GUIDES
Step-by-step help for everyday jobs with USB sticks and SD cards. Clear instructions, from choosing a drive to checking the result.
DiskSnap
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Make a bootable Ubuntu USB
Turn the official Ubuntu download into a USB stick you can start a PC from, and try Linux without installing anything.
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Back up a USB stick or SD card
Save a whole drive, every partition and the boot setup, into one .dsnap file on your PC. The drive itself is only read.
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Restore a DiskSnap backup
Put a backup back onto a USB stick or SD card. The backup is checked in full before anything is erased.
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Clone a USB stick or SD card
Copy one drive straight onto another, partitions and all. The source is only read; the target is erased.
Read guide Make a Raspberry Pi OS SD card
Write a Pi image to an identified card, verify it and check it boots.
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Find instructions for each DiskSnap tool here, with the full reference in Documentation.
USB drives & booting
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Boot a PC from USB
Use your PC’s boot menu, or Windows 11’s “Use a device”, to start from a USB stick just this once.
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Secure Boot: why won’t my USB boot?
What Secure Boot does, why it can refuse a USB stick, and what to check before changing any settings.
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Imaging vs cloning vs copying files
Three ways to copy a drive, what each one actually copies, and which one you need.
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How does DiskSnap work?
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