REAL data dimension of the first USB key is lower than the size of the second USB key (that has a smaller total dimension).
As example: copy a USB bootable key (64 Gb) that has a total occuped space of 11 Gb into another USB key whose total capacity is 16 Gbytes ? Thanks a lot for your reply !! 😉
@Ugo: Best way would be to reduce the partition before creating the master image and then expand it later to the flash drives real size. Please see the FAQ for futher info: http://www.alexpage.de/usb-image-tool/faq/
Is there any way to make an image self extracting? WinImage has this feature, but is limited to the size that will work. The image has to load in memory, some of my images are up to needing 16 gb flash drives, they simply don’t load into memory. Your tool is better that WinImage, and I have completely changed over.
@Dan: There is no built-in SFX feature, but I have built custom versions of USB Image Tool, that only allow restore and used 7-zip SFX Maker to build a sfx.
I can’t figure out where and how to download USB Image Tool 1.70 (or any other version for that matter). Please help me. Thank you.
@Bob: On the right side, Pages, USB-Image Tool, sub-menu Download
I have got trouble with a 2 Gb compact flash card – it seems that the file system is corrupt. The backup to a 16 GB USB stick with your tool worked very fine, but I can’t do a restore of the *img-file. I allways get the message >> Could not convert internal zip file name to MBCS (Code:5)! Zugriff verweigert” <<
What's going wrong?
@Frank: The error message is not correct in this case. Code 5 indicates, that the file can’t be opened, because it’s locked. Try copying the image file and retry with the duplicate.
It was a user mistake ….
Thanks for your feedback.
Excellent tool !! Simple and powerful !
Is there any planned support for bzip2 compression format?
@Sten: Currently not. Need to check, how much effort it is to implement and if it’s covered by the license.
This tool is perfect to clone USBs with any images in it, it copies all partitions exactly as they are!
Alex
It is fun because I am on XP and I got .NET Framework 4 on February the 4th with Kaspersky Antivirus 2014 free trial and so I downloaded USB Image Tool 1.7 on February the 17th lol, never had the need of -4 ou -3 -3.5 versions
So you saved my life because your application allowed me to burn GPartedLive iso as bootable USB Drive (Debian) and to run it with no shutdown, otherwise with Zip file and makeboot.bat it either not booted or not ran. Was it expected to be used like that or is it extraordinary ?
I make further tests with other bootable environments
Thanks !
(Jeromex) – Philippe (France)
In fact it brings to that http://i.imgur.com/A6sRbp4.jpg ???? but it works :))
I just downloaded the latest version, but on unzip the USB.exe requires admin rights. I tried fiddling w/ windows permission but now luck.
@Gary: Yes, USB Image Tool requires admin rights, because accessing the device low-level requires this permissions.
Thank You
thanks
Thank you!
Thanks
Thanks, I didnt know that img.gz was supported, thats awesome!
I will wait for img.xz, this is very common as well.
thank you
Thanks Alex,
this fine utility keeps my miniSD for the Raspbeery Pi save.
Hallo Alex,
eine frage am Rand, ich bin mit dem USB Tool sehr zufrieden. Nach dem Windows 10 Upgrade können keine CFast Karten mehr im Device Handler mehr ausgewählt werden. Muss etwas bestimmtes einstellen, ausser “show non-removable devices”? Alle anderen Formate wie (micro)SD, CF, USB und Festplatten funktionieren.
Oder wird es noch eine neue Version von deinem Programm geben?
@Johann E: Werden die CFast-Karten trotz Aktivierung der HDD-Option nicht mehr angezeigt? Wie werden die Karten eingelesen (CardReader?). Ist dieser über USB angeschlossen?
Ja selbst wenn die Option (show non-removable devices, USB hard disk drives) eingeschaltet ist kann, nichts ausgewählt werden. Der Reader ist ein CFast reader über USB 3.0 von Delock. An USB 3.0 kann es jedenfalls nicht liegen, weil der Cardreader für die ältere CF Variante funktioniert.
@Johann E: Welche CFast Version funktioniert denn nicht mehr (2.0?)? Ist dies nur unter Windows 10 so, oder machen die neuen Karten auch unter anderen Windows-Versionen Probleme? Ich würde dies eigentlich testen wollen, aber die CFast Karten sind nicht ganz billig. Ich würde dass aus den Paypal-Donations bezahlen, müsste aber wissen, ob dazu auch schon der CardReader für 37 EUR und eine CFast 2.0 Karte für ca. 60-70 EUR ausreicht.
Die Karte die ich benutze ist in der Version Cfast 2.0 von Apacer 8GB, Mit Windows 7 funktionierte es. Es sollte der Cardreader und eine CFast Karte in Version 2.0 ausreichen. Wäre es möglich per Telefon oder Email Kontakt zu haben, würde das ganze einfacher machen? Werde eine Paypal Donation machen.
Eu, eu nome da comunidade brasileira, agradeço pela sua ferramenta.
Muito obrigado!