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
Other disk cloning applications
See also
- Software
- Lists
Notes
- ^ Hot transfer refers to copying the contents a volume on which there are open files in use. Implies use of Shadow Copy or such techniques.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b NTFS support in partimage (and by extension, all products based on partimage) is at experimental stage.[7]
- ^ a b There is no Live CD dedicated specially to partimage. However partimage is present on several rescue CD's together with other software.
- ^ a b There is no Live CD dedicated specially to ntfsclone. However ntfsclone is present on several rescue CD's together with other software.
- ^ Acronis True Image can detect and identify Linux partitions and prompt user to switch to sector-by-sector mode
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