Windows Cloning Tools

By Technology Last updated Sunday, April/21/2024

Windows cloning tools can copy your entire hard drive, such as your Windows operating system and programs. These tools can come in handy, especially if you want to copy the information from your old hard drive to a larger hard drive. You can also use Windows cloning tools to deploy operating systems to mobile devices, such as the PocketPC.

SyClone

SyClone guarantees that you won't lose a "single desktop setting, personal preference or application setting." This tool will copy your whole hard drive, including your Windows operating system and files. SyClone also allows you to copy your old drive to a newer and bigger hard drive. SyClone comes with a Windows user interface that allows you to clone your hard drive by following a few easy steps. You can clone Windows operating systems, such as XP, Vista and 7. This software tool supports different disks or interface types, such as SCSI, SATA, PATA or USB. However, Windows must be able to recognize these interface types. Another benefit that SyClone offers is that you can still work on your computer while it's cloning your hard drive.

Sprite Clone allows you to install Windows Mobile 5.0, Windows Mobile 6 and Windows Mobile 6.1 operating systems onto your PocketPC and other smartphones. You can also deploy business applications, security configurations and other policies to these mobile devices. Sprite Clone comes with a Clone Manager feature that enables you to use your PC to set up clone settings. Sprite Clone comes with a Post-Cloning Configuration feature that allows you to set up settings, such as user names and IP addresses, for mobile devices. Then, the Post-Cloning Configuration will automatically deploy these settings to multiple devices simultaneously.

Norton Ghost is a popular Windows cloning tool. It lets you copy your system to other storage devices, such as networking drives, CDs and DVDs, external hard drives and Blu-ray disks. This software tool not only can perform a full disk image, but it can restore your files and applications to their orginal settings. One of the features that comes with Norton Ghost is that it compresses your files. As a result, this frees up space on your hard drive so you can back up more data. Norton Ghost can also copy files if the information has changed.