By Yuka / Last update October 27, 2022

Why you need portable SD card duplicator?

Portable SD Card Copier

An SD card is used to store extra information in mobile devices such as cameras, smart phones, music player, and play station, etc. Due to the popularity of SD cards, many desktop computers and notebooks have built-in SD card readers. If your computer doesn't have one, you can use a cheap USB hub and media card reader connected to an available USB port.

SD cards have become the default memory card standard for most consumer electronic products. When the SD card space in the original device is insufficient, many users will consider upgrading their SD card to a larger SD card. For example, those mobile device users, they have been looking for a Micro SD card duplicator software.

More importantly, you can use a portable memory card copier to duplicate between SD cards on any other different computers. If you have created a portable version of the software in advance, you do not need to install the software again. This can save you a lot of time and effort.

The most reliable SD card copier for all Windows

If you are looking for software to perform SD card duplication portably, AOMEI Backupper Technician is the best choice. With its Create Portable Version feature, you can save AOMEI Backupper to a removable device and run it directly on the target computer without installation, which is convenient for IT maintenance and support engineers. Let see what powerful features it provides.

◑ Three clone methods: It provides Disk/Partition/ System Clone. You can easily migrate your data on the level of hard disk drive, partition volume, or operating system, regardless of partition style and file system.
◑ Different storage devices: It protects your data on internal/external hard disks, SSD, USB flash drives, pen drives, network, NAS, hardware RAID and Virtual machine systems, etc.
◑ Multiple operating systems: It supports Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7/Vista, Windows XP.

Can't wait to try it? Feel free to download the trial of Technician edition here. Learn how to use the portable AOMEI Backupper from the next part.

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How to create a portable version of the SD card copier

First of all, you need to create a portable version of AOMEI Backupper on a USB drive. Then, you can use the USB drive to duplicate an SD card to another on any computer. Just follow the instructions below:

Step 1. Connect the USB flash drive to your computer, make sure it can be detected. Launch AOMEI Backupper.

Step 2. Click on Tools on the left panel of this program and select Create Portable Version.

Create Portable Version

Step 3. The connected USB drive will be automatically selected as the target location. If your computer has other removable devices, you can also click on Browse to specify the path.

Browse

Step 4. Click on Start Creating to perform the operation. When it’s complete, click on Finish.

Finish

Step 5. Safely disconnect the USB drive. If you unplug the USB device directly, the portable SD card duplicator software may be damaged.

Notes✍:
◉ The portable version of AOMEI Backupper cannot be run simultaneously with the desktop version.
◉ The portable version created by AOMEI Backupper Technician can only be run on Windows PC operating systems. If you want a portable version supporting both Windows PC and Server OS, use the
Technician Plus edition to create one.
◉ It is currently not allowed to create a portable version of AOMEI Backup on the CD-ROM drive and network path.

Duplicate one SD card to another via portable AOMEI Backupper

After you’ve got a portable SD card copier on the USB drive, you can learn how to duplicate SD cards using this USB drive on any computer. Here are the steps:

Step 1. Connect the USB device with portable AOMEI Backupper to the computer that you want to perform SD card duplication. Also, connect the SD cards and make sure they are recognized.

Tip: If your computer doesn't have built-in SD card slots, you can use a cheap USB hub and media card reader connected to an available USB port to connect the SD cards.

Step 2. Open the USB drive in Windows Explorer. Find Backupper.exe in the installation directory and double click it to run portable AOMEI Backupper.

Step 3. Click on Clone on the left panel of this program and select Disk Clone.

Disk Clone

Step 4. Select the original SD card you connected as Source Disk and click on Next.

Select Original SD Card

Step 5. Select the target SD card you want to save the data as Destination Disk and click on Next.

Select Target SD Card

Tip: You’ll be prompted that the destination disk will be overwritten during the cloning process. Backup files in advance if needed.

Prompt

Step 6. Preview your settings and then click on Start Clone to begin copy SD cards.

Preview and Start Clone

Tips✍:
Edit Partitions: You could also use this option to adjust partition sizes, which can avoid unallocated space on a larger target disk.
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Sector By Sector Clone: The default cloning mode will copy only used sectors. If you want to clone all the sectors including blank and bad ones on the original one to the target one, and the target one is larger or equal-sized, you can check this option.

Conclusion

AOMEI Backupper is the best portable SD card copier for Windows 11/10/8/7, which can protect your valuable data on the SD card or make enough space for new data. The entire operation process is very simple and user-friendly, and novices can quickly get started.

In addition to the cloning function, it also has other useful functions, such as backup, restore, synchronization and so on. You can use it to backup files to Seagate Personal Cloud, recover deleted files on Synology NAS,etc. Try it right now!