Free Norton Ghost Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Norton Ghost for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Clonezilla, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Norton Ghost and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to Norton Ghost are AOMEI Backupper, Win32 Disk Imager, EaseUS ToDo BackUp and Paragon Backup & Recovery.

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  1. Clonezilla icon

    Clonezilla

     518 likes

    Discover a free, open-source solution for disk imaging and cloning. Clonezilla ensures efficient large-scale deployment by simultaneously cloning over 40 computers. Supports unicasting and multicasting for versatile backup, based on Partclone and more for enhanced speed. Ideal for tech pros.

    71 Clonezilla alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Choices to save or restore partition or disk in clonezilla
     
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    Comments about Clonezilla as an Alternative to Norton Ghost
    Guest
    Negative
    5

    One of the most important features of norton ghost is live backups which is not supported by Clonezilla

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Clonezilla is a great Norton Ghost alternative.

    • Clonezilla is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Norton Ghost.

    • Clonezilla is Free and Open SourceNorton Ghost is Paid and Proprietary
  2. AOMEI Backupper icon

    AOMEI Backupper

     76 likes

    Protects operating systems, files, and disks on Windows PCs and Servers with full backup, cloning, and migration tools. Offers sync, encrypted backups, flexible restore to dissimilar hardware or partitions, scheduled and real-time backups, and space management features.

    39 AOMEI Backupper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Win32 Disk Imager icon

    Win32 Disk Imager

     84 likes

    A utility that can write a raw backup image of your hard drive to a removable device or vice versa.

    48 Win32 Disk Imager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Win32 Disk Imager as an Alternative to Norton Ghost
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    This is just for writing to removable devices, not for hard disk images.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Win32 Disk Imager is Free and Open SourceNorton Ghost is Paid and Proprietary
    • Win32 Disk Imager is LightweightNorton Ghost is not according to our users
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    R-Linux

    Efficient file recovery tool designed for Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS within Linux and Unix systems, utilizing IntelligentScan. Free utility, excludes network and RAID features, but provides reliable recovery on supported platforms.

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  6. EaseUS ToDo BackUp icon

    EaseUS ToDo BackUp

     59 likes

    Provides full, incremental, and differential backups for files, partitions, and system. Offers disaster recovery, automatic scheduling, fast disk or partition cloning, encrypted storage, backup verification, selective file restore, and management tools.

    61 EaseUS ToDo BackUp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    System Backup
     
  7. Paragon Backup & Recovery icon

    Paragon Backup & Recovery

     31 likes

    Paragon Backup & Recovery is an advanced backup and recovery software. You may backup files, volumes and disks entirely or pick one at a time. Select the OS partition, and you get all the necessary boot partitions. If your operating system crashes, you can recover it easily.

    55 Paragon Backup & Recovery alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  8. DriveImage XML icon

    DriveImage XML

     36 likes

    DriveImage XML is a reliable program for easy imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. Image creation uses Microsofts Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from drives currently in use.

    51 DriveImage XML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Private Edition Free - 5 Languages
     
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    Comments about DriveImage XML as an Alternative to Norton Ghost
    jmartins
    Positive
    0

    Still available and works on Windows 11. Great pieace of software.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think DriveImage XML is a great Norton Ghost alternative.

    • DriveImage XML is Free Personal and ProprietaryNorton Ghost is Paid and Proprietary
    • DriveImage XML is LightweightNorton Ghost is not according to our users
  10. Genie Timeline icon

    Genie Timeline

     36 likes

    Offers continuous, automatic backup for music, videos, photos, and documents with settable frequency, backup resumption, system recovery, space-saving, restore points, lightweight operation, easy setup, turbo mode, and support for local, external, or network drives.

    45 Genie Timeline alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. MiniTool Drive Copy icon

    MiniTool Drive Copy

     8 likes

    MiniTool Drive Copy is a piece of quite excellent free drive copy software which provides users with professional solutions to disk copy and partition copy. Moreover, it can give hard disk data strongest protection in the shortest time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. USB Image Tool icon

    USB Image Tool

     25 likes

    USB Image Tool can create images of USB flash drives and MP3 players, that are mounted as USB drives. It allows you switch between images with different music styles on your MP3 Player or to make an exact backup image of your USB Stick.

    20 USB Image Tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. rdiff-backup icon

    rdiff-backup

     15 likes

    rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that target directory, so you can still recover files lost some time ago.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  14. HDclone icon

    HDclone

     18 likes

    HDClone creates physical or logical copies (clones) and file images of hard disks and other mass storage media. HDClone is a perfect tool for backups and copies of entire software or operating system installations.

    50 HDclone alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  15. R-Linux icon

    R-Linux

     5 likes

    Efficient file recovery tool designed for Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS within Linux and Unix systems, utilizing IntelligentScan. Free utility, excludes network and RAID features, but provides reliable recovery on supported platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about R-Linux as an Alternative to Norton Ghost
    jmartins
    Positive
    0

    Still available and works on Windows 11. Great pieace of software.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • R-Linux is Free and ProprietaryNorton Ghost is Paid and Proprietary
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