Question USB to USB copy gone wrong

[troy.coder]

I have a USB that i purchased that has a learning module on it. The module is an .exe file. There is also a stock-firmware-CANDY.rom file on the USB stick as well. This program requires that i have the USB inserted when I am using it. This is not one of those fancy dongle setups. It is a nondescript FAT32 USB that is around 7 GB.
I wanted to make a personal copy so that when I loan the stick out to my techs to study that we would not end up losing the entire program.

Here is the problem. I used USB image tool to back up a copy on my pc and then I restored it onto the new memory stick. Once i do that i get "please connect the USB Flash Drive and try again!" when i try to use it. The original works fine but the copy says this each time.

I also took it to my local computer store and asked them to copy it and much to my dismay we both got the same result. Am I doing something wrong or is there more to this like a protection like hard coding that is preventing me from creating a backup?

Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to offer.

 

[mindless1]

It's either using a unique device ID to identify the original flash drive, or has some other funny thing happening, perhaps a hidden partition with a file or key it is looking for as validation, deliberately done so you can't do exactly what you're trying to, make an unauthorized copy of their software. It's most likely an anti-piracy measure.

Your attachment is only a thumbnail not the larger image, but you should contact the software developer to see if they'll allow you to make these duplicates and how you should proceed to do so. They might have even made a tool to facilitate this, but I wouldn't hold my breath expecting one.

You might be able to figure out how to defeat it, but there is too little info that you provided, and unless you can demonstrate that you have the permission of the copyright holder, it would seem to be a topic that this forum does not allow.

Is there possibly another forum related to a trade or use somewhere, where fellow users of this software have already figured out how to do what you seek?

 

[troy.coder]

Mindless. Thanks for your response. I had not thought about contacting the software developer. I honestly think even though it is a shot in the dark it is my next best option.