Norton Ghost Alternatives for Linux

Norton Ghost is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Rescuezilla, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Norton Ghost and 13 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Norton Ghost are Clonezilla, FOG Project, rdiff-backup and FSArchiver.

Norton Ghost alternatives are mainly Disk Imaging Tools but may also be System Restore Tools or Disk Cloning Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Norton Ghost.

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Rescuezilla
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Free • Open Source
Disk Imaging Tool
System Restore Tool
Disk Cloning Tool
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Linux
36 Rescuezilla alternatives
Rescuezilla is a free, easy-to-use hard drive disk cloning and imaging application that boots as a live USB. Rescuezilla is fully interoperable with Clonezilla . This means that backups created by Clonezilla can be restored with Rescuezilla...
- - Rescuezilla is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Norton Ghost.
- - Rescuezilla is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Norton Ghost.
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Rescuezilla Features
1. PortableRescuezilla can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Ad-freeRescuezilla doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. LightweightRescuezilla consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. NTFS Partition RecoveryRescuezilla can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
5. Recover Corrupted FilesRescuezilla can recover and repair corrupted files that won't open or that open with an error.
6. No TrackingRescuezilla will not track you or use your personal data.
7. Encrypted BackupRescuezilla uses encryption algorithms to keep your files safe as well as prevent unauthorized access.
8. Password RecoveryRescuezilla can help you recover your passwords for software applications and hardware devices.
9. Photo RecoveryRescuezilla can recover photos from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible storage.
Disaster Recovery
No installation
Graphical User Interface
Integrated partitioning tools
Based on Ubuntu
Integrated Web Browser
Fast cloning
Dark Mode
Automatic Backup
Schedule Backup
Clonezilla
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Free • Open Source
Disk Imaging Tool
Disk Cloning Tool
System Restore Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
69 Clonezilla alternatives
Open-source partition and disk imaging, cloning and recovery solution with multicast support to clone 40+ computers simultaneously.
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Clonezilla Features
1. PortableClonezilla can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Encrypted BackupClonezilla uses encryption algorithms to keep your files safe as well as prevent unauthorized access.
3. Schedule BackupClonezilla supports scheduling of your backups at specific times or intervals.
4. Ad-freeClonezilla doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Live booting from usb
Fast cloning
Linux-based
Clone to smaller disks
Recover disk partitions
Boot HDD Partition
Remote backup
PXE
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FOG Project
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Free • Open Source
Linux
34 FOG Project alternatives
FOG is a free open-source cloning/imaging solution/rescue suite. A alternative solution used to image Windows XP, Vista PCs using PXE, PartImage, and a Web GUI to tie it together. Includes featues like memory and disk test, disk wipe, av scan & task scheduling.
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FOG Project Features
PXE
Software Management
Patch Management
TFTP
OS deployment
rdiff-backup
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
82 rdiff-backup alternatives
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.
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rdiff-backup Features
File-system view
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FSArchiver
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Free • Open Source
Disk Imaging Tool
System Restore Tool
System Backup Tool
Linux
57 FSArchiver alternatives
FSArchiver is a system tool that allows you to save the contents of a file system to a compressed archive file. The file system can be restored on a partition which has a different size and it can be restored on a different file system.
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Lethe
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Free • Open Source
System Restore Tool
Linux
14 Lethe alternatives
Lethe is a Deep Freeze -like partition freezing software for Debian GNU/Linux and Lihuen GNU/Linux (May work on other Debian-based GNU/Linux distributions). Lethe makes the partitions behave like a Live CD: all changes made on the file system...
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Lethe Features
Persistent Storage
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.34, released in January 2011, can be still downloaded from SourceForge
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fwbackups
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
45 fwbackups alternatives
fwbackups is a feature-rich user backup program that allows you to backup your documents anytime, anywhere. It is completely free to download and use without any sort of trial or restrictions. In fact, fwbackups is open-source, which means anybody can use, share it and improve...
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fwbackups Features
1. Schedule Backupfwbackups supports scheduling of your backups at specific times or intervals.
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.43.4, released in December 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Image for Windows (Image for Linux)
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Paid • Proprietary
Disk Imaging Tool
Windows
Linux
25 Image for Windows (Image for Linux) alternatives
Image for Windows is an affordable and reliable drive image backup and restore solution that provides an easy and convenient way to completely backup all your hard drive's data, programs and operating systems.
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Systemback
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Free • Open Source
Linux
51 Systemback alternatives
Simple system backup and restore application with extra features. Systemback makes it easy to create backups of system and users configuration files. In case of problems you can easily restore the previous state of the system. There are extra features like system copying, system.
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Discontinued
The project is no longer developed and supported. Last version, 1.8, released in May 2016, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
Cronopete
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Free • Open Source
System Backup Tool
Linux
49 Cronopete alternatives
Cronopete is a backup utility for Linux, modeled after Apple's Time Machine. It aims to simplify the creation of periodic backups.
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Cronopete Features
1. Incremental BackupCronopete supports incremental backups (only back up the changed or new-added data since the last backup).
Time-machine
PING
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Free • Proprietary
System Restore Tool
Linux
27 PING alternatives
PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost) is a free software Linux-based live CD ISO built upon the partimage and Linux from Scratch (LFS) projects for disk cloning or backup purposes. The software supports most hardware platforms using ATA, SATA, or SCSI systems for desktop computers...
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R-Linux
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Free • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Disk Imaging Tool
Windows
Linux
96 R-Linux alternatives
Free Data recovery and Undelete software for Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS file system. Unformat , Unerase and Easy Recovery tool.
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R-Linux Features
1. NTFS Partition RecoveryR-Linux can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
Disaster Recovery
Automated deployment