Comparison of disk cloning software

This is a partial comparison list of disk cloning software, computer programs that can copy the contents of one disk into another disk or into a disk image. Note that this list has not been updated in a few years, so it is missing many programs.

Table

Name Operating system User interface Sector by sector[lower-alpha 1] File by file[lower-alpha 2] Hot transfer[lower-alpha 3] Mount or extract[lower-alpha 4] Verify Operation model License Maintained? Last version release date
Standalone Client–server Offline
(From a Live OS)
Acronis True Image[1] WindowsGraphicalYes[lower-alpha 5]FAT32, NTFS[lower-alpha 6]YesYes?YesYesYes (64 MB)Trialware[lower-alpha 7]Yes?
Apple Software Restore OS XCommand-lineYesHFS+Novia hdiutil?YesYes?Part of macOS??
Clonezilla[2] Linux / WindowsText-basedYesFAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs, btrfs, f2fs, nilfs2, HFS+, UFS, minix, VMFS3NoThrough a hack[3]?YesYes (Clonezilla server edition)Yes (210 MB)GPLYesSeptember 2017
dcfldd LinuxCommand-lineYesNoNoYes?YesNo?GPL??
dd (Unix) UnixCommand-lineYesNoNoYes[lower-alpha 8]?YesNoYes[lower-alpha 9]BSD/CDDL/GNU/others??
Disk Utility OS XGraphicalYesHFS+YesYes?YesNoYesPart of Mac OS X??
FSArchiver LinuxText-basedNoFAT32, btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS-4, HPFS, JFS, XFS???YesNo?GPL??
Ghost v15[4] WindowsGraphical
Command-line		YesFAT32, NTFS, HPFS, ext2, ext3 [5]YesYes?YesYesYesTrialware??
GParted Live CD[6] LinuxGraphicalNoext2, ext3NoNo?YesNoYesGPLYes?
HDClone[7] Windows, (Linux[8])Graphical, Command-lineYesFAT16, FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, ReFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, XFS, HFS+YesYes?YesNoYesFreemiumYesJanuary 2017
Image for Windows WindowsGraphicalYesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3YesYes?YesNoYesTrialware??
IsoBuster[9] WindowsGraphicalYesFAT12, FAT16, FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, MFS, HFS, HFS+, UDFNoYes?YesNoYesTrialwareYesDecember 2017
Kleo Bare Metal Backup Independent (Live OS)GraphicalYesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, HFS+No??NoYesYes (570 MB)Freeware?February 2010
Mondo Rescue[10] LinuxText-basedYesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3Yes??Yes?Yes *[lower-alpha 10]GPL??
ntfsclone[11][12] LinuxCommand-lineNoNTFS???YesNoNo[lower-alpha 11]GPL??
Paragon Hard Disk Manager Windows, OS XGraphicalYesFAT16, FAT32, ext2, ext3, NTFS, BTRfs, HFS+, ReFS, XFS[13]YesYesYesYes?YesCommercialYesOctober 2017
partimage[14][15] LinuxText-basedNoFAT32, ext2, ext3, ReiserFS-3, HPFS, JFS, XFS;
UFS (beta), HFS (beta), NTFS (experimental)[16]		???YesYesNo[lower-alpha 11]GPL??
Partition-Saving[17] Windows, Linux, DOSText-based
Command-line		YesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3NoYes?YesNoYesFreeware??
Redo Backup and Recovery Independent (Live OS)GraphicalYesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4NoNo?NoCan access networked drivesYes (225 MB)GPL?November 2012

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Extracting is the process of browsing a disk image and retrieving some of the files that it contains, one users choice. Mounting a disk image is the process of make the disk image content available to the user as if he or she is accessing a physical read-only disk.
  5. ↑ At the Disk Cloning mode, Sector by sector feature is automatically applied and it's the only one way.
  6. ↑ Acronis True Image can detect and identify Linux partitions and prompt user to switch to sector-by-sector mode.
  7. ↑ At tne trial version, you can't perform Disk Cloning feature via UI nor Rescue disc. Both methods are locked.
  8. ↑ dd's clone images can be mounted as loop device.
  9. ↑ 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).
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. 1 2 There is no Live CD dedicated specially to this utility. However, it is present on several rescue CD's together with other software.

References

  1. ↑ "Datasheet – True Image 2013 by Acronis". Acronis. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Clonezilla home page (includes supported filesystems and other info)
  3. ↑ https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=872832
  4. ↑ "Norton Ghost". Symantec. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  5. ↑ https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH107916.html
  6. ↑ "GParted Live CD". Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  7. ↑ HDClone product page (includes a comparison chart and additional documents)
  8. ↑ HDClone/L as 2nd Live OS for the stand-alone version since HDClone 7.
  9. ↑ Clone a drive or partition with IsoBuster, Managed or otherwise
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ About ntfsclone Archived 2008-02-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ ntfsclone(8) man page Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ https://www.paragon-software.com/home/hdm-windows/#features
  14. ↑ Partimage home page
  15. ↑ Partimage supported filesystems
  16. ↑ http://www.partimage.org/Supported-Filesystems
  17. ↑ Partition-Saving manual
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