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Bootqt – create bootable USB drives from disk images

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Bootqt creates bootable USB drives from ISO, IMG and RAW files, with Linux image downloads, Ventoy integration and a simple Qt interface.

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Caligula – terminal disk image writer

May 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

Caligula writes disk images to removable drives in a terminal interface, with compressed input, checksum checks and write verification.

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Raspberry Pi Imager – prepare bootable media

March 31, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Utilities

Raspberry Pi Imager prepares SD cards and USB drives, downloads operating systems and configures Wi-Fi, SSH and accounts before boot.

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MajUSB Bootable Creator – prepare bootable USB drives

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms GUI

MajUSB Bootable Creator prepares Linux and Windows USB installers, with file verification, GPT layouts and a GTK interface.

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JustDD – graphical USB image writer

May 16, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

JustDD creates bootable USB media from Linux and Windows ISO files, with removable-drive filtering, progress logs and cancellation.

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rdd – forensic data copying utility

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

rdd copies forensic evidence from disks and devices with hash calculations, read-error handling and network transfer capabilities.

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guymager – forensic disk imaging tool

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Security

guymager acquires forensic disk images using parallel processing, hash verification, EWF and AFF formats, and cloning features.

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Etcher – flash OS images to USB drives and SD cards

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Etcher flashes operating system images to USB drives and SD cards, with target-drive safeguards, compressed image support and verification.

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UNetbootin – create bootable Live USB drives

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

UNetbootin creates bootable Linux USB drives from downloaded distributions or local ISO files, with optional persistent storage.

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GNOME MultiWriter – write images to multiple USB drives

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

GNOME MultiWriter writes one ISO image to multiple USB drives simultaneously, tracks each device and offers verification after writing.

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dcfldd – enhanced dd for forensic imaging

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dcfldd enhances dd for forensic imaging with on-the-fly hashing, progress monitoring, split outputs, verification and disk wiping.

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Flash OS

Imagewriter – write disk images to USB drives

September 25, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Imagewriter writes raw disk images and hybrid ISO files to USB drives, with removable-device selection and a dedicated kiosk mode.

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Essential System Tools: Clonezilla – partition and disk cloning software

December 31, 2018 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, System Software

Clonezilla is a free and open source ncurses partition and disk imaging/cloning program. The software offers system deployment, bare metal backup and recovery.

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