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Instead of buying an expensive disk cloning software, you can use free alternatives to provide similar features without paying any money at all.

Contents 1 Boot CD 1.1 EASEUS Disk Copy 1.2 Clonezilla 2 Windows Based 2.1 DriveImageXML 2.2 Windows Vista Ultimate Disk Imaging 3 Linux Based 3.1 PartImage 3.2 Linbox Rescue Server 3.3 FOG

Boot CD

These utilities are based on a boot cd that can be used regardless of the operating system.

EASEUS Disk Copy

Features:

• Partition Copying
• Disk Cloning
• Supports IDE, SATAI, SATAII, SCSI, Firewire(IEEE1394) and USB drives

EASEUS Disk Copy Homepage

Clonezilla

Clonezilla comes in two different versions, a server edition that lets you clone to many computers at once, and a "live" edition that lets you backup and restore a single machine from a boot cd.

Clonezilla Homepage

Windows Based

These utilities can be used from within Windows while Windows is running.

DriveImageXML

This utility can be used to clone drives from within Windows. It has a simple wizard-based interface.

See Also

Turn Vista Home Premium Into Ultimate - (Part 1) Disk Imaging

DriveImageXML Homepage

Windows Vista Ultimate Disk Imaging

The Ultimate edition of Vista includes a full disk cloning utility built-in.

Linux Based

These utilities can be used from within Linux to clone a drive.

PartImage

Linbox Rescue Server

FOG