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Parted MagicClonezilla
Paid

Sold as a paid subscription; the licence covers unlimited drives.

 Free

Free and open source, released under the GPL and developed at Taiwan's NCHC Free Software…

Linux Linux
  • NIST SP 800-88 compliant secure erase for HDD, SSD, NVMe and eMMC
  • Partitioning, cloning, rescue and erasing in one boot drive
  • Images a whole drive including the boot loader, so a restore just boots
  • Skips unused blocks on filesystems it understands, keeping images small
  • Requires a paid subscription
  • Drives cannot be securely erased through USB connections
  • You boot into it; there is no scheduled or background operation
  • The destination drive must be at least as large as the source
Downloadable app, Operating system Downloadable app, Operating system
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL (see project site)
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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