gHacks technology news » backup usb http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Backup And Restore USB Flash Drives With USB Image Tool http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/27/backup-and-restore-usb-flash-drives-with-usb-image-tool/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/27/backup-and-restore-usb-flash-drives-with-usb-image-tool/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:54:55 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=15785 microsoft windowsUSB Image Tool has been designed to create and restore backups of connected USB flash drives. These flash drives can be USB sticks, mp3 player, digital cameras, cell phones and basically anything that uses flash storage to store data.

Quite a few usage scenarios are possible because of this. The USB Image Tool can be used to perform backups of data whenever a USB flash drive is connected to the computer system. This can be interesting to backup cell phone data, music, photos and basically anything else that is of importance to the user.

Another option is the creation of multiple images for the same device and to replace these images whenever the need arises. This could be an interesting option to fill mp3 players with different kinds of music or cell phones with applications or games based on travel or business plans.

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The portable software program will automatically recognize connected USB flash drives. The drives are displayed in the left sidebar while general information about the selected drive are listed on the right side. Information include the drive’s name, path, storage size and file system.

It is possible to backup or restore data with the click on one of the available buttons at the bottom of the screen. Several options are available that include adding favorite USB images to the interface or creating MD5 checksums during backups.

The USB Image Tool is compatible with most versions of the Microsoft operating system including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. It can be downloaded from the developer’s website.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/27/backup-and-restore-usb-flash-drives-with-usb-image-tool/feed/ 7 Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/05/microsoft-usb-flash-drive-manager/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/05/microsoft-usb-flash-drive-manager/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:51:20 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/05/microsoft-usb-flash-drive-manager/ Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager is a free software for Windows XP created by Microsoft to make it easier to backup and restore files on USB devices that get connected to the computer. It was primarily designed as a backup and restoration utility but offers several other features that make it worthwhile.

It is possible to label USB devices, set them to autorun and copy files to and from. Backing up files is a standard operation that should be done by everyone who owns important files. To backup or restore the USB device you simply click on the Backup / Restore tab and select the USB device from the list.

After that you can choose to backup files or restore them. If you choose to restore them you can select that the USB device should be cleared of all data before the backup gets restored.

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