Comparison of disk cloning software

{{short description|Compares cloning software}}

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Disk cloning software facilitates a disk cloning operation by using software techniques to copy data from a source to a destination drive or to a disk image.

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|+Disk Cloning Software

{{Small|Disk cloning capabilities of various software.}}

rowspan="2" scope="col" | Name

! colspan="4" scope="col" | Operating system

! colspan="2" |User Interface

! colspan="3" |Cloning features

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Operation model

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | License

Windows

!Linux

!MacOS

! scope="col" | Live OS

!CLI

!GUI

!Sector by sector{{efn|name="Raw"}}

!File based{{efn|name="File"}}

!Hot transfer{{efn|name="LiveCopy"}}

! scope="col" | Standalone

! scope="col" | Client–server

scope="row" | Acronis Cyber Protect Home OfficeZhidkov, D. A., Kuligina, N. O., & Pavlycheva, T. N. (2020). Methods and Problems of Updating the Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System to Microsoft Windows 10 in the Energy Enterprise. European Journal of Natural History, (6), 30-34.{{efn|name="TrueImage"|Previously known as Acronis TrueImage. This is the home version.}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes}} (64 MB)

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{Yes|FAT32, NTFS, HFS+, APFS, ext2, ext3, ext4 and ReiserFS}}Bate, Madeleine. "Acronis True Image Review 2021: Is the High Cost Worth It?" Website Planet, WebsitePlanet, 10 May 2021, https://www.websiteplanet.com/cloud-storage/acronis/. || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{Nonfree|Trialware}}{{Efn|name="ATItryv"}}

scope="row" | AOMEI

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}|| {{No}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}|| {{Sort|@|{{no}}}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{Depends|Freemium}}

scope="row" | Apple Software Restore

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}|| {{No}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|HFS+}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{Depends|Part of macOS}}

scope="row" | Carbon Copy Cloner

|{{no}}

|{{dunno}}

|{{yes}}

|{{No}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|APFS, HFS+}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{Depends|?}} || {{Nonfree|Trialware}}

scope="row" | Clonezilla

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{dunno}}|| {{yes}} (210 MB)

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs, btrfs, f2fs, NILFS2, HFS+, UFS, minix, VMFS3}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} (Clonezilla server edition) || {{Free|GPL}}

scope="row" | dcfldd

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}|| {{dunno}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}|| {{Sort|@|{{no}}}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Free|GPL}}

scope="row" | dd (Unix)

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes}}{{efn|name=dd|There is no Live OS dedicated specially to dd. However Live CDs of various flavors of Linux should include dd as a part of coreutils. In general this applies also to Linux-based rescue CDs (although they may not provide dd explicitly as their primary tool, they still may give access to a shell which allows dd invocation).}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}|| {{Sort|@|{{no}}}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Free|GPLv3}}

scope="row" | Disks (gnome-disk-utility)

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{dunno}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{Sort|@|{{no}}}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{dunno}}|| {{free|Part of Gnome}}

scope="row" | DiskGenius

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}|| {{dunno}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Depends|Freemium}}

scope="row" | Disk Utility

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|HFS+}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Depends|Part of macOS}}

scope="row" | EaseUS Partition Master{{Cite web |title=EaseUS Partition Master home page |url=https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/ |access-date= |website=}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}|| {{yes}} (526MB)

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|NTFS, ext4, ext3, ext2, FAT32, FAT16, FAT12, ReFS}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} (Enterprise edition) || {{Nonfree|Trialware}}

scope="row" | FSArchiver

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{dunno}}|| {{dunno}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}|| {{yes|FAT32, btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS-4, HPFS, JFS, XFS}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Free|GPL}}

scope="row" |Ghost

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|FAT32, NTFS, HPFS, ext2, ext3{{Cite web |url=https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH107916.html |title=Ghost compatibility with various file systems |access-date=2017-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131194900/https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH107916.html |archive-date=2017-01-31 |url-status=dead }}}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{Nonfree|Trialware}}

scope="row" |GParted Live CD{{cite web|title=GParted Live CD|url=http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php|access-date=7 April 2013}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}|| {{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}|| {{yes|ext2, ext3}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Free|GPL}}

scope="row" |Image for Windows

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}|| {{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Nonfree|Trialware}}

scope="row" |IsoBuster

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}|| {{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, MFS, HFS, HFS+, UDF, XFS, ReFS}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Nonfree|Trialware}}

scope="row" | Kleo Bare Metal Backup

|{{no}}

|{{dunno}}

|{{dunno}}|| {{yes}} (570 MB)

