Comparison of disk cloning software

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This is a comparison of disk cloning software, computer programs that can copy the contents of one disk into another disk or into a disk image.

Table[edit]

Name Operating system User interface Sector by sector[a] File by file[b] Hot transfer[c] Mount or extract[d] Verify Operation model License Maintained? Last version release date
Standalone Client–server Offline
(From a Live OS)
Acronis True Image[1] Windows Graphical Yes[e] FAT32, NTFS[f] Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes (64 MB) Trialware[g] Yes ?
AOMEI Backupper[2][3] Windows Graphical Yes FAT32, NTFS Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Freemium Yes ?
Apple Software Restore OS X Command-line Yes HFS+ No via hdiutil ? Yes Yes ? Part of macOS ? ?
Clonezilla[4] Linux / Windows 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[5] ? Yes Yes (Clonezilla server edition) Yes (210 MB) GPL Yes ?
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] BSD/CDDL/GNU/others ? ?
Disk Utility OS X Graphical Yes HFS+ Yes Yes ? Yes No Yes Part of Mac OS X ? ?
EaseUS Windows Graphical Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ?
FSArchiver Linux Text-based No FAT32, btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS-4, HPFS, JFS, XFS ? ? ? Yes No ? GPL ? ?
Ghost v15[6] Windows Graphical
Command-line		 Yes FAT32, NTFS, HPFS, ext2, ext3 [7] Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Trialware ? ?
GParted Live CD[8] Linux Graphical No ext2, ext3 No No ? Yes No Yes GPL Yes ?
HDClone[9] Windows, (Linux[10]) Graphical, Command-line Yes FAT16, FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, ReFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, XFS, HFS+ Yes Yes ? Yes No Yes Freemium Yes January 2017
Image for Windows Windows Graphical Yes FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 Yes Yes ? Yes No Yes Trialware ? ?
IsoBuster[11] Windows Graphical Yes FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, MFS, HFS, HFS+, UDF No Yes ? Yes No Yes Trialware Yes December 2017
Kleo Bare Metal Backup Independent (Live OS) Graphical Yes FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, HFS+ No ? ? No Yes Yes (570 MB) Freeware ? ?
MiniTool Partition Wizard Windows Graphical ? ? ? Yes ? Yes No Yes Proprietary/Freeware Yes ?
Mondo Rescue[12] Linux Text-based Yes FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes *[j] GPL ? ?
ntfsclone[13][14] Linux Command-line No NTFS ? ? ? Yes No No[k] GPL ? ?
partimage[15][16] Linux Text-based No FAT32, ext2, ext3, ReiserFS-3, HPFS, JFS, XFS;
UFS (beta), HFS (beta), NTFS (experimental)[17]		 ? ? ? Yes Yes No[k] GPL ? ?
Partition-Saving[18] Windows, Linux, DOS Text-based
Command-line		 Yes FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 No Yes ? Yes No Yes Freeware ? ?
PING[19][20] Linux Text-based Yes FAT32, ext2, ext3, ReiserFS-3, HPFS, JFS, XFS;
UFS (beta), HFS (beta), NTFS (experimental)[17]		 No ? ? Yes Yes Yes (31 MB) GPL ? ?
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[edit]

Lists:

Comparison:

Software:

Notes[edit]

  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. ^ 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[edit]

  1. ^ "Datasheet – True Image 2013 by Acronis". Acronis. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012. 
  2. ^ Fisher, Tim (16 January 2014). "AOMEI Backupper Standard v3.2. Technical review". AboutTech. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-12. 
  3. ^ "AOMEI Backupper Help Guides". Aomei Tech. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-21. 
  4. ^ Clonezilla home page (includes supported filesystems and other info)
  5. ^ https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=872832
  6. ^ "Norton Ghost". Symantec. Retrieved 15 December 2012. 
  7. ^ https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH107916.html
  8. ^ "GParted Live CD". Retrieved 7 April 2013. 
  9. ^ HDClone product page (includes a comparison chart and additional documents)
  10. ^ HDClone/L as 2nd Live OS for the stand-alone version since HDClone 7.
  11. ^ Clone a drive or partition with IsoBuster, Managed or otherwise
  12. ^ [1]
  13. ^ About ntfsclone Archived 2008-02-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ^ ntfsclone(8) man page Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ^ Partimage home page
  16. ^ Partimage supported filesystems
  17. ^ a b http://www.partimage.org/Supported-Filesystems
  18. ^ Partition-Saving manual
  19. ^ PING HowTo
  20. ^ PING FAQ
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