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PI-Backuper

Removable media backup & restore tool for Windows.

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Features

• Backup & restore full SD cards (raw disk imaging)
• Detects removable USB devices only
• Optional gzip compression
• SHA256 or MD5 hashing
• Stable high-speed pipeline (reader + writer threads)
• Progress bar with speed & ETA
• Clone to another device
• One-click portable .exe (no Python required)

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Screenshots

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Requirements

• Windows 10 / 11
• Administrator privileges
• USB SD card reader

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What It Can Back Up

PI-Backuper performs raw, full-device imaging.
It reads the entire removable device sector-by-sector, not files.

This means it can back up any removable USB media, including:

• SD cards (Raspberry Pi OS, Ubuntu, LibreELEC, custom images)
• USB flash drives (FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, unknown filesystems)
• External USB HDDs / SSDs (full disk, all partitions)
• Bootable installers and recovery media
• Encrypted or unsupported filesystems (data is copied as-is)

PI-Backuper does not depend on the filesystem or OS on the device.
If Windows can see it as a removable USB disk, it can be backed up.

⚠ Internal system drives are intentionally not supported for safety.

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Usage

1. Download the latest release from Releases
2. Run PI-Backuper.exe (UAC prompt required)
3. Select removable device
4. Backup or restore

⚠ Restore will erase the entire device.

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Build (from source)

pip install -r requirements.txt

pyinstaller --onefile --noconsole --uac-admin --name PI-Backuper ^
  --icon favicon.ico ^
  --add-data "favicon.ico;." ^
  --hidden-import=pythoncom ^
  --hidden-import=win32file ^
  --hidden-import=win32con ^
  --hidden-import=win32event ^
  --hidden-import=win32api ^
  --hidden-import=wmi ^
  main.py

Trademark Notice

Raspberry Pi is a trademark of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
PI-Backuper is an independent, community-developed project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.