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{{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.

==List==
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|+Disk Cloning Software<br/>
{{Small|Disk cloning capabilities of various software.}}
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! 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" | [[software license|License]]
|-
![[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
![[Linux]]
![[MacOS]]
! scope="col" | [[Live OS]]
![[Command-line interface|CLI]]
![[Graphical user interface|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 Office]]<ref name="Zhidkov2020">Zhidkov, 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.</ref>{{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]]}}<ref name="bate2021">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/.</ref> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{Nonfree|[[Trialware]]}}{{Efn|name="ATItryv"}}
|-
! scope="row" | AOMEI<ref name="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]]<ref name="clonezilla" />
|{{no}} 
|{{yes}}
|{{dunno}}|| {{yes}} (210 MB) 
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}|| {{yes|[[FAT12]], [[FAT16]], [[FAT32]], [[NTFS]], [[ext2]], [[ext3]], [[ext4]], [[reiserfs]], [[reiser4]], [[xfs]], [[JFS (file system)|jfs]], [[btrfs]], [[f2fs]], [[NILFS|NILFS2]], [[HFS+]], [[Unix File System|UFS]], [[minix]], [[VMFS3]]}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} (Clonezilla server edition) || {{Free|[[GNU General Public License|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 [[GNU Coreutils|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 [[Unix shell|shell]] which allows dd invocation).}} 
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}|| {{Sort|@|{{no}}}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Free|[[GPLv3]]}} 
|-
! scope="row" | [[GNOME Disks|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]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=EaseUS Partition Master home page |url=https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/ |access-date= |website=}}</ref>
|{{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, [[High Performance File System|HPFS]], [[JFS (file system)|JFS]], [[XFS]]}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Free|[[GPL]]}} 
|-
! scope="row" |[[Ghost (disk utility)|Ghost]]<ref name="Norton Ghost" />
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}|| {{yes}} 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}|| {{yes|[[FAT32]], [[NTFS]], [[High Performance File System|HPFS]], [[ext2]], [[ext3]]<ref>{{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 }}</ref>}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{Nonfree|[[Trialware]]}} 
|-
! scope="row" |[[GParted|GParted Live CD]]<ref>{{cite web|title=GParted Live CD|url=http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref>
|{{no}} 
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}|| {{yes}} 
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}|| {{yes|[[ext2]], [[ext3]]}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Free|[[GPL]]}} 
|-
! scope="row" |[[Image for Windows (disk imaging)|Image for Windows]]<ref name="Image for Windows" />
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}|| {{yes}} 
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}|| {{yes|[[FAT32]], [[NTFS]], [[ext2]], [[ext3]]}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Nonfree|[[Trialware]]}} 
|-
! scope="row" |[[IsoBuster]]<ref name="IsoBuster" />
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}|| {{yes}} 
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}|| {{yes|[[FAT12]], [[FAT16]], [[FAT32]], [[ExFAT]], [[NTFS]], [[ext2]], [[ext3]], [[ext4]], [[Macintosh File System|MFS]], [[Hierarchical File System (Apple)|HFS]], [[HFS Plus|HFS+]], [[Universal Disk Format|UDF]], [[XFS]],<ref name="IsoBuster-4.3" /> [[ReFS]]<ref name="IsoBuster-4.8" />}} || {{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]]<ref name="MondoRescue" />
|{{no}}
|{{dunno}}
|{{no}}|| {{yes}} *{{efn|name="Mindi-Linux"}} 
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}|| {{yes|[[FAT32]], [[NTFS]], [[ext2]], [[ext3]]}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} || {{Free|[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]}} 
|-
! scope="row" | [[ntfsclone]]<ref name="ntfsclone1" /><ref name="ntfsclone2" />
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}|| {{no}}{{efn|name=compilation}} 
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}|| {{yes|[[NTFS]]}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Free|[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]}} 
|-
! scope="row" |[[partimage]]<ref name="partimage1" /><ref name="partimage2" />
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}|| {{no}}{{efn|name=compilation}} 
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}|| {{yes|[[FAT32]], [[ext2]], [[ext3]], [[ReiserFS]]-3, [[High Performance File System|HPFS]], [[JFS (file system)|JFS]], [[XFS]];<br/><small>[[Unix File System|UFS]] (beta), [[Hierarchical File System (Apple)|HFS]] (beta), [[NTFS]] (experimental)</small>}}<ref name="PI-filesystems" /> || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{Free|[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]}} 
|-
! scope="row" | [[Partition-Saving]]<ref name="partitionsaving1" />
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}|| {{yes}} 
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}|| {{yes|[[FAT32]], [[NTFS]], [[ext2]], [[ext3]]}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{Free|[[Freeware]]}} 
|-
! scope="row" | [[MiniTool ShadowMaker]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=MiniTool ShadowMaker official site |url=https://www.minitool.com/backup/ |access-date= |website=}}</ref>
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}|| {{no}} 
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}|| {{yes|[[FAT32]], [[NTFS]], [[ext2]], [[ext3]], [[exFAT]]}} || {{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|[[GNU General Public License|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 [[disk sector|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 system]]s on the source disk. The target disk's layout may not resemble that of the source disk.}}

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{{Efn|name="ATIH-Linux"|Acronis True Image can detect and identify Linux partitions and prompt user to switch to sector-by-sector mode.}}
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{{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 ===
* [[Disk image]]
* [[Disk cloning]]
* [[Backup]]

=== Lists ===
*[[List of backup software]]
*[[List of data recovery software]]
*[[List of disk partitioning software]]

=== Comparison ===
*[[Comparison of disc image software]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=

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<ref name=ATIH2013>{{cite web|title=Datasheet – True Image 2013 by Acronis|url=http://www.acronis.eu/download/docs/ti2013/datasheet|publisher=[[Acronis]]|access-date=15 December 2012|date=7 August 2012}}</ref>
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<ref name="AOMEI">{{cite web|title=AOMEI|url=https://www.aomeitech.com/|publisher=AOMEItech|access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="clonezilla">[http://www.clonezilla.org/ Clonezilla home page] (includes supported filesystems and other info)</ref>

<ref name="Image for Windows">[http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-windows.htm TeraByte Image for Windows home page]</ref>

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

<ref name="Norton Ghost">{{cite web|title=Norton Ghost|url=http://us.norton.com/ghost|publisher=[[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]]|access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="ntfsclone1">[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 }}</ref>

<ref name="ntfsclone2">[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 }}</ref>

<ref name="partimage1">{{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 }}</ref>

<ref name="partimage2">[http://www.partimage.org/Supported-Filesystems Partimage supported filesystems]</ref>

<ref name="partitionsaving1">[http://www.partition-saving.com/en/lisezmoi.html Partition-Saving manual]</ref>

<ref name="PI-filesystems">{{Cite web|url=http://www.partimage.org/Supported-Filesystems|title = Partimage - Supported filesystems}}</ref>

<ref name="IsoBuster">[http://www.isobuster.com/help/clone_drive_or_partition Clone a drive or partition with IsoBuster, Managed or otherwise]</ref>

<ref name="IsoBuster-4.3">[http://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_4.3_release_notes IsoBuster 4.3 Release notes]</ref>

<ref name="IsoBuster-4.8">[http://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_4.8_release_notes IsoBuster 4.8 Release notes]</ref>
}}
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<ref name="MirayHDClone">{{cite web|title=Miray HDClone|url=http://www.miray.de/products/sat.hdclone.html|publisher=Miray Software AG|access-date=6 April 2013}}</ref> -->

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