What is a disk clone or system clone?
It is easy to confuse these two different clones for some users.
What Are the System Clone and Disk Clone?
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To compare system clone to disk clone, you should probably figure out some definitions here.
What is a clone?
Disk imaging software and disk cloning software are very useful for data backup and restoration.
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This post tells how to make full use of the backup software.
What is a system clone?
A system clone is a copy of the original operating system.
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It is related to the system partition and system-related partitions that will be transferred in the system cloning.
What is a disk clone?
So, what are the differences between disk clones and system clones?

System clone only servers for system-related parts but disk clone for the whole disk.
Disk clone wont lose any data exiting in your drive and all of that can be transferred.
Computers and laptops are relying on hard drives.

This post introduces the types of hard drives.
Besides, you’re able to know which one you should choose.
MiniTool ShadowMaker
MiniTool ShadowMaker isfree backup software.
MiniTool Partition Wizard
Another tool is MiniTool Partition Wizard.
It is aprofessional disk partition manager.
At the same, this tool can satisfy the demands for both disk clones and system clones.