Win32 Disk Imager is a utility for reading and writing a disk image file to an external storage device. The application is open source and free to use, so you can use the program for as long as you like, without any limitations whatsoever.
You have access to a user-friendly interface where all you need to do is to import your disk image file (IMG format), select the preferred task type and an external device, and the app will take care of the rest. As long as you know how to work with IMG files, you shouldn't have any difficulties using this application.
The program works with various external storage devices (USB sticks, flash drives, etc.), but it crashes if you are using a Ramdisk.
Another thing you need to take into consideration is the fact that the utility might take a while to complete disk image writing tasks.
To sum things up, Win32 Disk Imager proves to be a smart addition to your collection of Windows applications as long as the aforementioned aspect doesn't mean much to you. Otherwise, I'd suggest you to try a different program to read and write disk image files to storage devices.
v1.0 [Mar 8, 2017]
- Verify Image - Now you can verify an image file with a device. This compares the image file to the device, not the device to the image file (i.e. if you write a 2G image file to an 8G device, it will only read 2G of the device for comparison).
- Additional checksums - Added SHA1 and SHA256 checksums.
- Read Only Allocated Partitions - Option to read only to the end of the defined partition(s). Ex: Write a 2G image to a 32G device, reading it to a new file will only read to the end of the defined partition (2G).
- Save last opened folder - The program will now store the last used folder in the Windows registry and default to it on next execution.
- Additional language translations.
- Bug fix: LP: 1285238 - Need to check filename text box for valid filename (not just a directory).
- Bug fix: LP: 1323876 - Installer doesn't create the correct permissions on install.
- Bug fix: LP: 1330125 - Multi-partition SD card only partly copied.
- Bug fix: SF: 7 - Windows 8 x64 USB floppy access denied. Possibly imaging C drive.
- Bug fix: SF: 8 - Browse Dialog doesn't open then crashes application.
- Bug fix: SF: 9 - Cannot Read SD Card.
- Bug fix: SF: 13 - 0.9.5 version refuses to open read-only image.
- Bug fix: SF: 15 - Open a image for write, bring window in the background.
- Bug fix: SF: 27 - Error1: Incorrect function.
- Bug fix: SF: 35 - Mismatch between allocating and deleting memory buffer.
- Bug fix: SF: 39 - Miswrote to SSD.
- Bug fix: SF: 40 - Disk Imager scans whole %USERPROFILE% on start.
- Bug fix: SF: 45 - Translation files adjustment.
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