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Partclone

partclone.org

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Spec score 7.4 #24 of 30 in Disk Imaging Software

Spec sheet

Purpose
Partclone provides utilities to save and restore used blocks on partitions and to clone devices.Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org
Integrations
The download page says Clonezilla is an integrated tool based on DRBL, Partclone and udpcast.Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org
Support
The help page lists bug reporting through SourceForge and GitHub, plus IRC, mailing lists, forums and email contact.Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org
License
The About page identifies the license as the GNU General Public License (GPL).Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org
Command-line interface
Partclone commands use text mode and provide an ncurses interface option.Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org
Downloads
The download page links to GitHub source and Debian and Ubuntu package repositories, and labels SourceForge and NCHC Taiwan as deprecated sources.Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org
Filesystem support
The project lists support for Btrfs, ext2/3/4, ReiserFS, Reiser4, XFS, JFS, NTFS, FAT, exFAT, HFS+, UFS2, VMFS, F2FS and NILFS2.Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org
Imaging mode
Partclone can save a filesystem to an image or restore an image to a partition.Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org
Integrity check
The features page says backup blocks are verified with CRC32, and the project provides partclone.chkimg to check image files.Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org
Related tools
The project includes utilities to make raw copies, check images, display image header information and restore Partclone images.Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org
Rescue
Rescue mode attempts to skip bad blocks and back up readable blocks.Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org
Streaming
The utilities support pipes, stdin and stdout for scripting workflows.Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org
Usage limit
The manual says receiving data from a pipe is supported only for restore, while sending data to a pipe is supported only for backup.Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org

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Partclone Free Free and open source partition imaging and cloning software Read 10 Oct 2026 · partclone.org

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