Creates a virtual drive which is seen by the system as a floppy disk drive, hard disk or CD/DVD drive. You can mount images from the command line, install and configure without needing to reboot the system.
Generates disk images and performs backups of the system partition - even on the operating system currently running. Can save images onto a USB drive, FireWire drive, DVD or onto the network with high rates of compression, according to the manufacturer. Offers system restore via a live CD containing a Linux derivative.
Creates ISO images from folders and their subdirectories, which can be edited and burnt to a CD using common burning software. No installation is required and is also available as a portable version.
Creates images from partitions and offers a more intelligent way of dealing with read errors than dd, meaning it’s better suited to corrupt hard drives. dd_rhelp is the recommended front end.
Tool for imaging and backing up logical drives and partitions. Secures drives, including those currently in use, using Microsoft’s VSS. Capable of restoring images without having to reboot or turn off the PC.
OS independent Java utility which allows you to mount raw disk images. It first analyses the raw images and then creates a formatted VMDK file that can be used to mount the image directly.
Open-source software for mounting CD/DVD images. To mount and unmount the image, double-click on it in Windows Explorer then specify the required drive letter. Can handle ISO, CUE, NRG, MDS/MDF, CCD and IMG formats.
Backs up selected local hard disks by creating an image of the data medium which can be restored at any time. Can also save only the clusters currently being used on the hard disk, to avoid creating an image of the entire hard disk. From version 0.2 onwards, this program supports disk snapshots that allow Windows partitions to be saved while in use.
Creates image files of potentially damaged hard disk partitions in order to repair the corrupted file system and prevent loss of data. Written in Seed7 combining the functionality of dd_rescue and dd_rhelp.
Linux-based imaging program for cloning and therefore backing up data from various network clients via TFTP and PXE. The tool doesn’t need to be installed on the clients and is controlled from a PHP-based web user interface instead.
Live Linux image file in ISO format based on the Linux from scratch documentation (LFS) and intended for backup and restoring of whole partitions. Can be burned and booted directly from a CD or integrated to a PXE/RIS environment.
Console front end for dd_rescue that only attempts to read corrupted data again after it has selected all the intact sectors. You can interrupt and restart the copying of the partition at any point.
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