HDD Raw Copy Tool 2.5 | Portable

Disks and files
23 March 2026, 17:03

HDD Raw Copy Tool is a utility for low-level, sector-by-sector hard disk duplication and image creation.

HDD Raw Copy Tool makes an exact duplicate of SATA, IDE, SAS, SCSI, SSD, USB, and other supported media.

It can create a sector-by-sector copy of all areas of the drive, including MBR, boot records, all partitions, hidden partitions, and the space between partitions.

HDD Raw Copy Tool does not depend on the operating system or filesystem on the source media.

Windows, Linux, macOS, and other filesystems or partition layouts can be copied as raw media as long as the hardware interface is supported.

If your media has a supported interface then it can be copied with HDD Raw Copy.

The tool can create exact raw (.img) images or newer resumable .imgcv2 images of the entire media, including service data such as MBR and boot records. A raw .img is the same general concept many users refer to as a dd image. All partitions as well as space in between are copied. All filesystems, including hidden ones, are copied as raw sectors.

Bad sectors are skipped by the tool. In v2, logging, resumable imaging, metadata, notes, and optional hashes are expanded for more advanced workflows.

Supported interfaces and media

S-ATA (SATA), IDE (E-IDE), SCSI, SAS, USB, FIREWIRE
USB and FIREWIRE external drive enclosures are supported
SSD and HDD devices from Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba, Samsung, Hitachi, Fujitsu, IBM, Quantum, Kingston, Intel, OCZ, Maxtor, and almost any other supported media
FLASH media through a card reader, including SD/MMC, MemoryStick, CompactFlash, SmartMedia, and XD
Large drives (LBA-48) are supported

Key Features

Who is this for?

Home users: make a full image of a USB flash drive, back up a disk before recovery, or migrate to another drive
Corporate users: capture full raw device images for backup, re-use, lab workflows, or internal archival
Digital forensics users: acquire sector-level images with optional hashes, embedded logs, and job notes in
```
.imgcv2
```

Choose the right mode

Raw
.img
: plain raw image with broad compatibility; this is the same basic idea many users know as a
```
dd
```
image
.imgcv2
: resumable image format with embedded logs, metadata, notes, and optional hashes
Read Only: read and validate the source without writing an output image

What v2 adds

Modern Windows 10/11 release with a simpler workflow
Resumable
```
.imgcv2
```
images with embedded log, metadata, job tag, and notes
Optional hashing: MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512
Pause / resume and stop-for-resume-later for supported workflows
Read Only mode for source validation without writing an output image
Legacy v1 downloads remain available below for users who prefer the older release

Good to know

For physical-drive work, run the tool as Administrator
For the safest physical-drive imaging, exclusive source access is preferred
File-only workflows, metadata viewing, and automation can be used without elevation

Examples of possible uses

Data recovery: make a copy of a damaged drive and work from the copy
Data recovery: image a damaged hard drive while skipping bad sectors
Migration: completely migrate from one drive to another
Backup: create an exact image of a disk or USB flash drive for later restoration
Corporate imaging: store device images and restore them later
Digital forensics: acquire raw sector images with detailed logs and optional hashes
Software QA and lab workflows: restore prepared test systems from saved images
Duplicate, clone, or save a full image of almost any supported media

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