Bootable USB Replicator

If you wish to share a bootable USB drive with a friend, over the Internet, you may find it difficult to transfer all files. As the name suggests, Bootable USB Replicator is capable of cloning bootable USB drives, by creating virtual images. What it doesn't suggest, but you should know, is that it places several options at your disposal, instead of limiting you to a single type of image.

The software is free for personal and educational use. It is compatible with all modern Windows versions and it doesn't have any special requirements. Furthermore, the software doesn't need to be installed. All you have to do is extract its components from an archive and run its executable.

Cloning a USB drive is a step-by-step process, through which the application will guide you like a wizard. After a short, but consistent description of its functionality, you will find options for creating a new bootable USB drive and for restoring one as well. The application is capable of creating normal image files or self-extracting ones. In both cases, you only need to select a source and a destination and click a button to start the process.

Restoring a USB drive image is a similar operation, but in reverse. Instead of selecting a USB drive as the source and a local folder as the destination, you have to select an image as the source and a USB drive as the destination. It may take some time to complete the cloning or restoring process, but the application won't ask for any kind of user input during this time, so you can focus on other tasks in the meantime.