Portable HDD Raw Copy Tool 2.5
HDD Raw Copy Portable makes an exact duplicate of a SATA, IDE, SAS, SCSI or SSD hard disk drive. Will also work with any USB and FIREWIRE external drive enclosures as well as SD, MMC, MemoryStick and CompactFlash media.
The tool creates a sector-by-sector copy of all areas of the hard drive (MBR, boot records, all partitions as well as space in between). HDD Raw Copy does not care about the operating system on the drive – it could be Windows, Linux, Mac, or any other OS with any number of partitions (including hidden ones). Bad sectors are skipped by the tool.
If your media has a supported interface then it can be copied with HDD Raw Copy!
In addition, HDD Raw Copy Portable can create an exact raw (dd) or compressed image of the entire media (including service data such as MBR, Boot records, etc). Again, all filesystems (even hidden) are supported.
What v2 adds
- Modern Windows 10/11 release with a simpler workflow
- Resumable
.imgcv2images with embedded log, metadata, job tag, and notes - Optional hashing: MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512
- Pause / resume and stop-for-resume-later for supported workflows
- Read Only mode for source validation without writing an output image
- Legacy v1 downloads remain available below for users who prefer the older release
Good to know
- For physical-drive work, run the tool as Administrator
- For the safest physical-drive imaging, exclusive source access is preferred
- File-only workflows, metadata viewing, and automation can be used without elevation
Examples of possible uses
- Data recovery: make a copy of a damaged drive and work from the copy
- Data recovery: image a damaged hard drive while skipping bad sectors
- Migration: completely migrate from one drive to another
- Backup: create an exact image of a disk or USB flash drive for later restoration
- Corporate imaging: store device images and restore them later
- Digital forensics: acquire raw sector images with detailed logs and optional hashes
- Software QA and lab workflows: restore prepared test systems from saved images
- Duplicate, clone, or save a full image of almost any supported media