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Comment on USB Image Tool 1.54 by Alex

Alex — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:51:47 +0000

@Jeff: I don’t know what exactly your situation is. If you start USB Image Tool and switch to device mode, you should be able to restore the empty bootsector, you can download from alexpage.de. After that, you should be able to reformat the device in the windows explorer or the control panel.

Comment on USB Image Tool 1.54 by Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:02:06 +0000

Alex, the Windows version worked great. My question: my computer no longer recognizes the USB stick…it just doesn’t show up under my computer. It was blank to begin with, so I don’t have any data I need to recover but I would like to use it for other purposes. Is there a way to erase the patchstick and re-use the drive?

Comment on USB Image Tool 1.42 released by Hung Bui

Hung Bui — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:10:20 +0000

@Abdullah.. same question and hey Alex, thanks for that.

Under Windows Vista the device mode requires administrative rights. Right-click the executable and select “Run as administrator”.

Comment on Feedback, FAQ and feature requests by Alex

Alex — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:40:01 +0000

If you have an encrypted flash drive, USB Image Tool can’t do anything about that. How should it, btw? You should contact the vendor of the encryption program.

Comment on Feedback, FAQ and feature requests by shazi0

shazi0 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:01:08 +0000

“I’m locked out of my sandisk 4gb cruzer. by failing 3 password attempts.. is there anyway i can retrieve my data??”
I have a 4gb sandisk cruzer,, which i went after a while to check my data.. n attempted to put what i thought was the right password and the system only gave me 3 tries before my data would be permanently inaccessible… now its only giving the option to format the flashdrive.. i dont want to lose my data.. is there anyway i can retrieve my data plzz help!!!

Comment on USB Image Tool 1.42 released by Alex

Alex — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:49:36 +0000

@Abdullah: FAQ!

Comment on USB Image Tool 1.42 released by Abdullah

Abdullah — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:39:22 +0000

I cannot change the mode to “Device mode”. Why is that?

Comment on USB Image Tool support forum by Alex

Alex — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:29:06 +0000

–> FAQ!

Q: Why is the mode selection not accessible (grayed)?

A: Under Windows Vista the device mode requires administrative rights. Right-click the executable and select “Run as administrator”.

Comment on USB Image Tool support forum by Julio Hernandez

Julio Hernandez — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:17:32 +0000

i need help i dont know why but for some reason i cant switch over to device mode… its stuck in volume mode

Comment on USB Image Tool 1.55 by Walter

Walter — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:09:45 +0000

Bei etwa 30% des Speichervorganges (auf den Stick) sieht man das Gewählte Laufwerk nicht mehr markiert und die Fortschrittsanzeige verschwindet. Klicke ich dann auf das Laufwerk, so erscheint diese Anzeige wieder. Bei etwa 60/70% verschwindet sie wieder…

Ich konnte die Fehler nicht mehr reproduzieren – ich habe aber manchmal sofort nach der Wahl der Image-Datei (für Restore) einen Fehler und muss von Vorne beginnen. (Laufwerk, Restore, Datei). Beim 2. oder 3. Mal funktioniert es dann …

Ich nehme mal an, dass ich das Restore neu starten konnte, da im Hintergrund (ohne Fortschrittsanzeige) der Vorgang beendet wurde und dies ja (derzeit) nicht erkennbar ist.

Wenn ich das nächste Mal über den Fehler (wie oben beschrieben) stolpere, dann sende ich die Fehlermeldung.

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