Comparison of disk cloning software

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
Disk Cloning Software
Disk cloning capabilities of various software.
Name Operating system User Interface Cloning features Operation model License
Windows Linux MacOS Live OS CLI GUI Sector by sector[lower-alpha 1] Smart clone[lower-alpha 2] Hot transfer[lower-alpha 3] Standalone Client–server
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office[1][lower-alpha 4] Yes No YesYes (64 MB) No Yes YesFAT32, NTFS, HFS+, APFS, ext2, ext3, ext4 and ReiserFS[2]YesYesYesTrialware[lower-alpha 5]
AOMEI[3] Yes No NoNo No Yes NoNoNoNoNoFreemium
Apple Software Restore No No YesNo Yes No YesHFS+YesYesYesPart of macOS
Carbon Copy Cloner No ? ? No No Yes YesAPFS, HFS+YesYes?Trialware
Clonezilla[4] No Yes ?Yes (210 MB) Yes No YesFAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs, btrfs, f2fs, NILFS2, HFS+, UFS, minix, VMFS3NoYesYes (Clonezilla server edition)GPL
dcfldd No Yes No? Yes No YesNoNoYesNoGPL
dd (Unix) No Yes YesYes[lower-alpha 6] Yes No YesNoNoYesNoGPLv3
Disks (gnome-disk-utility) No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Part of Gnome
DiskGenius Yes No No? Yes No YesFAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4NoYesNoFreemium
Disk Utility No Yes YesYes No Yes YesHFS+YesYesNoPart of macOS
EaseUS Partition Master[5] Yes No NoYes (526MB) No Yes YesNTFS, ext4, ext3, ext2, FAT32, FAT16, FAT12, ReFSYesYesYes (Enterprise edition)Trialware
FSArchiver No Yes ?? Yes No NoFAT32, btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS-4, HPFS, JFS, XFS?YesNoGPL
Ghost[6] Yes No YesYes Yes Yes YesFAT32, NTFS, HPFS, ext2, ext3[7]YesYesYesTrialware
GParted Live CD[8] No Yes NoYes No Yes Noext2, ext3NoYesNoGPL
Image for Windows[9] Yes No NoYes No Yes YesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3YesYesNoTrialware
IsoBuster[10] Yes No NoYes No Yes YesFAT12, FAT16, FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, MFS, HFS, HFS+, UDF, XFS,[11] ReFS[12]NoYesNoTrialware
Kleo Bare Metal Backup No ? ?Yes (570 MB) No Yes YesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, HFS+NoNoYesFreeware
Macrium Reflect Yes ? ?Yes No Yes Yes?NoNoNoTrialware
Mondo Rescue[13] No ? NoYes *[lower-alpha 7] Yes No YesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3YesYes?GPL
ntfsclone[14][15] No Yes NoNo[lower-alpha 8] Yes No NoNTFS?YesNoGPL
partimage[16][17] Yes Yes NoNo[lower-alpha 8] Yes No NoFAT32, ext2, ext3, ReiserFS-3, HPFS, JFS, XFS;
UFS (beta), HFS (beta), NTFS (experimental)[18]		?YesYesGPL
Partition-Saving[19] Yes Yes NoYes Yes Yes YesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3NoYesNoFreeware
Redo Backup and Recovery No No NoYes (225 MB) No Yes YesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4NoNoCan access networked drivesGPL
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. Previously known as Acronis TrueImage. This is the home version.
  5. At the trial version, you can't perform Disk Cloning feature via UI nor Rescue disc. Both methods are locked.
  6. 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).
  7. 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.
  8. 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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References
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  2. 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/.
  3. "AOMEI". AOMEItech. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  4. Clonezilla home page (includes supported filesystems and other info)
  5. "EaseUS Partition Master home page". (includes system reqruirements and latest updates).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. "Norton Ghost". Symantec. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  7. "Ghost compatibility with various file systems". Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  8. "GParted Live CD". Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  9. TeraByte Image for Windows home page
  10. Clone a drive or partition with IsoBuster, Managed or otherwise
  11. IsoBuster 4.3 Release notes
  12. IsoBuster 4.8 Release notes
  13. "MondoRescue HOWTO".
  14. About ntfsclone Archived 2008-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ntfsclone(8) man page Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  16. "Partimage home page". Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  17. Partimage supported filesystems
  18. "Partimage - Supported filesystems".
  19. Partition-Saving manual
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