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Clone an active Windows system directly to a new drive without stopping your system and restarting Windows. This can be easily done with Acronis True Image and its Active Cloning feature.

The term 'Active Cloning' refers to a disk cloning operation that does not require you to reboot the computer to complete the operation. Please note that in some cases Acronis True Image will still ask for a reboot, the disk will be cloned offline, and then the computer will reboot back into Windows.

If you want to clone a disk on Mac, see this article for instructions.

If you are planning to clone a disk from your laptop PC, please see Cloning laptop hard disk.

Before cloning

Before performing the clone operation please read the information about Disk Cloning Utility

Before cloning, it is recommended to create a backup of the entire original disk as a safety precaution.

Keep in mind the following limitations:

  • Dynamic disks cannot be cloned
  • Source and target disks must have equal logical sector size. See this article for more information.
  • It is recommended that your old and new hard drives work in the same controller mode (for example, IDE or AHCI). Otherwise, your computer might not start from the new hard drive.
  • Disks encrypted with BitLocker need to be in an unlocked state for cloning. Disk cloning of such a disk will fail if the cloning tool requests a computer reboot, as Acronis bootable environment cannot read Bitlocker-encrypted disks.

How to clone a disk:

  1. On the sidebar, click Tools, and then click Clonedisk.
  2. On the Clone Mode step choose whether to use Automatic or Manual transfer mode. In Automatic transfer mode, the partitions will be proportionally resized to fit your new hard drive. The Manual mode provides more flexibility. See Manual partitioning for more details about the manual mode.

    If the program finds two disks, one partitioned and another unpartitioned, it will automatically recognize the partitioned disk as the source disk and the unpartitioned disk as the destination disk. In this case, the next steps will be bypassed and you will be taken to the cloning Summary screen.

  3. On the Source Disk step, select the disk that you want to clone.
  4. On the Destination Disk step, select the destination disk for the cloned data.

    If any disk is unpartitioned, the program will automatically recognize it as the destination and bypass this step.

  5. On the Finish step, ensure that the configured settings suit your needs, and then click Proceed.
  6. After the cloning operation completes, the system will inform you of the next steps to take

To use the cloned drive on the current hardware:

  1. Turn off the computer
  2. Remove the source drive
  3. Turn on the computer

To use the cloned drive on similar hardware on a different computer:

  1. Remove the cloned drive
  2. Connect the cloned drive to a new computer
  3. Turn on the computer

If you want to use the cloned disk on dissimilar hardware, additional steps should be taken:

  1. Remove the cloned drive and connect it to the new computer
  2. Prepare necessary drivers for the target computer
  3. Download Acronis Universal Restore Bootable Media Builder and create Acronis Bootable Media with Acronis Universal Restore tool: follow the instructions in Step 3 in Acronis True Image 2021: how to restore to dissimilar hardware
  4. Use Acronis Universal Restore to make a cloned system bootable on the new hardware: follow the instructions in Step 5 in Acronis True Image 2021: how to restore to dissimilar hardware

(!) Please be aware that the cloned drive will not have a letter within Windows. This is expected behavior. Acronis True Image creates an identical copy of the source disk, however Windows does not allow having two disks with the same letter in the same time, e.g. two C: disks, so the cloned disk is not assigned a letter by default. Once you boot a new machine from this drive, a letter will be assigned automatically.

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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.

Table[edit]

