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my company uses a software that needs an "original" usb drive inserted, but that's an old software, and currently we only have 1 working pen left, is there any way to create an image of the pen, or something like that so we can have the software on 2 of ours pc's?

(Windows 7)

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Make sure they have the same filesystem and volume label, and then simply copy all the files from the working USB to the other one... Let us know if that works. – Breakthrough Apr 18 '12 at 21:12
doesn't work, the software works in any folder i place it, but the original usb drive needs to be inserted, even if i put another usb inside ,as FAT and no label, it doesn't work – João Melo Apr 18 '12 at 21:22
There is either a hidden file on the pen drive or the key is sotred in the firmware etc and is enumerated by PnP (etc). It sounds like a hardware security dongle and as such is probably off topic for the site(?) – horatio Apr 18 '12 at 21:52
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There are services that will "hack a dongle" for obsolete unsupported dongle secured software, search for Dongle dupe, duplication, or emulation. The costs of a custom hack can be more than the original software costs, so if it is not obsolete, unsupported, very mission important sofware, dont bother. Just purchace another dongle, even if that means buying the package one more time, or using a replacement softwares. – Psycogeek Apr 19 '12 at 1:33

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