There are several tools available for cloning a hard drive.

Below I have listed several, and in categories for Dos/Windows and Linux -- but I'm not sure how meaningful that distinction is -- maybe it's more which OS the tools themselves run under -- they might very well be capable of cloning hard drives containing partitions for a variety of operating systems.

At the present time, I don't know which tools can handle which OSs -- as I learn more (or you the reader know more) we should update this page.

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_ = (I) don't know
B = beta
N = no
Y = yes
X = experimental

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Run Under Linux

Tool	ext2	ext3	XFS	JFS	Reiser	Fat16	Fat32	NTFS	Comments
dd	Y	Y	_	_	_	_	_	_
parted	Y	Y	_	_	_	Y	Y	_
Partition Image	Y	Y	B	B	Y	Y	Y	X	and more (GPL)
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Run Under Dos / Windows (or Unknown)

Tool	ext2	ext3	XFS	JFS	Reiser	Fat16	Fat32	NTFS	Comments
Drive Image	_	_	_	_	_	Y	Y	_
Norton Ghost	_	_	_	_	_	Y	Y	_
	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
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• () RandyKramer - 18 Feb 2003
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