NameOperating systemUser interfaceSector by sector[a]File by file[b]Hot transfer[c]Mount or extract[d]Operation modelLicense
StandaloneClient–serverFrom a Live OS
Acronis True Image[1]WindowsGraphicalYes[e]FAT32, NTFS[f]YesYesYesYesYes (64 MB)Trialware[g]
Apple Software RestoremacOSCommand-lineYesHFS+Novia hdiutilYesYesNoPart of macOS
CloneDisk[2]Windows 7GraphicalYesFAT, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, UDFNoYesYesYesYesFreeware
Clonezilla[3]LinuxText-basedYesFAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs, btrfs, f2fs, NILFS2, HFS+, UFS, minix, VMFS3NoThrough a hack[4]YesYes (Clonezilla server edition)Yes (210 MB)GPL
dcflddLinuxCommand-lineYesNoNoYesYesNo?GPL
dd (Unix)UnixCommand-lineYesNoNoYes[h]YesNoYes[i]GPLv3
Disks (gnome-disk-utility)LinuxGraphicalUI onlyPart of Gnome
Disk UtilitymacOSGraphicalYesHFS+YesYesYesNoYesPart of macOS
Drive SnapShot[5]WindowsGraphical, Command-lineYes[6]NoYesYesYesNoNoTrialware
Foxclone[7][8]LinuxGraphicalYesntfs, fat32, ext4, GPT & MSDOS partition tablesNoNoYesNoYesGPL
FSArchiverLinuxText-basedNoFAT32, btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS-4, HPFS, JFS, XFS??YesNo?GPL
Ghost[9]WindowsGraphical,
Command-line
YesFAT32, NTFS, HPFS, ext2, ext3[10]YesYesYesYesYesTrialware
GParted Live CD[11]LinuxGraphicalNoext2, ext3NoNoYesNoYesGPL
HDClone[12]Windows, (Linux[13])Graphical, Command-lineYesFAT16, FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, ReFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, XFS, HFS+YesYesYesNoYesFreemium
Image for Windows[14]WindowsGraphicalYesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3YesYesYesNoYesTrialware
IsoBuster[15]WindowsGraphicalYesFAT12, FAT16, FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, MFS, HFS, HFS+, UDF, XFS[16]NoYesYesNoYesTrialware
Kleo Bare Metal BackupIndependent (Live OS)GraphicalYesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, HFS+No?NoYesYes (570 MB)Freeware
Mondo Rescue[17]LinuxText-basedYesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3Yes?Yes?Yes *[j]GPL
ntfsclone[18][19]LinuxCommand-lineNoNTFS??YesNoNo[k]GPL
partimage[20][21]LinuxText-basedNoFAT32, ext2, ext3, ReiserFS-3, HPFS, JFS, XFS;
UFS (beta), HFS (beta), NTFS (experimental)[22]
??YesYesNo[k]GPL
Partition-Saving[23]Windows, Linux, DOSText-based
Command-line
YesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3NoYesYesNoYesFreeware
Redo Backup and RecoveryIndependent (Live OS)GraphicalYesFAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4NoNoNoCan access networked drivesYes (225 MB)GPL

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Lists:

Comparison:

Acronis True Image Vs Norton Ghost

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[edit]

Acronis Ghost
  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. ^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.
  5. ^At the Disk Cloning mode, Sector by sector feature is automatically applied and it's the only one way.
  6. ^Acronis True Image can detect and identify Linux partitions and prompt user to switch to sector-by-sector mode.
  7. ^At the trial version, you can't perform Disk Cloning feature via UI nor Rescue disc. Both methods are locked.
  8. ^dd's clone images can be mounted as loop device.
  9. ^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).
  10. ^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.
  11. ^ abThere is no Live CD dedicated specially to this utility. However, it is present on several rescue CD's together with other software.

References[edit]

  1. ^'Datasheet – True Image 2013 by Acronis'. Acronis. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ^'CloneDisk'. Erawn's Blog. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. ^Clonezilla home page (includes supported filesystems and other info)
  4. ^https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=872832
  5. ^Tom Ehlert Software Drive SnapShot home page
  6. ^http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/backfaq.htm
  7. ^'Foxclone home page'. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  8. ^'Foxclone - linux image backup, restore & clone'. Retrieved 8 June 2020. AndyMH posting on the Linux Mint forums, posted 30 March 2020. Entry amended by author AndyMH 7 Sep 2020.
  9. ^'Norton Ghost'. Symantec. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  10. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^'GParted Live CD'. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  12. ^HDClone product page (includes a comparison chart and additional documents)
  13. ^HDClone/L as 2nd Live OS for the stand-alone version since HDClone 7.
  14. ^TeraByte Image for Windows home page
  15. ^Clone a drive or partition with IsoBuster, Managed or otherwise
  16. ^IsoBuster 4.3 Release notes
  17. ^[1]
  18. ^About ntfscloneArchived 2008-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ntfsclone(8) man pageArchived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^'Partimage home page'. Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  21. ^Partimage supported filesystems
  22. ^http://www.partimage.org/Supported-Filesystems
  23. ^Partition-Saving manual

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