Truncating this area will result in data loss. Even if your not using the full space on your flash drive, it might be possible that sectors at the end of the partition are in use to store data. Usually the partition on the flash drive (and so in the image) covers the whole flash drive. Can I restore it anyway?Ī: Generally it is not possible to restore a larger image file to a smaller device. Q: The image file is slightly larger than the flash drive. As long as the partition information on the flash drive doesn’t change and it is not a bootable device, it is ok to use the volume mode. Windows currently limits removable USB flash drives to only one volume. The volume mode processes the first volume on an USB flash drive. So if you want to make a backup of a bootable USB device, or you have created a flash drive with more than one partition, you should use the device mode. In contrast to the volume mode, the device mode copies the whole USB device, including boot sector. Q: What is the difference between device and volume mode?