Best Disk Cloning Software in 2023 [Windows 11 Supported]

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What is Disk Cloning?

Disk cloning is the process of creating an exact copy of a hard drive or solid-state drive with all of its present contents. When you are very satisfied and used to the settings running on your laptop or PC, you may want to copy all the settings and data and make a backup of that. That is where disk cloning plays its part. It also helps a lot to upgrade a hard drive to a faster SSD or replace the disk about to fail with a new disk.

There are a few factors to consider when choosing a disk cloning software for Windows. Here are some of the key things to keep in mind:

Best 10 Disk Cloning Software

Disk cloning software is a pretty good solution to help cloning hard drive without any loss. There are many excellent disk cloning programs for both Windows OS and Mac OS. In this article, we will take a look at top 10 disk cloning software that can help you in cloning your computer's HDD or SDD and meet your needs include:

💻 Our Window version	Windows 11 Home
🔢 No. of tested cloning tools	20
⏳ How long we tested	3 weeks
💻 Device we tested on	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
🔄 Task performed	Cloning a 1TB SATA HDD to a 500GB SAMSUNG SSD

1. Donemax Disk Clone

Donemax Disk Clone is one of the best disk cloning software which is fully compatible with Windows OS and Mac OS. It supports to easily clone hard disk, copy hard drive partition, or create a full disk backup to an external hard drive. It is very easy-to-use. Users only need to select the source drive and the destination drive, then click "Clone Now" to copy the source drive to the destination drive without any loss.

2. Acronis Disk Director

Acronis disk director is a renowned utility for disk management and disk cloner. It claims to transfer your data such as OS, apps in an easier way from one drive to another in a matter of minutes. This software also comes with some other handy features such as volume recovery of lost or deleted data even when the operating system fails to boot, and partition management to resize partitions safely.

3. Clonezilla

This is another disk cloner that supports multiple file systems including FAT and ext. Clonezilla comes in 3 types of offerings namely live, lite server, and SE (server edition). Clonezilla lite server has the potential to clone 40 plus computers at the same time and its claimed restoration rate is also very high. Moreover, Clonezilla supports image encryption as well.

4. Macrium Reflect

It is a cloning software for Windows with some additional features such as ransomware protection, creating images of a live Windows OS, ability to browse backup data in Windows Explorer, etc. Macrium Reflect can clone data or make a backup of files and folders for both commercial and personal users. Macrium Reflect comes with a 30-day trial and includes all the advanced features as mentioned on its website.

5. EaseUS Todo Backup: Home Edition

EaseUS Todo Backup is yet another backup software that can be used for disk cloning. It can create the backups of the individual files as well as of an entire computer. Its sector by sector cloning method can help users upgrade their old hard drives with no influence on the original data as per their say. EaseUS can do 3 types of backups such as file backup, partition backup, and system backup. Moreover, this software also supports a fast restoration process.

6. Paragon Drive Copy Professional

Another disk cloning program is Paragon Drive Copy Professional. It can clone an operating system to a USB drive so that the user can use it anywhere. It also has a built-in wizard to restore all forms of data backed up with this program. Paragon Drive can also do tasks in addition to backup such as partitioning to keep the disks organized.

7. Active@ Disk Image

Active@ Disk Image is yet another tool for backup purposes. It can make an exact copy of different drives such as HDD, SDD, USB, DVD, etc. These backups can later be reused in critical situations. Active@ Disk Image comes in 3 offerings named Lite, Standard, and Pro. Out of these, lite is a freeware software but lacks some pro features such as incremental and differential images, rescue bootable media, scheduled backups, and a bunch of other attributes.

8. O&O Disk Image

O&O Disk image is another cloning software which lets users backup single files or an entire hard disk which can be restored quickly. The backup process can be carried out even when the computer is being used. The new DiskImage To Go function built-in the software automatically changes an external drive into an O&O DiskImage boot medium. It also includes security risk warning and easy restoration.

9. R-Drive Image

R-Drive Image is specializes in backup creation. It makes disk image files of the backup that contains the exact byte-by-byte copy and can be is compressed with different compression levels. These images can then be stored on external devices such as CD's/DVD's. Other features that R-Drive claims to offer are advanced image restoration, disk to disk copy, scheduler, etc.

10. AOMEI Backupper

The last cloning tool is AOMEI Backupper. It is a backup utility that can clone Windows or important data in a simple manner. It also offers an all-in-one data protection solution for computers. AOMEI Backupper comes in 4 different versions known as Professional Edition for home usage, Workstation Edition for Business purposes, Server Edition for Windows server, and Technician Edition for companies.

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Tutorial: how to copy a hard drive in Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista?

Donemax Disk Clone is one of the best disk cloning software to help you securely and easily copy hard drive to another. Just follow the steps below to clone a hard disk in Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista.

Step 1. Install Donemax Disk Clone. Make sure the drives to clone have been connected to the computer.

Step 2. Select the source drive and destination drive.

Step 3. Click Clone to start disk cloning. Once the process is finished, check data on the destination drive if it is correct.

Final Thoughts

Disk cloner can be a useful tool for making an exact copy of important data, replacing old hard disk or upgrading to SSD. When choosing a best disk cloning software, for Windows, consider factors such as versatility, workflow, intuitive interface, and helpful support. With the right disk cloning software, you can easily transferring Windows OS and data to another drive.