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.
See also
Lists:
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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/.
- ^ Clonezilla home page (includes supported filesystems and other info)
- ^ "[ubuntu] How to Mount Clonezilla Images".
- ^ "Norton Ghost". Symantec. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
{{cite web}}: 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
- ^ "MondoRescue HOWTO".
- ^ 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
- ^ "Partimage - Supported filesystems".
- ^ Partition-Saving manual