How to Clone USB Drives Sector by Sector

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The USB Drive Clone is a free software that creates a precise sector-by-sector copy of a USB drive, including but not limited to MBR (Master Boot Record), boot records, OS boot loaders, partition tables, active partition flags, and all partitions as well as space in between. Even hidden partitions can be duplicated. USB Drive Clone software recognizes more than 293 partition types, even if an unknown partition type could be duplicated without extra effort. The software does not rely on the file system or the operating system on the USB drive; it could be Windows, Linux, Unix, MacOS, or any other OS with a good number of partitions. Bad sectors can be detected by the software, and the software always tries 3 times to read the data out of the bad sectors. In case you would like to make an accurate copy of a to-be-damaged USB drive and attempt data recovery as much as possible, just give it a go! The software becomes handy for those who desire for an exact copy of a USB drive.

The software performs synchronous duplication other than asynchronous duplication meaning that no image file of the source USB drive is created in the course of the data duplication. You are allowed to adjust the clone speed, and more than 16 levels are available. The top one makes data duplication blazing fast, however it uses more system memory in the course. Serial number is never cloned by the software, as it is a unique hardware identification embedded in the firmware of the USB drive. An interesting feature of the software is safe removal, which allows to eject either one USB drive or both USB drives after the data duplication process completes so that you can unplug the USB drive(s) from your host computer.

USB Drive Clone software does not collect file system information from your USB drive, as it is a low-level access and raw disk access software. All the known file systems including NTFS, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, UDF, ReFS, EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, XFS, btrfs, Files-11, VMFS, ZFS, ReiserFS, ScoutFS, APFS, HPFS, HFS, HFS+, UFS, OS/2, JFFS2, UBIFS, YAFFS, SquashFS, QFS, VxFS, PC-BSD, Flat, Plan 9, OpenVMS, MVS, CMS, and AS/400 file systems, are supported. Bootable USB drives are USB drives with boot records and OS boot loaders, and they can be cloned by the software without loss of the bootable characteristic and capability.

USB Drive Clone software supports more than 20 USB drive controller brands, such as Intel, Samsung, Micron, Phison, SMI, Marvell, Toshiba, Silicon Motion, PMC, Sierra, OCZ, JMicron, Maxiotek, Goke, Greenliant, Fusion-io, Realtek, SanDisk, Western Digital, Hyperstone, Novachips, VIA, and FADU.

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