I have a bootable micro SD card (Batocera retro gaming build) that can be booted directly from. I would like to make a copy of that will boot in the same way, so it needs to be an exact 1:1 copy. The thing is as it doesn't use a conventional Windows file system, it isn't 'seen' by Windows and therefore simple things like copying the files over in the file explorer aren't an option (plus these would miss hidden files).
So I was wondering if anyone knows of a good (free + ideally easy to use) utility that can simply make an direct 1:1 copy of a bootable micro SD or USB, or else let me create a perfect image that I can use to recreate the bootable micro SD?
Many thanks for any suggestions.
So I was wondering if anyone knows of a good (free + ideally easy to use) utility that can simply make an direct 1:1 copy of a bootable micro SD or USB, or else let me create a perfect image that I can use to recreate the bootable micro SD?
Many thanks for any suggestions.
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sorted byCan Clone in/out any USB attached storage (CF/SD/HDD)
Totally free. I use it all the time
You could also try Rufus...
Simply click on "clone drive" choose the source, select the target, click flash and you are done! (edited)
I initially went with balenaEtcher, which does seem to do exactly what I wanted but with one caveat, it doesn't allow you to create an image on the HDD (unless I missed an option) instead requiring source and target be connected at the same time. This may not seem a problem, but in my case I am looking to copy from one micro SD to another, but only have one micro SD reader in the system doh!