


This particular take on the cloning process is more like a bootable Linux distribution that can do bit-by-bit copying, and it supports a ton of file systems (including FAT32, NTFS, HFS+, UFS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, xfs, jfs, btrfs, f2fs, nilfs2 and even LVM2).

Unfortunately, retail hard disk imaging software, like Acronis Backup and Restore, may not be in everyone’s budget. SEE: Use this software usage policy from TechRepublic Premium When this occurs, if you happen to have a backup image or clone of the damaged or corrupt source drive, recovering your data to a new drive will be far easier. You’ll have an old hard drive fail and either you’ll lose valuable data, or the machine will refuse to boot. It’s inevitable: At some point you’re going to need to recover from a disaster.
