Flash Drive > ISO (opposite way to normal)

[Squish4058]

So we all know you can burn ISO to discs or USB drives, and such forth install operating systems.

 

I use live windows installs off 64GB usb drives on a monthly basis (basically full windows 10 running off usb) and essentially want to make a multi boot usb.

 

Is there any way of taking a currently loaded flash drive and saving it into an ISO file, so that said ISO file can then be given to others who can use tools such as RUFUS to put the same working bootable system onto another drive of the exact same model?

 

EDIT: side note, does anyone know anything about booting VHD files, I know support was added sometime after windows 7 but am looking into it now

[ProjectBox153]

I really don't think there's an easy way to do that. Windows would (at the very least) give a fuss about being moved in such a rude way. I don't think it would be easy to maintain the bootability of the drives. 

[Squish4058]

44 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

I really don't think there's an easy way to do that. Windows would (at the very least) give a fuss about being moved in such a rude way. I don't think it would be easy to maintain the bootability of the drives. 

You see I thought that, but you can take images of bootable drives just fine. This is entirely possible with an image and I would happily do it with an image but I need it to be smaller than the entire drive the end goal is a single 64GB portable ssd that can multiboot a few linux distros and boot a working live windows 10

[LogicalDrm]

You can make .ISO's from USB same way its done from DVD etc. I don't know if it would be possible to make working ISO/image from working system and expect that to work just like that.

[dcx]

Check this? Imgburn has been good to me in the past.

 

I know Mac OS and Linux have the dd command which I find easier, but I'm also weird and like only using the keyboard 

[TheCherryKing]

On 9/19/2017 at 1:10 PM, kris2340k said:

So we all know you can burn ISO to discs or USB drives, and such forth install operating systems.

 

I use live windows installs off 64GB usb drives on a monthly basis (basically full windows 10 running off usb) and essentially want to make a multi boot usb.

 

Is there any way of taking a currently loaded flash drive and saving it into an ISO file, so that said ISO file can then be given to others who can use tools such as RUFUS to put the same working bootable system onto another drive of the exact same model?

 

EDIT: side note, does anyone know anything about booting VHD files, I know support was added sometime after windows 7 but am looking into it now

Copy and paste all of the items on the USB into a folder on the HDD or SSD. Use imgburn to create an .iso out of the items in that folder. 

[ProjectBox153]

29 minutes ago, TheCherryKing said:

Copy and paste all of the items on the USB into a folder on the HDD or SSD. Use imgburn to create an .iso out of the items in that folder. 

That wouldn't maintain the bootability of Windows, which the OP is using. 

[Squish4058]

Update, I have found a drive enclosure made by a company called IODD that has firmware that does exactly this and more, can mount ISOs while also keeping the drive mounted both over a single usb