PassMark imageUSB V1.

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http://www.passmark.com
Overview
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ImageUSB is a free utility which lets you write an image concurrently to
multiple USB Flash Drives. Capable of creating exact bit-level copies of
USB Flash Drive (UFDs), ImageUSB is an extremely effective tool for the mass
duplication of UFDs. Unlike other USB duplication tools, ImageUSB can
preserve all unused and slack space during the cloning process, including
the Master Boot Record (MBR). ImageUSB can perform flawless mass duplications
of all UFD images, including bootable UFDs.
Note: imageUSB is currently only able to handle images (.bin) files that were
created by imageUSB.
Running this software to write an image file will destroy any data on any
removable drive volume specified.
To install imageUSB
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Copy the imageUSB directory to the Program Files directory.
To uninstall imageUSB
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Delete the directory to the Program Files directory.
Requirements
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- Operating System: XP, Vista, Windows 7
- RAM: 256 Meg
- Disk space: 2MB free hard disk space, plus any additional space required to st
ore image file.
Usage
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1) Before starting: Backup the USB Flash Drive contents to a hard disk drive.
This process will overwrite the USB drive selected, so remove any other
removable drives on the system to reduce the likelihood of mistakes.
2) This program requires Adminstration Privileges..
3) Follow the instructions on screen or in the Help documentation provided.
Be very careful to select the correct drive letter!!!
Version History
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Here is a summary of all changes that have been made in each version of
imageUSB.
Release 1.1.1014
WIN32 release 16 Dec 2013
-Option to Zero the Master Boot Record. This will allow Windows to see the full
size of the drive after reinserting. Windows should
automatically prompt to format unrecognized drive.
-New warning message if you try to write an image located on any of the drives s
elected as destination drives.

Release 1.1.1013
WIN32 release 16 Oct 2013
-Verify Bug Fix
-In DebugMode, when verifying option is checked and when image is a valid imageU
SB .bin file, the checksum will be calculated on
the actual image as well. Drive checksum comparison will still be against check
sum stored in header.
Release 1.1.1012
WIN32 release 16 Oct 2013
- Write verification is now supported for images not created with imageUSB. A ch
ecksum will be calculated for the image and then compared to the image written o
n the UFD.
- Enabled UFD list while imageUSB is writing/creating images. Should allow you t
o scroll the list to see progress of all UFD when more than 4 drives are used.
- Source code clean up
Release 1.1.1011
WIN32 release 18 March 2013
- Added ability to select '.img' files.
Release 1.1.1010
WIN32 release 22 October 2012
-Fixed a program crash when reading fake USB drives. It seems that some USB flas
h drives are tricking the Windows API to incorrectly recognizing the end of the
drive.
Release 1.1.1009
WIN32 release 9 July 2012
-Allows writing images larger than destination drives. End of the image will be
truncated and not be written to the drive.
Release 1.1.1008
WIN32 release 19 January 2012
-Added a delay on retry for failed write attempts. Will wait 1 sec before retry.
-Address an issue where writing image would sometimes fail with Error 5: Access
is Denied.
Release 1.1.1007
WIN32 release 16 November 2011
-Fixed some erroneous debug logging messages.
-Tweaked verification settings, should report which offset verification failed a
t.
-For Writing to flash drive, upon write failure, imageUSB will retry up to 3 tim
es to rewrite to the failed location.
Release 1.1.1006
WIN32 release 6 October 2011
-Improved debug logging.
Release 1.1.1005
WIN32 release 6 July 2011
- Added the ability to write .ISO to USB drives. The drive must be bigger than t
he iso and the drive size will
be truncated to the size of the iso. To recover lost storage, use Window's Dis
k Management tool.
Release 1.1.1004
WIN32 release 25 January 2011

- Fixed an issue that would occur if more than one drives are being processed at
once (happened sporadically).
- Added "-d" command line option that will log additional debug info
- Fixed typos
Release 1.1.1003
WIN32 release 22 December 2010
- Notification/prompt when imaging finishes.
- Option for post image verification for both creating from and writing from usb
drives.
Previously, writing to drives always was verified. Verification may double the
imaging
time.
- Each image created with imageUSB will have an accompanying log file written wi
th checksum
values calculated during the creation process.
- MD5 & SHA1 checksum calculation implemented
- Now with more warning prompts! To prevent accidently destroying data.
- Simultaneous image creation is now supported. See the help documentation for n
aming
convention used.
- Running imageUSB with -l command line will save a log (The same one as seen at
the bottom of the GUI).
Release 1.1.1002
WIN32 release 15 December 2010
- Fixed issue with overall progress bar not updating for subsequent writes after
aborting.
- Cosmetic / UI changes/fixes
- Signed Executable
Release 1.1.1001
WIN32 release 8 December 2010
- Concurrent image writing to UFD.
- Asthetics Changes.
Release 1.1.1000
WIN32 release 1 December 2010
- GUI version.
Release 1.0.1001
WIN32 release 23 July 2010
- The USB Flash Drive data is now verified.
Release 1.0.1000
WIN32 release 17 June 2010
- First version.
Support
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For technical support, questions, suggestions, please check the help file for
our email address or visit our web page at http://www.passmark.com
Enjoy..
The PassMark Development team