Pros
Quick and easy to use
Cons
Only thing that would be nice to add would be if the tool had an option to expand the partition to max drive capacity after cloning was completed so that I did not have to do it manually.
Summary
This software is extremely easy to use if you know what you are doing. As to the other reviewers below that obviously had no idea of how to use this package, or for that matter, how to Google search for instructions on how to use said software, please ignore their ignorance in their reviews. Yes antivirus might pick up on this naturally because it is a bootable package as you DO NOT want to run it while the system OS is live, so there is not going to be an .exe either. Copy the package to either a CD/DVD or USB drive and boot to it in order to use the software.
Pros
Kept me busy and out of trouble with the law.
Cons
Probably has taken over my computer and is running information for terrorists and hackers.
Summary
Well, whatever this was lifted from, the files supporting the original program just weren't there. There were disk images in the file, but there was also a viral load of some kind that McAfee flagged nearly immediately. In any case, I wouldn't waste your time on a long download only to find that the program doesn't work at all.
Pros
There are no pros
Cons
It doesn't work
Summary
I downloaded the zip file and when I opened it there wasn't an exe to install clonezilla nor was there a boot file so I can't burn it to a CD and boot to it either(I tried). It didn't come with any instructions either so I can't even tell how these files are intended to be used. I might be missing something, but if it had instructions I would be able to tell.
Pros
Worked extremely fast on the disk-to-disk copy I tried
Cons
Only thing I would love to see added is that it would allow or assist better in creating a larger destination disk.
Summary
I was pleasantly surprised at how fast and effortless it moved my windows 7 System disk from one SSD to a larger SSD. The whole operation took less than 10 minutes for about 100 GB.
I did use GParted afterwards to stretch the partition - it could be that I missed some options that would have allowed this automatically though. :)
Pros
1.) Speed - This is the fastest disk imaging utility I ever used - if you avoid the DD method.
2.) Versitility - Can clone any disk / partition without fail. All failures I've heard are revealed to be user or hardware errors - whether the user admits it or not. Features 4 cloning methods, PartClone, PartImage, NTFSclone and DD. Specialized support for NTFS volumes using the NTFSclone method.
3.) Bootable - Works with any computer regardless of operating system.
4.) Images can be split every X amount of MB as specified by user for archiving onto multiple disks - NOTE that they all must be initially saved or loaded from a single volume.
5.) Server Edition (SE) - also free, can multicast for mass cloning over a network.
Cons
1.) When restoring an image, the destination MUST be of equal or greater size than the image.
2.) Unsupported partition types like ext4, HFS+ and UFS can only be cloned using the DD method - a failsafe method utilizing block by block cloning, including unused space resulting in a very large, slow and inefficient image.
3.) Does not support burning to optical media such as CD, DVD or Blu-Ray
4.) Does not support disk spanning. The entire image whether split or single file must be located on a single volume.
5.) Application can only go up to one directory down in a tree when creating or searching for the ghost's folder. (ie. "C:\Example" or "/example")
6.) Images cannot be mounted or "explored". You cannot restore individual files or folders.
7.) Sketchy RAID support
Summary
A powerful, fast and effective ghosting / disk imaging solution that looks and feels like Norton Ghost 2003 and earlier that's only marred by a few weaknesses - none of which, from personal experience as a PC repair technician, have ever proven to be a deal breaker and with some minor inconvenience can be worked around.
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Reply by DADSGETNDOWN on December 30, 2012
(1.) When restoring an image, the destination MUST be of equal or greater size than the image.)
That should have been left out, as it is impossible unless compressed to install for example, 60GB of data on a 59GB or less drive.
Pros
Works very well and very quickly.
Cons
Need to be extra careful if not comfortable with Linux.
Also be careful to end program correctly, so you don't accidentally wipe your hard drives.
Pros
Free- you get what you pay for
Cons
Written by someone who only spoke Russian, translated by someone who only reads Icelandic.
Summary
After all the hassle of downloading and burning an ISO, I thought I could FINALLY image my hard drive. Instead, I get way too many settings- none of which seemed to apply to what I wanted to do- with absolutely no guides (except, of course, the web pages- which I couldn't get to because I was running it off of a CD). Just miserable software.
Pros
Booting into Linux guarantees that the disk that is being cloned is static.
Cons
(major) I've made several attempts to use this software, so far without success.
(minor) The user interface is ugly.
Summary
I've used this software several times, so far without success.
On computer #1, I cloned the boot drive to an identical drive (same manufacturer and model #). I was able to boot on the cloned drive, but some drivers (Ethernet and audio) did not work on the cloned copy. The drive is supposedly good because I was able to do a full format without getting any errors.
On computer #2, I made two attempts to clone the boot drive. In both cases, the clone operation failed, and the error messages were so obscure that I have no idea why the clone operation failed. The target drive formatted without errors and source and target drives have exactly the same capacities, so it is unclear why the cloning operation fails.
Phillip
Pros
Equivalent commercial products capable of multicast imaging/cloning cost thousands (Ghost Corporate Ed). This software does the same job and is completely free. Using the Live CD you can image machines running just about any operating system you can think of. I am an IT professional and I use this software regularly and it hasn't failed me yet. I take my hat off to the authors. They are also willing to take the time to answer queries on the forums which shows real commitment to their users.
The CNET summary lists this as a Windows application - this is misleading as this is Linux software which you can boot from a Live CD and clone Windows but it is not a Windows application.
Cons
Its obvious from some of the negative comments that the authors do not understand what this software is for. There is no setup file or Windows .exe because this software does not run in Windows - its Linux only period.
My only negative comments are that perhaps the english instructions/documentation are not perfect but these guys are from Taiwan ! I don't find this really detracts from the function of the software.
Summary
To CNET - the classification of this software is misleading - it won't run in Windows. You can clone windows using a Linux Live CD but that's the only connection with Windows.
Really useful - particularly the multicast server edition which means you can use a lightweight server to image tens of clients simultaneously.
Pros
Clonezilla is laid out well and easy to navigate.
Cons
No real cons that I have seen yet.
Summary
Bottom line I have heard that this was good product that is a good replacement if you cannot afford Norton Ghost.
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