How to Use Clonezilla Partclone in Windows 11/10/8/7  

How to Use Clonezilla Partclone in Windows 11/10/8/7

Updated on Jun 06, 2024 | by Oaklynn

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Clonezilla Partclone Overview

Partclone is a free and open-source tool for partition backup, restore and clone. It’s one of the tools that Clonezilla is based on. Partclone provides utilities to save and restore used blocks on a partition. It not only can help you save the file system to an image or restore an image to a partition but also clone devices. It will try to skip bad blocks and backup all good blocks for the partitions.

The goal of Partclone is to support most major file systems in the world. At present, the supported file system include btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs and jfs for LINUX. Also some non-linux operation system, like NTFS, FAT, EXFAT for Windows, HFS plus for Mac, UFS2 (FreeBSD), and VMFS (VMWare Vsphere).

Tip: If you are interested in Clonzilla and want to use it clone your disk, then you can check this Clonezilla disk to disk clone guide to make it.

How to Use Clonezilla Partclone in Windows 11/10

First go to the website of Partclone to get the tool. The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax with long options starting with two dashes ('-'). The following are the basic usage.

Indeed Clonezilla Partclone is a good image engine, but some users may feel difficult to use it especially for the newbie. And it can just help you backup/restore/clone your partition. Sometimes you may also want to just backup the system or selected files. Fortunately, there’s one all-sided backup tool that can backup whatever you need. Keep reading to get it.

A Free Tool to Backup or Clone Your Hard Drive

Qiling Disk Master Standard is one comprehensive backup software to keep the data safe for your desk PC and laptop. It supports all Windows OS including Windows 11/10/8/7. This powerful tool offers various functions related to backup, restore and clone.

Next, we will show you the steps to backup, restore and clone the partition. You can first download Qiling Disk Master on your Windows computer and follow the steps below to make it.

Backup Partition

Step 1. Launch Qiling Disk Master and choose Partition Backup.

Partition Backup

Step 2. Name the task > Select the partitions you want to backup > Select the destination path > Click Schedule to set the backup task > Finally, click Proceed to make it.

Proceed

Note: In Options, you can set the compression level for the backup. And you can choose to backup the used sectors of file system or backup all sectors of partitions whether used or not.

Restore Partition

Step 1. Open Qiling Disk Master and click Restore. Select the backup image you need and click Next to continue.

Select Item From Image

Step 2. Select a partition as the destination and click Next.

Select Destination

Step 3. Confirm the operation summary page and click Proceed.

Preview Restore

Clone Partition

Step 1. Choose Partition Clone on Qiling Disk Master home page.

Partition Clone

Step 2. Select the partition you want to clone and click Next.

Select Source Partition

Step 3. Select the destination partition and click Next.

Select Destination Partition

Step 4. Confirm the operation and choose Proceed to make it.

Proceed

★Notes:
Edit Partition can let you edit the size of the partition so that it will in the best status after cloning.
Check Sector by sector clone if you would like to clone every sector no matter it is used or not.
If you want to clone hard drive to SSD via the Disk Clone feature, check SSD Alignment to improve the speed of reading and writing as well as prolong the service life of SSD.

Conclusion

That’s all for Clonezilla Partclone Windows 11/10/8/7. Partclone cannot help you backup, restore or clone your partition. If you want to achieve the goal, the free tool - Qiling Disk Master Standard is the way to go. It can help you backup/restore/clone your important partition easily and quickly.

There’s also a System Clone feature that can help you directly transfer your Windows system from one hard drive to another one. If you are interested in, you can upgrade to Qiling Disk Master Pro to explore it by yourself.

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