WinDiskImage

WinDiskImage is a lightweight, user-friendly disk imaging tool for Windows, built with Python and PySide6.
It allows you to create and restore raw disk images from physical drives, with real-time progress, speed, and ETA display.

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✨ Features

• 📀 Create disk images from physical drives
• 🔄 Restore disk images to physical drives
• 📊 Real-time progress bar, speed, and ETA
• 📝 Detailed logging of operations
• 🛑 Cancel ongoing operations safely
• 🖥️ Simple, intuitive GUI built with PySide6
• 🪟 Designed for Windows (requires Administrator privileges)

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📦 Requirements

• Python 3.9 or newer
• PySide6 for the GUI
• Windows OS (tested on Windows 10/11)
• Administrator privileges for disk access

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🔧 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/bocaletto-luca/WinDiskImage.git
   cd WinDiskImage

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the application:

   python WinDiskImage.py

💡 Tip: Always run the application as Administrator to ensure proper disk access.

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📂 Project Structure

WinDiskImage/
├── WinDiskImage.py     # Main application
├── requirements.txt    # Python dependencies
├── README.md           # Project documentation
└── LICENSE             # GPL v3 license

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⚠️ Usage Notes

• Data loss warning: Restoring an image will overwrite the target disk completely. Double-check the selected device before proceeding.
• Performance: Imaging speed depends on disk type, interface (USB/SATA/NVMe), and system load.
• File format: Images are stored as raw .img files, compatible with many other imaging tools.

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 — see the LICENSE file for details.

WinDiskImage - A Windows disk imaging tool
Copyright (C) 2025  Luca Bocaletto

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify  
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or  
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,  
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of  
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the  
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License  
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

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👤 Author

Luca Bocaletto
GitHub: @bocaletto-luca

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🚀 Future Improvements

• Multi-threaded read/write for faster imaging
• Compression support for image files
• Cross-platform support (Linux/macOS)
• Image verification after creation

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!
If you’d like to improve WinDiskImage, please fork the repository and submit a pull request.

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🐞 Issues

If you encounter a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue here:
https://github.com/bocaletto-luca/WinDiskImage/issues

If you want, I can also prepare the requirements.txt and LICENSE file so your repo is instantly ready for publishing under GPL v3.
Do you want me to generate those next?