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USB Image Tool
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USB Image Tool
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Free to download · donation supported via PayPal
Read 7 Oct 2026 · alexpage.de
On the record
- Administrative rights
- USB Image Tool always requires administrator rights, according to its FAQ.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Device mode
- Device mode copies the whole USB device, including its boot sector, and is recommended for bootable devices or drives with multiple partitions.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Device support
- It works with devices that implement the USB Mass Storage protocol, including flash drives, card readers, SD cards, cameras, phones, and music players.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Image formats
- It supports raw images and compressed images in gzip and ZIP formats.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Integrity checks
- Version 1.90 added an integrity check to detect devices reporting fake size information.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Intended use and maker
- Alexander Beug describes USB Image Tool as his hobby project and says his programming blog focuses mainly on it.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Limit: encryption
- The FAQ says image encryption is not planned and suggests encrypting the image or drive with software such as VeraCrypt.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Limit: partition resizing
- The FAQ says the tool does not grow or shrink partitions and recommends specialized tools for that task.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Other features
- Features include GPT partition table adjustment, USB device information, favorite image management, and a command line utility.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- USB Image Tool creates exact byte copies of USB storage devices and restores images to devices.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- Version 1.85 updated zlib to version 1.2.12 for a security fix.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker provides a USB Image Tool support forum.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- System requirements
- The current download requires .NET Framework 4.7 and Windows 7 or higher; the command line utility does not require .NET Framework or usbit32.dll.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
- Verification
- The changelog says version 1.75 added verification to the GUI and command line tool support was added in version 1.65.alexpage.de · read 7 Oct 2026
