Win32 Disk Imager Alternatives

Win32 Disk Imager is described as 'A utility that can write a raw backup image of your hard drive to a removable device or vice versa' and is a popular bootable usb creator in the backup & sync category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Win32 Disk Imager for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best Win32 Disk Imager alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Win32 Disk Imager are Ventoy, balenaEtcher, UNetbootin and Clonezilla.

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Win32 Disk Imager alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators, but if you're looking for Disk Imaging Tools or Disk Cloning Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux, Android, Mac + Open Source, Mac + Disk Imaging, Open Source and Windows. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Win32 Disk Imager.
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  1. Provides full, incremental, and differential backups for files, partitions, and system. Offers disaster recovery, automatic scheduling, fast disk or partition cloning, encrypted storage, backup verification, selective file restore, and management tools.

    61 EaseUS ToDo BackUp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  2. A tool to create a bootable live USB drive with an edition of Fedora. Not only can Fedora Media Writer write an image to your flash drive, it can also download it for you. It offers official editions (Server, Workstation), Fedora spins (KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce Desktop, Cinnamon...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  3. WinToUSB icon
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    WinToUSB is a free software that allows you to install and run Windows operating system on a USB hard drive or USB flash drive, using an ISO image or CD/DVD drive as the source of installation. WinToUSB also support creating bootable WinPE USB drive, it can help you to transfer...

    52 WinToUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  4. Popsicle icon
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    Write an ISO or other image to multiple USB devices all at once. Easily preparing a bunch of flash drives of your favorite OS with just a couple of clicks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. DriveImage XML icon
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    DriveImage XML is a reliable program for easy imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. Image creation uses Microsofts Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from drives currently in use.

    51 DriveImage XML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. USB Image Tool icon
     25 likes

    USB Image Tool can create images of USB flash drives and MP3 players, that are mounted as USB drives. It allows you switch between images with different music styles on your MP3 Player or to make an exact backup image of your USB Stick.

    20 USB Image Tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  7. ShadowProtect icon
     16 likes

    Fast and reliable disk-based backup that captures full, differential and incremental point-in-time backup images of your entire system. This includes the operating system, applications, configuration settings and data.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. ImageUSB icon
     12 likes

    ImageUSB is a free tool for writing an image to multiple USB Flash Drives (or reading image from an UFD).

    ImageUSB is designed for use with OSForensics.

    9 ImageUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  9. mkusb icon
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    (Straight up rufus for Linux users ) The mkusb tool was developed to make it simpler and safer to create boot drives with the method to flash or clone an iso image or a compressed image file. It is using dd under the hood.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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