My current understanding is that it is at least “deprecated”, and will likely actually be removed from a future Windows 10 update. This will leave Windows 10 with no built-in image backup capability of its own. 1).Apparently, Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on image backups (known as the “Windows 7 Backup” tool in Windows 10). Since that DiskCopy version has bugs (which prevents correctly booting the CD), the next UBCD version 'MUST' update the included DiskCopy version to the latest 2.3.1 (even if the internal version number of the ISO image is still 2.3, not 2.3. The version of EaseUs DiskCopy included in UBCD 5.0.3 is the one from 2008. The ISO image is from version 2.3, but it includes fixes over the 'original' 2.3 version from 2008.

Note that the ISO image included is the same as the previous DiskCopy ISO image published in Majorgeeks around 2010MAR01. The only purpose of the Windows executable is to burn the CD/DVD, or make the UFD, or extract the ISO image easily. The included ISO image can also be extracted by opening the executable with 7zip.ĮaseUs DiskCopy is still NOT a Windows-based tool.

The download is a Windows executable that will let you burn a CD/DVD or make a UFD, or it will let you 'create' an ISO image. New: DiskCopy v2.3.1 has built-in burning feature, it can automatically create a bootable CD/DVD or usb disk to copy entire disk easily (or extract the ISO image from the Windows executable).Ĭreate DiskCopy ISO image or burn a CD/DVD bootable DiskCopy: In such cases, there is no real backup, and usually there is no real way to undo/revert the procedure (no cloning back to the smaller partition/disk).īesides those 2 categories, you have also the specific goal you want to achieve (as for example, backup, snapshot, redundancy, transfer to a new system), and the copying method (by byte, by file, by folder, by sector.). The freeware versions of this type of tools are usually targeted at upgrading the partition/disk, by transferring it to a new bigger partition/disk. The 'backup' is only a snapshot of the partition/disk. 'Cloning' means directly copying the content of one partition/disk into another. This method usually uses an intermediate image/backup. 'Imaging' means cloning a partition/disk for backup purpose, or for repeatedly clone one original system many times.

Yes, but the several tools (included in UBCD or not) are targeted at different uses/goals. Except eeaseus, do you have any experience on clone utilitiy?

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