YoinkIt

YoinkIt

Fast, Safe USB Drive Management for Windows

Clone, backup, and manage USB drives with ease. Built for IT professionals, DevOps engineers, and homelab enthusiasts.

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Windows 10/11 • CLI + GUI

Stop fumbling with dd commands and unreliable GUI tools. YoinkIt makes USB drive management fast, safe, and scriptable.

The Problem with USB Drive Management

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Windows Explorer is painfully slow

Copying 64GB takes forever, no progress details, random failures

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dd is dangerous on Windows

One wrong drive letter and you wipe your entire system

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Existing tools are either clunky or expensive

Win32DiskImager hasn't been updated since 2017, Rufus doesn't do raw cloning, commercial tools cost $50+

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No automation for DevOps workflows

ProxMox setups, multi-drive cloning, batch operations - all manual

The Solution

A modern, safe, scriptable USB drive manager with both CLI and GUI - built for professionals.

Three Powerful Commands

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yoink rip

Clone a USB drive to an image file (ISO/IMG) - preserves bootability, partitions, everything.

yoink rip E: --output bootable-usb.img

Use cases:

  • •Backup bootable USB installers (Windows, Linux, ProxMox)
  • •Create golden images for mass deployment
  • •Archive USB recovery tools
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yoink list

List all connected USB drives with detailed info - no more guessing which drive is which.

yoink list
Drive: E:\
Label: BOOTABLE_USB
Size: 64.2 GB
Type: Removable
Filesystem: FAT32
Status: Ready
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yoink clean

Securely wipe a USB drive - formats cleanly, removes hidden partitions, resets to factory state.

yoink clean E: --format ntfs

Perfect for:

  • •Wiping bootable drives that Windows can't format
  • •Removing hidden EFI partitions
  • •Resetting corrupted USB drives

CLI + GUI - Your Choice

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Command Line Interface

Powerful CLI for automation, scripting, and batch operations

  • ✓Scriptable workflows
  • ✓CI/CD integration
  • ✓PowerShell compatible
  • ✓Progress callbacks
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Graphical User Interface

Clean, modern GUI for quick one-off tasks

  • ✓Drag & drop support
  • ✓Real-time progress bars
  • ✓Drive health indicators
  • ✓Verify checksums visually

Built for ProxMox Workflows

If you're running a homelab with ProxMox, YoinkIt streamlines your USB boot drive workflow:

1

Create your ProxMox USB installer once

Download ProxMox ISO, flash to USB with Rufus/Etcher

2

Clone it with YoinkIt

yoink rip E: --output proxmox-8.2.img
3

Deploy to multiple servers

Restore the image to fresh USB drives in seconds, not hours

4

Archive versions

Keep ProxMox 7.4, 8.1, 8.2 images for different clusters

Result: Stop re-downloading and re-flashing ProxMox ISOs every time you build a new node. Clone once, deploy everywhere.

Who It's For

🏢 IT Professionals

Deploy bootable USB drives across multiple machines, create backup images of recovery tools

⚙️ DevOps Engineers

Automate USB provisioning in CI/CD pipelines, script mass USB operations

🏠 Homelab Enthusiasts

Manage ProxMox/TrueNAS/ESXi boot drives, clone configurations for multi-node clusters

🔧 System Admins

Create standardized boot environments, maintain disaster recovery USB kits

Common Workflows:

  • →"I need to deploy ProxMox to 5 identical servers"
  • →"Our company has a standard Windows 11 recovery USB, need 20 copies"
  • →"I want to archive my bootable USB tools collection before they break"
  • →"This USB has weird partitions Windows won't touch - need to nuke it"

Safety First

Unlike dd or diskpart, YoinkIt has safeguards to prevent catastrophic mistakes:

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USB-only operations

Won't touch internal drives - only removable USB devices

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Confirmation prompts

Every destructive operation requires explicit confirmation

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Checksum verification

Automatically verifies cloned drives match the source

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Detailed logging

Full operation logs for auditing and troubleshooting

Features

⚡ Performance

  • ✓Multi-threaded operations
  • ✓Optimized buffer sizes
  • ✓Real-time speed monitoring
  • ✓Pause/resume support

🔧 Flexibility

  • ✓Multiple image formats (IMG, ISO, BIN)
  • ✓Compression support (ZIP, GZ)
  • ✓Batch operations
  • ✓Custom partition layouts

🎯 Reliability

  • ✓SHA256 checksum validation
  • ✓Error recovery & retry logic
  • ✓Drive health detection
  • ✓Transaction logging

Coming Soon

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  • ✓Unlimited USB drives
  • ✓CLI + GUI access
  • ✓All future updates
  • ✓Priority support
  • ✓Commercial use allowed
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Windows 10/11 • Lifetime license