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I need to make a .bin file to mount on a virtual desktop, which would otherwise need a physical usb drive attached.

I've already done this successfully by making a .bin file from a 128 MB USB drive I was lucky enough to have lying around. But to make it easier to send this file in emails etc, it would be better if this file was even smaller, like 8 MB. It will be hard to find such small USB drives in 2022, so is there a way to create these .bin files without the physical drive in Windows 10?

K0ICHI
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  • Your question is unclear: What is "virtual desktop", do you mean virtual machine? Why a .bin file and not for example .iso? – harrymc Feb 15 '22 at 13:03
  • Virtual machine/desktop, yes. A .bin file because .iso files are for optical discs, and I need to emulate a flash drive with read/write access. – K0ICHI Feb 15 '22 at 13:27
  • Virtual desktop refers to remote access solutions. Virtual machine is something else entirely. All virtual machine software ships with the required tools to create disk images. Are they not sufficient? – Daniel B Feb 15 '22 at 13:58

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There are various programs that can create .bin archives from files.

So it seems to me that all you need is to create a file of size 8 MB and burn it to a .bin.

Some free software that might help is CDRWIN or imgburn.

harrymc
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