This is a comparison of disk cloning software. See also: List of disk cloning software
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Name | Interface | Usage | Based on | Raw copying[1] | Mountable and/OR explorable Backups | Smart copying[1] | Architecture | License | ||||||||
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Provides Live USB (approx. size) | Provides Live CD (approx. size) | Boots from floppies (count) | Live copying[2] | Ext2/Ext3 | FAT32 | NTFS | HFS+ | Without server | Client/server | |||||||
Clonezilla Live | text-mode | Yes (108.2 MB) | Yes (109.1 MB) | No | No | partimage, ntfsclone, dd, partclone[5] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Clonezilla server edition) | GPL | |
g4u | command-line | ? | Yes (3 MB) | Yes (2 floppies) | No | NetBSD | Yes | ? | No | No | No | Yes | requires FTP server | Yes | BSD | |
PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost) | text-mode | ? | Yes (31 MB) | No | No | partimage?, zsplit | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Partial[3] | ? | Yes | Yes | GPL | |
G4L | text-mode | ? | Yes (80 MB) | No | ? | g4u[4][5], partimage, ntfsclone | Yes | ? | No | No | No | ? | No | No | GPL | |
partimage | text-mode | ? | Partial [6] | No | ? | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Partial [3] | ? | Yes | Yes | GPL | ||
ntfsclone | command-line | ? | Partial [7] | No | ? | No | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | GPL | ||
SelfImage | GUI | No | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? [8] | Yes | ? | Yes | No | GPL | |
OSFClone | command-line | Yes (26 MB) | Yes (27 MB) | No | No | dc3dd | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | GPL | |
Mondo Rescue | text-mode | ? | No | No | Yes | partimage? | Yes? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | GPL | |
ODIN[9] | GUI | ? | Yes WinPE | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | GPL | ||
Linbox Rescue Server (GPL edition) | GUI | ? | Yes (187 MB) | No | ? | ? | No[10] | ? | Yes | No[10] | No[10] | ? | No | Yes | GPL | |
FOG | GUI | ? | No | No | ? | partimage | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | GPL | |
zsplit/unzsplit | command-line | ? | Partial [11] | No | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | GPL | ||
DriveImage XML | GUI | ? | Yes, using WinPE | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Can access networked drives | Free for private use | ||
Partition Saving | text-mode | ? | Yes (4 MB) | Yes (1 floppies) | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Freeware | ||
Acronis True Image | GUI | Yes (64 MB) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | ||
Ghost 11.5 | GUI and Commandline | ? | Yes WinPE or Linux | Yes (3 floppies) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | ||
R-Drive Image | GUI and command-line | Yes | Yes | Yes (2 floppies) | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Proprietary | ||
Paragon Backup & Recovery | GUI | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Has some network functionality | Proprietary with a free version for home use | ||
StorCube PC/Server Backup & Recovery | GUI and command-line | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Has some network functionality | Proprietary with a free version for Migration(StorCube Virtual Converter) | ||
Macrium Reflect | GUI | ? | Yes (6 MB) | ? | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Proprietary (with a slimmed down free version for personal use) | ||
Kleo Bare Metal Backup for Servers | GUI | Yes (570 MB) | Yes (570 MB) | No | No | partimage | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Freeware | |
HDClone 3.9 | GUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | Proprietary, five editions, one is freeware | |||
SystemImager | text-mode | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | GPL v2 | |
SmartDeploy | GUI | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary |
Any application that can be booted from a CD or floppy can also be booted from a USB drive if the system's bios supports booting from USB. To create a bootable USB drive you will need to install a boot-loader such as grub4dos (freeware) which is related to GNU Grub.