| Name | Operating system | User interface | Sector by sector | File by file | Hot transfer | Mount or extract | Operation model | Operation model | Operation model | License |
| Name | Operating system | User interface | Sector by sector | File by file | Hot transfer | Mount or extract | Standalone | Client–server |
Offline
(From a Live OS) |
License |
| Acronis True Image | Windows | Graphical | Yes | FAT32, NTFS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (64 MB) | Shareware |
| Apple Software Restore | OS X | Command-line | Yes | HFS+ | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Part of Mac OS X |
| Clonezilla | Linux | Text-based | Yes | FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, HFS+ | No | Through a hack | Yes | Yes (Clonezilla server edition) | Yes (109.1 MB) | GPL |
| dcfldd | Linux | Command-line | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | GPL |
| dd (Unix) | Unix | Command-line | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | BSD/CDDL/GNU/others |
| Disk Utility | OS X | Graphical | Yes | HFS+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Part of Mac OS X |
| EASIS Drive Cloning | Windows | Graphical | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Shareware |
| FSArchiver | Linux | Text-based | No | FAT32, btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS-4, HPFS, JFS, XFS | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | GPL |
| Ghost v15 | Windows |
Graphical
Command-line |
Yes | FAT32, NTFS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Shareware |
| GParted Live CD | Linux | Graphical | No | ext2, ext3 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | GPL |
| Image for Windows | Windows | Graphical | Yes | FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Shareware |
| Kleo Bare Metal Backup | Independent (Live OS) | Graphical | Yes | FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, HFS+ | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes (570 MB) | Freeware |
| Macrium Reflect | Windows | Graphical | Yes | FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes (6 MB) | Freemium |
| Mondo Rescue | Linux | Text-based | Yes | FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes * | GPL |
| ntfsclone | Linux | Command-line | No | NTFS | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | GPL |
| partimage | Linux | Text-based | No |
FAT32, ext2, ext3, ReiserFS-3, HPFS, JFS, XFS;
UFS (beta), HFS (beta), NTFS (experimental) |
? | ? | Yes | Yes | No | GPL |
| Partition-Saving | Windows, Linux, DOS |
Text-based
Command-line |
Yes | FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Freeware |
| PING | Linux | Text-based | Yes |
FAT32, ext2, ext3, ReiserFS-3, HPFS, JFS, XFS;
UFS (beta), HFS (beta), NTFS (experimental) |
No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes (31 MB) | GPL |
| Redo Backup and Recovery | Independent (Live OS) | Graphical | Yes | FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 | No | No | No | Can access networked drives | Yes (225 MB) | GPL |