Anyone know of any free hard drive cloning software?

[biggiesmallz]

Anyone know of any free hard drive cloning software?

 

[silverpig]

Use linux

dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hda2

It should be on most live cds. It might do what you want.

 

[drinkmorejava]

isohunt.com-->"ghost 8"=free

 

[FoBoT]

isohunt sounds like a pirate thing

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: drinkmorejava
isohunt.com-->"ghost 8"=free

:shocked:

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
isohunt sounds like a pirate thing

it is...

 

[FoBoT]

wh00p! wh00p! pirate alert! pirate alert!!!!

 

[merlocka]

just go to the website of the drive manufacturer, and download their utility. Maxtor and WD both have drive copy utilities, I'm 95% sure the Maxtor works on any drive (although it' pops up a warning if no Maxtor drives are attached).

 

[tomcas1]

I've always used the free utilities available from the drive manufacturer like Merlocka said. They work slower than Ghost or True Image but I have never had any problems using them. Unlike Merlocka, I have found that all of them require at least one of the drives is ID'd as the manufacturers, including Maxtors MaxBlast.

 

[Kwatt]

Warning! Warning! I am a new LINUX user! and have not used the DD command yet. So go easy.

I have question about this silverpig.
Would that not copy from partition 1 to partition 2?

Originally posted by: silverpig
Use linux

dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hda2

It should be on most live cds. It might do what you want.

Kwatt

 

[Lcarvone]

I have a similar question....I have an old Quantum drive I'd like to do the same thing with but since Maxtor bought them there are no manufacturuer utilities (that I know of)....also all I have read say the Maxblast software won't work with Quantum drives

Any comments/suggestions are appreciated

 

[PatboyX]

is carbon copy cloner only for mac os?

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: Kwatt
Would that not copy from partition 1 to partition 2?

Yep.

dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb