HDClone Free Edition

HDClone is the ideal tool for cloning, migrating and imaging contents of internal/mobile hard disks, SSD and USB media. Since it works on physical level it can be used with any operating system and any filesystem. HDClone copies the data for you. This allows you to transfer entire system installations to a newer hard disk quickly and easily (hard disk migration) and to do backups. It also adds the additional disk space automatically if desired.

Since <>b>HDClone has its own operating system and is self-booting, it can be used even if the installed operating system is damaged. Therefore HDClone is also a great solution for data rescue on damaged hard disks or system installations. The commercial versions HDClone Basic Edition, HDClone Standard Edition, HDClone Professional Edition, and HDClone Enterprise Edition offer extended features.

HDClone, the universal cloning tool

» NEW: Password protected and AES-encrypted images
» NEW: Writeable virtual drives (Miray Virtual Disk)
» NEW: Mounting images directly from network drives
» NEW: Creating VMX-files automatically
» NEW: CLI: Up-& Downsizing during copying
» NEW: CLI: Password protection and AES-encryption
» NEW: Converting SmartImages to RAW format (MVD)
» Supporting USB 3.0
» VMware/VMDK images
» cloning and imaging of Windows 7 + running on Windows 7
» Command line version for automated cloning & imaging
» Automatic downsizing of NTFS and FAT partitions
» Defragmentation 'on-the-fly' for NTFS and FAT
» HotCopy & LiveImage while running Windows
» supporting hard disks > 2 Terabytes (= 2000 GB)
» for data rescue, backup, migration, mass installations etc.
» logical and physical 1:1 copies (= sector copies)
» logical, physical and compressed file images
» cloning hard disks and many other storage media
» self-booting and running on Windows XP/Vista/7, Server 2003/2008

Functionality

HDClone creates physical or logical copies (clones) and file images of hard disks and other mass storage media. HDClone is a perfect tool for backups and copies of entire software or operating system installations. A special 'SafeRescue' mode makes HDClone an invaluable tool for rescuing defective hard disks and other media. HDClone works independent of partitioning scheme, file system, and operating system. It also works with proprietary formats which otherwise would be unaccessible.

HDClone on Windows XP/Vista/7 and Server 2003/2008
• create copies and images - even of the system volume - while Windows is running
• access to special media & controllers (SCSI, SAS, RAID, Dynamic Volumes ...)
• using familiar Windows drive letters
Each HDClone software package now contains a Windows program (HDClone/W) in addition to the self-booting program (HDClone/S). Since both are operated identically, you do not have to change over when switching between HDClone/s and HDClone/W.

File images - physical, Smart, RAW, compressed - NEW: password & encryption
Instead of a direct copy from medium to medium, you can also store an exact image of medium in an image file. These images files can be stored, archived, or transmitted via network and the Internet. They can be restored at any time or place to a medium which then behaves just like a direct copy had been made. VMDK images can be directly used as drives in VMware virtualization software. HDClone also creates a default VMX file automatically.

Miray Virtual Disk - NEW: now virtual drives can be written, too
Some Editions include the software Miray Virtual Disk (» version overview). You can use this software to mount file images that have been created with HDClone as virtual Windows drives. This allows you to access files and folders in an image directly without having to restore the image to a physical disk before. Images can be accessed read-only or writeable.

Defragmentation 'on the fly' for NTFS & FAT
HDClone can perform a perfect defragmentation on NTFS and FAT volumes during copying or restoring from a file image. This defragmentation only needs a fraction of the time usually required for defragmentation. Hence, it consumes almost no additional time compared to the copying itself.

HotCopy & LiveImage
HDClone now can create copies and file images of drives and partitions during Windows operation - even for the system volume.

Faster with SmartCopy mode
HDClone creates logical sector copies (SmartCopy) of FAT, NTFS, and ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems in only a fraction of the time usually needed - yielding an equivalent result. SmartCopy can clone an entire Windows XP base installation in less than 20 seconds for example.

AutoExpand - upsizing 'on the fly'
Let HDClone upsize your FAT, NTFS, and ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions automatically on the fly during copying.

Downsizing 'on the fly' for NTFS & FAT
Have HDClone downsize your NTFS and FAT partitions automatically on the fly during copying. This allows you to adjust partition sizes during cloning or to migrate to smaller media. Perfect for migrating to (usually smaller) SSD drives.

Note:Please use the Free Edition to find out if a certain PC system and its mass storage media are supported. The Free Edition shows all supported and recognized drives, but some of them may only be usable with one of the higher editions.