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 |
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Windows
! 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; |
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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| colspan="13" |{{Notelist|refs= {{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.}} }} |
See also
= Concepts =
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= Comparison =
References
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[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.partimage.org/Supported-Filesystems Partimage supported filesystems]
[http://www.partition-saving.com/en/lisezmoi.html Partition-Saving manual]
[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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