Best Free Drive Imaging Program
Introduction
Notwithstanding claims of others, I cannot pretend to be entirely unbiased in my reviews; indeed, an “unbiased human” is an oxymoron. While I am in the process of preparing a 2011 update, there are two points that I would like to mention: bells and whistles and the availability of reliable customer service.
Acronis for Seagate/Maxtor HDDs http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/discwizard
Acronis for Western Digital HDDs http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119
1-Click Restore Free http://www.keriver.com/oneclick_free.html
Comodo Backup http://backup.comodo.com/
Drive Image XML http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
Clonezilla http://clonezilla.org/
Paragon Backup and Recovery 2010 http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/
O&O DiskImage 4 Express http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/products/oodiskimageexpress/
The following offer their programs from restricted servers, i.e., download managers/resumable downloads are not permitted:EASEUS http://www.todo-backup.com/
Act accordingly
Monk
Quick Selection Guide
Paragon Backup and Recovery (Advanced) Free | ||
| Fast backup and restore, differential backups, basic partitioning capabilities, can restore individual files, cyclic backup, good compression options, can clone hard drives. | ||
| Some compatibility problems with Linux recovery media, program requires registration for download. | ||
| http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/ | ||
| http://download.cnet.com/Paragon-Backup-amp-Recovery-Advanced-Free/3000-2242_4-10972187.html?tag=mncol;1 | ||
| 95.82MB | ||
| 64 Bit version available | ||
Macrium Reflect Free | ||
| Very easy to use and fast. can restore individual files. ability to clone hard drives.schedule backups easily, very stable and reliable. great compression of backup images. | ||
| Linux recovery is improving but still has had complaints and Bart PE is only available for Windows XP. No incremental or differential backups. Can only use restore function in Linux recovery media. | ||
| http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp | ||
| http://download.cnet.com/Macrium-Reflect-Free/3000-2242_4-10845728.html?part=dl-6288502&subj=dl&tag=button | ||
| 31.43 MB | ||
| 64 Bit support | ||
Drive Image XML | ||
| Drive to Drive image copy, restore individual files from images, ability to restore images to different drives. | ||
| No incremental or differential backup, backup process is very slow compared to others, not many options for creating backups, almost no default compression, has no recovery media included and users have to create their own, users also have to schedule tasks manually with Windows Task Manager. | ||
| http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm | ||
| http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm | ||
| 1.78 MB | ||
| 64 Bit version available | ||
PING (PartImage Is Not Ghost) | ||
| Very easy to use, can create incremental backups, possibility to blank local admin password, can backup and restore the BIOS, can create bootable restoration CD, some basic partition editing available. ds | ||
| Is an offline program, not many options for creating images. | ||
| http://ping.windowsdream.com/ | ||
| http://ping.windowsdream.com/cgi-bin/download.pl | ||
| 25.7 MB | ||
| 64 Bit support | ||
Clonezilla | ||
| supports huge amount of file systems, very reliable and stable, available on several different boot CD packages with a lot of tools, very popular program | ||
| can be difficult to use or complicated on first use, no incremental or differential backups, can not explore or restore files from images, not very fast | ||
| http://clonezilla.org/ | ||
| http://sourceforge.net/projects/clonezilla/ | ||
| 130 MB | ||
| 64 Bit support | ||
Easeus Todo Backup Home | ||
| Quick image backup and restore, clone disk, restore to a smaller partition, options for a Linux or a better Win PE recovery media, restore individual files. | ||
| Not very many options for creating backups, no incremental or differential backups, no apparent scheduling. | ||
| http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/ | ||
| http://majorgeeks.com/EASEUS_Todo_Backup_d6195.html | ||
| 62.7 MB | ||
| 64 bit support | ||
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