[Technical tips] Backup/Restore disk image using USB Image Tool under Windows

This article explains how to backup/restore disk image using USB Image Tool under Windows.

What is USB Image Tool?

USB Image Tool can create images of USB flash drives and MP3 players, that are mounted as USB drives. It allows you switch between images with different music styles on your MP3 Player or to make an exact backup image of your USB Stick.

Features:

• Create image files of USB flash drives
• Restore images of USB flash drives
• Compressed image file format
• Show USB device information
• Manage favorite USB images
• Command line utility

We will be using the VDX3-6754 to be the target device in this section.

Operation Video

Backup disk image using USB Image Tool under Windows

The steps to backup disk image using USB Image Tool under Windows:

• Download USB Image Tool from here.
• Run USB Image Tool on a Windows PC.
• USB Image Tool settings:
  1. Click Options
  2. Check the options:
     ☑ Ignore size checks for gzip images
     ☑ Show completion message after operation
     ☑ Show non-removable devices
  3. Click the USB device: USB flash drive, USB SD/CF card reader or hard drive connected to USB adapter
  4. Click Backup
  5. Select compressed image file (zip or gzip)
  6. Click Save
• Saving image.

Restore disk image using USB Image Tool under Windows

The steps to restore disk image using USB Image Tool under Windows:

• Run USB Image Tool on a Windows PC.
• USB Image Tool settings:
  1. Click Options
  2. Check the options:
     ☑ Ignore size checks for gzip images
     ☑ Show completion message after operation
     ☑ Show non-removable devices
  3. Click the USB device: USB flash drive, USB SD/CF card reader or hard drive connected to USB adapter
  4. Click Restore
  5. Select the image file
  6. Click Open
• Restoring image.

Result:

After above steps, you can successfully boot up the Windows on VDX3-6754.