Looking for a good software to backup / Image Bootable USB Drives

MaloK · 08 Jan 2022

Like the title says....

I tried a couple like Rufus And USBImageTools... Rufus is good But the images are uncompressed... USBIT is like trowing a quarter in the air...

Anyone knows a good tool that saves compressed images ?

steve108 · 08 Jan 2022

Macrium Reflect doesn't scratch this itch for you?

MaloK · 08 Jan 2022

I have 7.3 and no USB drives show up as a backup source... Anything special I need to do ?

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steve108 · 08 Jan 2022

Not that I know of. I just popped my Windows Install USB in and it showed up in the list of disks I can image. I am using v8 though.

Bree · 08 Jan 2022

MaloK said:

I have 7.3 and no USB drives show up as a backup source... Anything special I need to do ?

Yes, get Reflect v8.

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MaloK · 08 Jan 2022

Ok Thanks... Downloading...

Ahhhhhhh it's like that when you run old os...

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Will try to hack MR8 from boot.wim after creating a PE...

Bree · 08 Jan 2022

MaloK said:

Ahhhhhhh it's like that when you run old os...

How old? Win 7? If so, there are SHA-2 signing updates available.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...0-69a4cde8e64f

steve108 · 08 Jan 2022

You both need to take this to Windows 7 Help Forums

MaloK · 08 Jan 2022

Thanks @Bree, I look that up...

I installed MR8 in a W10 VM, copied over the Program directory to W7 Rig and...

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The Puzzeling part is it didn't even ask for my Registration Code

Trying to backup the drive and will report back if restoration succeed...

Thanks again.

Bree · 08 Jan 2022

MaloK said:

I installed MR8 in a W10 VM, copied over the Program directory to W7 Rig and...

The Puzzeling part is it didn't even ask for my Registration Code

You have Reflect Free v8, no registration code needed for the Free version, and your v7 code won't work for v8 anyway, not without purchasing a v7-v8 upgrade. Not that you need anything more than Reflect Free for your purposes, imaging USBs (and SD cards) is not a Premium feature.