Clone USB thumb drive - how ?

[PoBoy]

There are many programs to clone a partition/hdd. How do I clone a USB thumb drive ? For backup-restore purposes. I know I can just copy all the files to another directory, but would prefer one 'ghost' file.

Just made a boot USB drive with a lot of useful stuff using grub4dos. Don't want to go thru the hassle again ( if I mess up/lose the USB drive ).

 

[redx]

i think ghost might doit ...

Norton ghost

 

[spynic]

which os??

if under linux.. try the dd command

dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/dev/sdb2

if-inputfile

of-outputfile

sdb1 - 1st usb drive

sdb2 - 2nd usb drive.

 

[PoBoy]

I normally use windows, but could use linux if reqd.

btw : I may have used the word clone wrongly. What I really want is a single file backup of my USB thumb drive on my hdd so that I can restore it to the USB thumb drive if reqd.

I don't have any non-freeware cloning apps on windows.

 

[*Raj*]

Acronis True Image would serve the purpose

 

[Eazy]

Acronis True Image would serve the purpose

^^^ I use Acronis True Image to make a Image file of my bootable pen drive on which I keep the MoBo BIOS updates, I have successfully restored this Image back to a pen drive a few times already.

 

[PoBoy]

Problem solved. Thanks everyone.