dd Alternatives

dd is described as 'That stands for ‘data duplicator’, is a command-line utility for Unix mainly used for copying and converting data' and is a popular bootable usb creator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to dd for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best dd alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like dd are balenaEtcher, Clonezilla, UNetbootin and KDE Partition Manager.

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    A tool to create a bootable live USB drive with an edition of Fedora. Not only can Fedora Media Writer write an image to your flash drive, it can also download it for you. It offers official editions (Server, Workstation), Fedora spins (KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce Desktop, Cinnamon...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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    Partimage is open source disk backup software. It saves partitions having a supported filesystem on a sector basis to an image file. Although it runs under Linux, Windows and most Linux filesystems are supported.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    R-Drive Image is a potent utility providing disk image files creation for backup or duplication purposes. A disk image file contains the exact, byte-by-byte copy of a hard drive, partition or logical disk and can be created with various compression levels on the fly without...

    40 R-Drive Image alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    The easiest way to create legacy macOS bootable drives on modern Macs. Revive old Intel Macs using your Apple Silicon machine — no terminal knowledge required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    (Straight up rufus for Linux users ) The mkusb tool was developed to make it simpler and safer to create boot drives with the method to flash or clone an iso image or a compressed image file. It is using dd under the hood.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Write an ISO or other image to multiple USB devices all at once. Easily preparing a bunch of flash drives of your favorite OS with just a couple of clicks.

    51 Popsicle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    Piw is a software to create bootable media i.e USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin or Rufus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Pardus
     
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    Relax-and-Recover - Linux bare metal disaster recovery and system migration solution (cfr. mksysb, ignite)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. mintstick icon
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    Linux Mint's USB Image Writer (mintstick) is an easy to use and dependable means of creating bootable USBs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
     
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    Flash disk images onto your drives with ease. Select an image, insert your drive, and you're good to go!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
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