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Clonezilla vs Parted Magic: catalog facts
Clonezilla	Parted Magic
Free Free and open source, released under the GPL and developed at Taiwan's NCHC Free Software…	Paid Sold as a paid subscription; the licence covers unlimited drives.
Linux	Linux
Images a whole drive including the boot loader, so a restore just boots Skips unused blocks on filesystems it understands, keeping images small	NIST SP 800-88 compliant secure erase for HDD, SSD, NVMe and eMMC Partitioning, cloning, rescue and erasing in one boot drive
You boot into it; there is no scheduled or background operation The destination drive must be at least as large as the source	Requires a paid subscription Drives cannot be securely erased through USB connections
Downloadable app, Operating system	Downloadable app, Operating system
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL (see project site)	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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