FarStone DriveClone Free for Windows

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Developer’s Description

By Farstone Technology

Make an exact copy of a hard disk or SSD.

DriveClone serves over 1,000,000 of hard drive & Windows cloning, is now free for non-commercial use.DriveClone will clone & copy your PC entirely, including all files/folders, applications, registries, favorites, settings, and partitions. DriveClone will resize partitions automatically when clone to different size drive. The cloned drive is immediately bootable.

Main Features: Hard Drive to Hard Drive Cloning; Solid State Drive Cloning; SSD Migration; Hard Drive to SSD Cloning; Cloned Hard Drive is Immediately Bootable; Clone Different Size Hard Drives and Solid State Drives; Clone to Bigger or Smaller Drive; Defrag in cloning; Remove Windows junk files; Any Size Drive Cloning (2/3/4TB or bigger drive); Incremental Cloning; UEFI/GPT/RAID Cloning; Convert to VMware & Hyper-v; Mirror Drive.

Data Migration made easy:Support: Intel, Samsung, SanDisk, KingsSton, and other SSDs; DriveClone will increase SSD life-time expectancy and performance (up to 20%) with its exclusive Perfect Defrag and Smart Cloning features. Auto resize partitions:DriveClone makes an exact copy of disk drives, including all types and all sizes of hard drives, solid state drives(SSD), hybrid drives, RAID drives, and UEFI systems . DriveClone will resize partitions automatically when clone to different size drive. The cloned drive is immediately bootable.

FarStone DriveClone Free for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: December 11, 2014

Latest update: April 24, 2020

Version: 11.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 10
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows Server
Windows 2003
Windows XP
Windows 8

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 35,917

Downloads Last Week: 8

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3.8/5

17 User Votes

Worked flawlessly
mac4thOctober 1, 2017
Pros
Easy load and operation, no issues.
Cons
Slow to copy drive, but this is more a hardware limitation of USB.
Summary
Made a perfect, usable copy of my notebook HDD to a new SSD. No hiccups; this program made the transition a breeze.
Misleading GUI that can lead to lost of data
June 22, 2015
Pros
Seems to have a lot of features
Cons
BEWARE!!! It would stupidly totally FORMAT your data partition, WHETHER OR NOT you select it as target partition. And don't assume that it can clone every partition!
Summary
Try this scenario: assuming that you have drive 1 with System (C) and Data (D) partitions (same size of 460GB), you want to clone System (C) (only 130GB used) partition to a new drive 2. 1. You create a smaller partition on drive 2 (200GB), leave it as RAW. 2. Choose clone one time, choose the System (C) on disk 1 as the source. Choose the RAW partition on drive 2 as the destination. 3. Choose slow clone on next step (because partitions are not the same size; the RAW partition still has enough space for data) 4. BEWARE!!! On confirmation step, your destination will magically become your Data (D) partition on drive 1, and it even doesn't tell you that they are on the same drive. If you are not carefully read the partition's names like me, you will end up loosing the whole Data (D) partition on drive 1. You will then have 2 System partitions on the same drive. I'm lucky that I have all my important data backup. I was lured to use DriveClone from Farstone by some advertisement as I'm upgrading my laptop (SSD upgrade)
GREAT (with caveats - purchased, not free version)
ssowell1May 21, 2015
Pros
Achieved intended result Easy to use did (almost) everything as advertised can also create backup and incremental clones and create a RAID1-type mirror to external drive
Cons
1st attempt failed completely, w/silly & untrue "drive no have enough space" error tech support was slow, but effective - provided .dll replacement file fixed the issue manual has barely more info than you'd learn on your own by plundering around Had to manually adjust BIOS boot order to get SDD to boot, but not a huge deal
Summary
The need to replace a .dll file, the poor manual, and relatively slow email support are not good, my actual net time and frustration was very low, and I achieved the target results and now my PC is faster. Based on my experience, (May 19, 2015) I'd recommend. My PC and time are biz-critical, so didn't dork around with the free version, just bought it, used it, now can get back to generating revenue.
Cant uninstall normally
Daniel MontiApril 10, 2015
Pros
It works. Very fast, runs as is expected, really easy to use.
Cons
You get a popup add to buy at start up unless you purchase. Cant uninstall normally.
Summary
STAY AWAY RANSOM WARE!!!!
Works but will not uninstall--permanent nag screen
kaslrantDecember 13, 2014
Pros
Yes, it works and it is simple.
Cons
It did not uninstall. Leaves a permanent nag screen at boot time. I had to delete by hand and edit the registry. Evil.
Summary
If it really was FREE, then it would be great for one use. Unacceptable method of trying to get you to pay. Evil.
It works. It's that simple. It works!
Sun DerekOctober 3, 2014
Pros
It just does what it says it does. It clones.
Cons
None that I encountered.
Summary
I tried several of the highly rated programs on Cnet. None of them worked. Wasted several hours. The next day I saw this one. Decided to try it. My OS drive was cloned within an hour. It simply does the job.
easy to use, it works
August 20, 2014
Pros
copy my disk (500GB) to a larger (1TB) sucessfully very easy to use UI is clean
Cons
not found during my use
Summary
WORKS BUT IT IS RANSOM WARE
settoneJuly 20, 2014
Pros
Cloned ssd to ssd in win 8.1
Cons
They tell you that you get a popup add to buy at start up unless you purchase it for $50.00 and I would have paid for it if it worked but you don't purchase it you RENT it for $50.00 A YEAR! I have no idea what would happen if you stopped paying. I just pray nothing worse than the popup happens. Also it can not be uninstalled as it does not show up under programs or any uninstaller I have tried. Not even under task manager.
Summary
STAY AWAY RANSOM WARE!!!!
Migrate to SSD is easier than I thought
SamFranks2233July 14, 2014
Pros
Straight forward, user's guide is good UI is neat. Select clone disk, then "start" Works
Cons
Can't schedule a clone
Summary
Over it's good migration tools
Good! Try it!
marychuangJune 24, 2014
Pros
Very fast, runs as is expected, really easy to use (intuitive), so we recommend this tool as a must-have.
Cons
I like FarStone DriveClone.
Summary
Highly recommended program that will solve all your cloning tasks. FarStone definitely flags this software area as its own territory