Comparison of disk cloning software
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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.
Table[]
Name | Operating system | User interface | Sector by sector[a] | File by file[b] | Hot transfer[c] | Mount or extract[d] | Operation model | License | Purchase/subscription | ||
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Standalone | Client–server | From a Live OS | |||||||||
Acronis True Image[1] | Windows | Graphical | Yes[e] | FAT32, NTFS[f] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (64 MB) | Trialware[g] | $49.99/yr and up |
Apple Software Restore | macOS | Command-line | Yes | HFS+ | No | via hdiutil | Yes | Yes | No | Part of macOS | |
Clonezilla[2] | Linux | Text-based | Yes | FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs, btrfs, f2fs, NILFS2, HFS+, UFS, minix, VMFS3 | No | Through a hack[3] | Yes | Yes (Clonezilla server edition) | Yes (210 MB) | GPL | |
dcfldd | Linux | Command-line | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | GPL | |
dd (Unix) | Unix | Command-line | Yes | No | No | Yes[h] | Yes | No | Yes[i] | GPLv3 | |
Disks (gnome-disk-utility) | Linux | Graphical | UI only | Part of Gnome | |||||||
Disk Utility | macOS | Graphical | Yes | HFS+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Part of macOS | |
FSArchiver | Linux | Text-based | No | FAT32, btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS-4, HPFS, JFS, XFS | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | GPL | |
Ghost[4] | Windows | Graphical, Command-line |
Yes | FAT32, NTFS, HPFS, ext2, ext3[5] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Trialware | |
GParted Live CD[6] | Linux | Graphical | No | ext2, ext3 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | GPL | |
Image for Windows[7] | Windows | Graphical | Yes | FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Trialware | |
IsoBuster[8] | Windows | Graphical | Yes | FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, MFS, HFS, HFS+, UDF, XFS,[9] ReFS[10] | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Trialware | |
Kleo Bare Metal Backup | Independent (Live OS) | Graphical | Yes | FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, HFS+ | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes (570 MB) | Freeware | |
Windows | Graphical | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Trialware | $75 perpetual | |
Mondo Rescue[11] | Linux | Text-based | Yes | FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes *[j] | GPL | |
ntfsclone[12][13] | Linux | Command-line | No | NTFS | ? | ? | Yes | No | No[k] | GPL | |
partimage[14][15] | Linux | Text-based | No | FAT32, ext2, ext3, ReiserFS-3, HPFS, JFS, XFS; UFS (beta), HFS (beta), NTFS (experimental)[16] |
? | ? | Yes | Yes | No[k] | GPL | |
Partition-Saving[17] | Windows, Linux, DOS | Text-based Command-line |
Yes | FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Freeware | |
Redo Backup and Recovery | Independent (Live OS) | Graphical | Yes | FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4 | No | No | No | Can access networked drives | Yes (225 MB) | GPL |
See also[]
Lists:
- List of backup software
- List of data recovery software
- List of disk partitioning software
Comparison:
Software:
- Partclone is a GPL partition clone and restore tool that works with almost any filesystem. It is from the same creators and the base of Clonezilla.
- SystemRescueCD — includes PartImage, Partclone, ntfsclone and FSArchiver
Notes[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Extracting is the process of browsing a disk image and retrieving some of the files that it contains, at the user's discretion. Mounting a disk image is the process of making the disk image content available to the user as if he or she is accessing a physical read-only disk.
- ^ At the Disk Cloning mode, Sector by sector feature is automatically applied and it's the only one way.
- ^ Acronis True Image can detect and identify Linux partitions and prompt user to switch to sector-by-sector mode.
- ^ At the trial version, you can't perform Disk Cloning feature via UI nor Rescue disc. Both methods are locked.
- ^ dd's clone images can be mounted as loop device.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b There is no Live CD dedicated specially to this utility. However, it is present on several rescue CD's together with other software.
References[]
- ^ "Datasheet – True Image 2013 by Acronis". Acronis. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ Clonezilla home page (includes supported filesystems and other info)
- ^ https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=872832
- ^ "Norton Ghost". Symantec. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "GParted Live CD". Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ TeraByte Image for Windows home page
- ^ Clone a drive or partition with IsoBuster, Managed or otherwise
- ^ IsoBuster 4.3 Release notes
- ^ IsoBuster 4.8 Release notes
- ^ [1]
- ^ About ntfsclone Archived 2008-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ntfsclone(8) man page Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Partimage home page". Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ Partimage supported filesystems
- ^ http://www.partimage.org/Supported-Filesystems
- ^ Partition-Saving manual
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