Clonezilla Portable <8K — 2K>

✅ – Clones or images virtually any file system (NTFS, FAT, ext4, Btrfs, HFS+, etc.). Works with MBR and GPT disks, UEFI/BIOS, and many hardware RAID cards.

✅ – Based on Partclone, Partimage, and dd. Handles large disks (tested with 10TB+). Can compress and encrypt images on the fly. clonezilla portable

❌ – You can’t run it from within Windows like a regular tool. Requires a reboot and booting from USB. ✅ – Clones or images virtually any file

❌ – Options like “-icds” (ignore disk size difference) or “-k1” (use existing partition table) are not clearly explained. Documentation is thorough but technical. Handles large disks (tested with 10TB+)

✅ – Fits on a 1GB USB drive (or even a 256MB one). Boots in seconds.

★★★★☆ (minus one star for the scary interface and lack of beginner safeguards).