FarStone DriveClone Free for Windows

User Reviews

• 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.

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• 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)

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• 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.

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• 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!!!!

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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!!!!

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• 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

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• 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

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