Two questions concerning zipped images
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 10:06 pm
Hi there,
thank you for this handy tool I'm currently testing in order to read/write images from a Raspberry Pi. So far it looks very good and I'm probably going to replace all the other imaging tools I've used so far with your tool.
Two questions (or better: One question and a suggestion):
1. In order to reduce the image size I usually zip my images. If I do this with 7-zip, everything works fine, these images could be restored later without problems. However, if I do this with the builtin zipper from Windows 8.1 (Pro, 64 bit), the zip file cannot be read anymore by USB Image tool. Instead, an error message appears: "Could not access the image file (Code: 0)!"Is this a Windows problem or does USB Image tool expect a certain type of zip files Windows isn't able to create?
2. The restore function of USB Image Tool shows only files with the extension .imz when I select the file type "Compressed (zip) image files". Here it would be very useful if also files with the extension .zip were shown here as e.g. the Raspberry OS images come with this extension. Zipped files with the extension .zip work nevertheless if I choose "All files", but then I see all the other files in the directory.
whitecat
thank you for this handy tool I'm currently testing in order to read/write images from a Raspberry Pi. So far it looks very good and I'm probably going to replace all the other imaging tools I've used so far with your tool.
Two questions (or better: One question and a suggestion):
1. In order to reduce the image size I usually zip my images. If I do this with 7-zip, everything works fine, these images could be restored later without problems. However, if I do this with the builtin zipper from Windows 8.1 (Pro, 64 bit), the zip file cannot be read anymore by USB Image tool. Instead, an error message appears: "Could not access the image file (Code: 0)!"Is this a Windows problem or does USB Image tool expect a certain type of zip files Windows isn't able to create?
2. The restore function of USB Image Tool shows only files with the extension .imz when I select the file type "Compressed (zip) image files". Here it would be very useful if also files with the extension .zip were shown here as e.g. the Raspberry OS images come with this extension. Zipped files with the extension .zip work nevertheless if I choose "All files", but then I see all the other files in the directory.
whitecat