Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.
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Win32 Disk Imager Alternatives for Linux
Win32 Disk Imager is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Ventoy, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Win32 Disk Imager and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Win32 Disk Imager are balenaEtcher, Clonezilla, UNetbootin and Easy2Boot.
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Win32 Disk Imager alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators, but if you're looking for Disk Imaging Tools or System Restore 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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- 55 Ventoy alternatives
55 balenaEtcher alternativesA free, open-source tool for burning images to USB and SD cards. Compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. Features validated burning, avoiding accidental wipes, offers a sleek interface, is lightweight and portable, making it ideal for users at any skill level.
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Comments about balenaEtcher as an Alternative to Win32 Disk Imager
Top Positive CommentTop Negative Commentnot capable of making backups from USB drive. Can only write image to drive, not the oposite
Cannot create image from drive, just write to drive from image.
Most users think balenaEtcher is a great Win32 Disk Imager alternative.
- balenaEtcher is Free and Open Source
71 Clonezilla alternativesDiscover a free, open-source solution for disk imaging and cloning. Clonezilla ensures efficient large-scale deployment by simultaneously cloning over 40 computers. Supports unicasting and multicasting for versatile backup, based on Partclone and more for enhanced speed. Ideal for tech pros.
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Comments about Clonezilla as an Alternative to Win32 Disk Imager
Clonezilla is more akin to Norton Ghost or other partition restoration software. Win32 is more useful for writing images to USB keys, etc.
Can be used for PXE Boot Services
Some users think Clonezilla is a great Win32 Disk Imager alternative, some don't.
- Clonezilla is Free and Open Source
57 UNetbootin alternativesCross-platform tool for making bootable USB and Live USB drives, featuring a built-in downloader for Linux ISO images and rescue disks, supporting BSD and various utilities. No installation required, it runs directly and offers compatibility and community support for many distributions.
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- Free
- Open Source
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50 Easy2Boot alternativesFlexible and configurable USB drive multiboot solution which also supports UEFI booting.
22 Raspberry Pi Imager alternativesUse Raspberry Pi Imager for an easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to an SD card ready to use with your Raspberry Pi.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Raspberry Pi OS
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Flatpak
21 USBImager alternativesUSBImager is a really really simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
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- Raspberry Pi
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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...
51 Impression (GTK) alternativesFlash disk images onto your drives with ease. Select an image, insert your drive, and you're good to go!
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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.
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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.
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Worked great for Raspberry Pi SD Card image.