USB flash drive tools that can be used for speed test, benchmarking, PC repair, and diagnostics.
USB Raptor is a powerful and free security application that lets you lock and unlock your Windows computer using a USB flash drive. It transforms your USB drive into a physical authentication device to enhance PC privacy and security. When the USB is removed, the PC locks. When it's plugged back in, access is granted—optionally with a password for added protection.
ChipEasy is a free and portable USB flash drive information tool. It displays detailed low level controller information about USB drives, including controller manufacturer, model, VID/PID, chip part number, and firmware version. Ideal for identifying unknown or generic USB drives, it is a must have utility for flash drive diagnostics and chip identification.
USBDeview is a free and powerful USB Device Information Tool. This portable application enables you to list and manage all USB devices and hubs that have ever been connected to your system. It provides detailed information such as serial numbers, device names, descriptions, device types, Vendor ID, Product ID, and the exact date and time each device was connected or disconnected. This makes it an essential tool for USB management and troubleshooting.
CrystalDiskMark is free benchmark software. You can use this free benchmarking tool to perform a USB speed test. Easily test the speed of your local hard drives, removable external USB flash drives, as well as networked drives. In addition the utility supports drive speed testing through customizable profiles and even offers a NVMe SSD test option.
USB Flash Benchmark is a freeware USB benchmarking software tool created by heep.ru. This portable application can be used as a USB flash drive tester to test and compare the read and write speeds of any flash drive, thumb drive, pen drive, or even local hard drives.
SpeedOut is a lightweight and free USB speed test tool built specifically for benchmarking USB flash drives. It accurately tests read and write speeds of USB drives, giving users a real world view of performance.
The Lexar BootIt USB Format Tool, originally developed and offered by Janaki from Lexar's support team, is a lightweight yet powerful utility that enables users to quickly format their USB drives. However, what truly sets this tool apart is its ability to flip the removable bit on certain USB drives; a feature not commonly found in other flash drive format utilities.
USB Oblivion is a freeware portable USB registry cleaner. The editor tool can be used to delete USB registry keys or clear the USB registry of flash drives, sd cards, and other removable storage media that have ever been connected to a PC by removing USB registry traces. It is compatible with both 32 or 64 bit versions of Windows.
USB Repair is a free application that helps resolve USB device issues, specifically focusing on configuration errors. It's designed to troubleshoot errors related to device manager codes like Code 19, Code 31, Code 32, Code 37, Code 39, and Code 41, without the need to reinstall Windows or use System Restore.
DriveLetterView is a free and portable drive letter editing utility. This tool can be used to view drive letter assignments of all local drives, remote network drives, CD/DVD drives, and USB devices that are or have been attached to a machine. Cool features include the ability to change a drive letter of a USB drive or even a network device as well as delete or remove USB devices that are no longer plugged in.
H2testw is a free utility designed to test for fake USB flash drives, counterfeit SD cards, and other external flash memory devices. It verifies the actual storage capacity, ensuring the device hasn’t been tampered with to display a false size. Additionally, it can check USB sticks and memory cards for errors, making it a reliable tool for safeguarding your data. This lightweight and portable software supports both English and Deutsch languages.
A FakeFlashTest typically refers to a test that is used to determine if a flash drive or memory card is fake or counterfeit by checking flash drive capacity. Fake flash drives and memory cards are often sold online at prices that seem too good to be true, but they have much lower storage capacities than advertised and may fail or corrupt data when used.
Rufus is an open source USB boot creator tool. This Windows program can help you quickly make a DOS bootable USB disk (or boot a USB drive to DOS). Over the years, this little gem has evolved into a utility that, much like other tools such as the Universal USB Installer, can now also create a Linux or Windows bootable USB from an ISO file.
USB Flash Tools is a lightweight yet powerful utility suite designed to manage, maintain, and troubleshoot USB flash drives and flash memory cards. Whether you need to back up your USB contents, restore a drive from an image, securely erase data, or verify the integrity of a device, this toolkit has you covered.
BOOTICE is a Flash Drive Partitioning and Boot Sector Manipulation tool. Users might use it to quickly partition and format a USB flash drive from Windows. It also supports the ability to mark a partition active and make it bootable. USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, and USB-HDD format options are available. Additionally, it can be used to backup, restore, or modify an MBR or PBR and much more.
CheckUDisk is a free utility that can be used to retrieve hard coded information about USB drives connected to your PC. This information includes Device Name, Drive Letter, VID and PID Numbers, Vendor ID, Product ID, Product Revision, Vendor Description, Product Description and Serial Number of the USB device. The tool is completely stand alone, requiring no installation to the host PC.