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, HFS+}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{Free|Freeware}}

scope="row" | Macrium Reflect

|{{yes}}

|{{dunno}}

|{{dunno}}|| {{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{dunno}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{Nonfree|Trialware}}

scope="row" |Mondo Rescue

|{{no}}

|{{dunno}}

|{{no}}|| {{yes}} *{{efn|name="Mindi-Linux"}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} || {{Free|GPL}}

scope="row" | ntfsclone

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}|| {{no}}{{efn|name=compilation}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}|| {{yes|NTFS}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Free|GPL}}

scope="row" |partimage

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}|| {{no}}{{efn|name=compilation}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}|| {{yes|FAT32, ext2, ext3, ReiserFS-3, HPFS, JFS, XFS;
UFS (beta), HFS (beta), NTFS (experimental)}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{Free|GPL}}

scope="row" | Partition-Saving

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}|| {{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Free|Freeware}}

scope="row" | Redo Backup and Recovery

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}|| {{yes}} (225 MB)

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}|| {{yes|FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{Partial|Can access networked drives}} || {{Free|GPL}}

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! colspan="13" |Notes

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{{efn|name="Raw"|Sector-by-sector transfer involves accessing the disk directly and copying the contents of each sector, thus accurately reproducing the layout of the source disk.}}

{{efn|name="LiveCopy"|Hot transfer refers to copying the contents of a volume on which there are open files in use. Implies use of shadow copy or a similar technique.}}

{{efn|name="File"|File-based transfer (as opposed to sector-by-sector transfer), involves opening all files and copying their contents, one by one. It requires the cloning utility to have a knowledge of the file systems on the source disk. The target disk's layout may not resemble that of the source disk.}}

{{Efn|name="ATItryv"|At the trial version, you can't perform Disk Cloning feature via UI nor Rescue disc. Both methods are locked.}}

{{efn|name="Mindi-Linux"|There is no ready-to-use Live CD with this utility. It does come bundled with Mindi-Linux which is a small Linux distribution that can be used to create a customized Live CD.}}

{{efn|name=compilation|There is no Live CD dedicated specially to this utility. However, it is present on several rescue CD's together with other software.}}

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See also

= Concepts =

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References

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{{cite web|title=AOMEI|url=https://www.aomeitech.com/|publisher=AOMEItech|access-date=22 October 2023}}

[http://www.clonezilla.org/ Clonezilla home page] (includes supported filesystems and other info)

[http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-windows.htm TeraByte Image for Windows home page]

{{Cite web|url=http://www.mondorescue.org/docs/mondorescue-howto.html|title = MondoRescue HOWTO}}

{{cite web|title=Norton Ghost|url=http://us.norton.com/ghost|publisher=Symantec|access-date=15 December 2012}}

[http://www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsclone About ntfsclone] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221173134/http://www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsclone |date=2008-02-21 }}

[http://man.linux-ntfs.org/ntfsclone.8.html ntfsclone(8) man page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706133848/http://man.linux-ntfs.org/ntfsclone.8.html |date=2008-07-06 }}

{{Cite web |url=http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page |title=Partimage home page |access-date=2008-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208121536/http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page |archive-date=2017-02-08 |url-status=dead }}

[http://www.partimage.org/Supported-Filesystems Partimage supported filesystems]

[http://www.partition-saving.com/en/lisezmoi.html Partition-Saving manual]

{{Cite web|url=http://www.partimage.org/Supported-Filesystems|title = Partimage - Supported filesystems}}

[http://www.isobuster.com/help/clone_drive_or_partition Clone a drive or partition with IsoBuster, Managed or otherwise]

[http://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_4.3_release_notes IsoBuster 4.3 Release notes]

[http://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_4.8_release_notes IsoBuster 4.8 Release notes]

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Disk cloning software

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