How to Clone USB Drives Sector by Sector

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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USB 3.1 Design, Features And Specifications

There are two major types of USB connectors, type A connector and type B connector. Type A is the most used connector which we see in our computers and laptops by default. It comes in rectangular shape. Type B connector is a square connector.

Type A and Type B connectors are further divided into standard, mini and micro connectors.

With the passage of time, the need for a new connector type has arisen which will be able to meet requirements for smaller devices. The problem with USB ports and connectors is that they can only be plugged in one direction. If a user plugs in opposite, the connector will get damaged. The new specification of USB connector is called Type C connector which is still being designed. It will get rid of this limitation of one directional plugging in of USB devices. Type C connectors will be bidirectional meaning that the user will be able to plugin in the USB cable without it being straight or upside down.

Features of USB 3.1

According to the new announcement by USB.org, the USB 3.1 connectors will include the following features:

1. An entirely new design which will feature bidirectional plugging in of USB devices so that the user doesn’t need to take care of which way the USB cable is being plugged in.

2. USB 3.1 is smaller than the current standards being used for USB. This will enable slimmer and sleeker product designs of USB enabled devices.

3. Type C connector and cable will support scalable power charging.

4. Scalability – the connector design will scale for future USB bus performance.

You can get more information on this USB 3.1 design from the PDF files here and here.