Cloning HDD - what do you guys use?

Figment

It's been a very long time since I've had the need to clone a hard drive. I used to use Powerquest Drive Copy, but the version I have doesn't support Windows 7, and I'm loathe to upgrade / purchase the latest version as Powerquest is now part of Symantec :eek:

So, what do you guys use recommend? The free-er the bett-er.

letsbehonest

Todo ease backup,is free Acronis true image you pay for,both work

Toxteth_OGrady

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm

http://clonezilla.org/

All free.

BlueC

Clonezilla. It is brilliant.

Available as a live CD/USB so is OS independent. Being GPL it is also as free as they come.

There are dozens of others too....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_cloning_software

fwor

Another happy Clonezilla user here.

Only problem I've had is that it has tripped up on an uncommon filesystem (JFS) with me in the past, but few users are likely to find that a problem (and the bug has probably been fixed by now anyway).

Pikeyp

I've used Driveimage XML from Runtime Software before ... http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm ..

Worked well enough , took a few hours though as I recall!

GunJack

acronis (if you can blag a free coa ) or macrium reflect here

mart44

I've used Windows 7's disk imaging function many times. It has always worked reliably.

Figment

GunJack wrote: »

acronis (if you can blag a free coa ) or macrium reflect here

I wouldn't know where to attempt to blag one from :think:

closed

both WD and seagate/maxtor (did) give away a free version of acronis for use with their drives, if you don't like the many 3rd party apps

Figment

closed wrote: »

both WD and seagate/maxtor (did) give away a free version of acronis for use with their drives, if you don't like the many 3rd party apps

They still do :dance: