Best Disk Cloning Software

Compare the Top Disk Cloning Software as of October 2026

What is Disk Cloning Software?

Disk cloning software is a type of software used to create an exact replica, or clone, of the contents of one disk drive onto another. This technology is commonly used for data backup and restoration purposes, as it allows users to make exact copies of their original drives for storage or to transfer to another machine. Disk cloning software typically supports cloning from both hard disks and solid state drives, and many programs offer options for encrypting and compressing data before it is cloned over. Some disk cloning solutions enable user-friendly customization such as setting up periodic backups at regular intervals. Compare and read user reviews of the best Disk Cloning software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Active@ Disk Image

    Active@ Disk Image

    LSoft Technologies

    Active@ Disk Image is a disk image software that makes an exact copy of any PC disk (HDD, SSD, USB, CD, DVD, Blu-ray etc.) and stores it into a folder. The disk images may be used for backups, PC upgrades or disk duplication purposes. In case of computer failure, a backup image may be used to recover your computer system or find & restore any necessary files from within an image. Create & Restore Disk Image Backup (occupied clusters only). Image Compression (Fast, Normal and High). Mounting images as virtual drives. Incremental and Differential images. RAID is supported. Rescue bootable media. Create & restore raw disk image (sector by sector copy). Scheduled backups. Windows Servers are supported. Image Encrypting (AES-128, AES-192, AES-256). Scripting support. E-mail notifications. Cloud storage.
    Starting Price: $39 one time
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    SmartDeploy

    SmartDeploy

    SmartDeploy

    SmartDeploy is a leading provider of modern endpoint management solutions. With a flexible layered architecture, IT can achieve centralized, single-image management to support 50 - 50,000 endpoints. SmartDeploys award-winning technology combines the best of progressive solutions like SCCM, centralized solutions like VDI and legacy imaging solutions like Ghost, without the common drawbacks. More than 3,000 organizations trust SmartDeploy to deploy and manage their end user devices. With over 1500 ready-to-use driver packs from top manufacturers, SmartDeploy helps streamline your disk cloning for remote and in-house employees.
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    Starting Price: $1020/50 machines
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    MiniTool Partition Wizard

    MiniTool Partition Wizard

    MiniTool Software

    MiniTool Partition Wizard is a piece of partition manager targeting home and home office users. It owns comprehensive disk partition management functions for flexible partitioning, optimization and managing your computer. This high-performance tool helps make the optimal disk space distribution and ensure an ideal hard disk structure.
    Starting Price: $39/Year/PC
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    R-Drive Image

    R-Drive Image

    R-Tools Technology

    R-Drive Image is a potent utility providing disk image files creation for backup or duplication purposes. A disk image file contains the exact, byte-by-byte copy of a hard drive, partition or logical disk and can be created with various compression levels on the fly without stopping Windows OS and therefore without interrupting your business. These drive image files can then be stored in a variety of places, including various removable media such as CD-R(W)/DVD, Iomega Zip or Jazz disks, etc. Using R-Drive Image, you can completely and rapidly restore your system after heavy data loss caused by an operating system crash, virus attack or hardware failure. R-Drive Image is one of the best backup and disaster recovery solutions to prevent losing your data after a fatal system failure. Simple wizard interface. Almost all actions can be specified by several mouse clicks, no in-depth computer management skills are required.
    Starting Price: $44.95 one-time payment
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    Iperius Backup
    Iperius is able to create complete images of your computer disks (Drive Images), allowing a bare-metal restore of an entire system without having to reinstall programs or redo configurations, even on different hardware. You can also recover single files from the VHD/VHDX images. Iperius can perform FTP backups both in upload and download mode using the secure FTPS protocol with zip compression and AES encryption. These functions are ideal to perform online backups or to perform the automatic download, and thus backup of entire websites. Iperius is one of the best software packages on the market for backing up and restoring Exchange mail data. Export mailboxes to PST files, automatic truncation of logs, granular restore, block-level image backup mode. Unlimited mail server backups, even from a network with a single license. Can transfer backups to any destination: NAS, FTP, Cloud, etc… with compression and encryption.
    Starting Price: $30 one-time payment
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    Macrium Reflect

