These two tools are standalone and require no installation:
For ripping images from the SD Card:
http://www.vconsole.com/client/?page=page&id=28
"Flash Drive Image Creator"
For writing images to the SD Card:
http://www.vconsole.com/client/?page=page&id=29
"Flash Drive Image Writer"
these two tools are useless as i tried it and for the drop down menu it is impossible to select the sd card.
nothing comes up and you cannot write the removable drive letter to the drop down menu or navigate to it.
tried it many times.
i used eventually used this instead to read and restore the image.
http://www.alexpage.de/usb-image-tool/