    Macrium Reflect

    Paramount Software

    Complete data security is more important than ever. Whether you’re protecting your home or business PCs, Macrium has a range of reliable solutions for you. The complete backup solution for personal use. Protect documents, data and operating systems using advanced disk imaging technology. Includes Macrium viBoot for instant Hyper-V virtualization and Macrium Image Guardian. Your license includes 12 months Essentials Support, giving you complete peace of mind. If you have any issues with Macrium Reflect 8 Home Edition, a member of our technical team will be happy to assist. Sit back, relax, and be confident that Macrium quickly and reliably secures your valuable data. Mount images in Windows Explorer for easy item level recovery. Rapid Delta Restore recovers your images in minutes or even seconds. Restore images to dissimilar hardware using Macrium ReDeploy (Not included in the 30-Day Trial). Protect your backups from ransomware with Macrium Image Guardian.
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    Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
    Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (formerly Acronis True Image). Protect your data with easy-to-use, fast, and reliable backup and security trusted by millions of IT professionals and home users. Get reliable backup and advanced anti-malware in one full-featured solution. Better protection at a fraction of the cost: that’s the power of integration. Stop any threat from disrupting your digital life, from disk failure to device loss to the latest cyberattacks — including those never seen before. Back up and recover everything — files, applications, OSes, and the devices they’re on — through an intuitive interface that’s accessible from anywhere. Stop the latest cyberthreats from damaging your data, applications or system. Block attacks in real-time — before malware, ransomware, or cryptojackers can cause damage — thanks to advanced anti-malware technologies powered by artificial intelligence.
    Starting Price: $49.99 per year
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    DriveImage XML

    DriveImage XML

    DriveImage XML

    Backup logical drives and partitions. Create "hot images" of your drives, while working with them. Copy one drive to another. Easily browse images. DriveImage XML is an easy to use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images", even from drives currently in use. Images are stored in XML files, allowing you to process them with 3rd party tools. Never again be stuck with a useless backup! Restore images to drives without having to reboot. DriveImage XML is now faster than ever, offering two different compression levels. DriveImage XML runs under Windows XP and up. The program will backup, image and restore drives formatted with FAT and NTFS. We offer two versions of DriveImage XML, a free one for home users, and a paid one for commercial users. Private home users are allowed to use the Private Edition of DriveImage XML without charge.
    Starting Price: $100 per year
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    iBoysoft NTFS for Mac
    iBoysoft NTFS for Mac is an NTFS for Mac solution that allows Mac users to read and write to NTFS-formatted drives on Mac running macOS 10.13, macOS 10.14, macOS 10.15, macOS 11, macOS 12, macOS 13, and even the latest macOS 14. NTFS (New Technology File System) is a proprietary file system used by Windows operating systems, and Macs do not have native support for writing to NTFS-formatted external hard drives. iBoysoft NTFS for Mac is designed to overcome this limitation, allowing Mac users to read and write NTFS-formatted HDDs, SSDs, USB drives, and other external drives on Mac as if they were natively supported by the Mac operating system. In addition to providing NTFS write support, iBoysoft NTFS for Mac also serves as a disk management tool, managing all the drives attached to the Mac. As an NTFS drive manager, it can mount, unmount, open, eject, format, and repair NTFS drives. As a non-NTFS drive manager, it supports opening non-NTFS disks and erasing them to NTFS.
    Starting Price: $19.95
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    O&O DiskImage

    O&O DiskImage

    O&O Software

    O&O DiskImage 16.5 lets you back up an entire computer or single files whenever you want – even while the computer is being used. In the event you should lose your personal data it can be quickly restored with just a few mouse clicks – even when Windows is no longer able to start. It also supports SSD drives and the latest UEFI System. O&O DiskImage lets you carry out a system restore and to duplicate or clone an entire PC or hard drive. You can even restore this backup onto a computer whose hardware is different from the original machine, for instance, where you have changed a motherboard on the target machine or have bought a brand new PC and want to restore an old backup onto it. A regular backup is still something that many users prefer to avoid. At least that is until they suffer their first loss of important files as a result of software, hardware or user error: that’s when it becomes crystal clear just how valuable a reliable and up-to-date backup really is!
    Starting Price: $49.95 per PC
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    ManageEngine OS Deployer
    ManageEngine OS Deployer is a software program that enables you to deploy operating systems anywhere across the globe. It also functions as a comprehensive hard drive cloning software. It allows you to create a single golden image of the OS and deploy it to desktops and servers from a central location. You can customize the image for deployment according to the organization's department and user roles. This software helps you save time and effort by seamlessly migrating user profiles. It provides reliable and convenient driver management to collect and distribute drivers automatically. You can perform live disk imaging where you can image a machine when it's live and functioning in the network and can also perform offline imaging if needed. You can also deploy OS to multiple machines independent of vendor make or model.
    Starting Price: $6/Year/Single Workstation
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