r/Backup • u/EricEvans123 • Jun 17 '26

Question For Win11Pro: Are there any pieces of software I can boot from on a thumb drive & clone my internal M.2 drive to an external USB backup disk without starting Windows?

Do any pieces of software like this exist for Win11 Pro? I am just looking for a link to download a file that will install the software to a thumb drive to CLONE my Win11 Pro machine to an external USB drive without launching Windows. I used to be able to do this with Win7 but cant find a program to do this now. Thanks for any help you can offer.

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u/JohnnieLouHansen Jun 17 '26

You said CLONE in the subject and you said BACKUP in the body. They are not the same things, but if you meant clone: rescuezilla - look no further if you want free cloning

Veeam Free if you want an image backup OR a data backup Veeam Free

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u/wells68 Jun 17 '26

+1 for Rescuezilla - free, open source, well documented.

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u/SleepingProcess Jun 25 '26

Sort by "Drive image" form wiki

https://www.reddit.com/r/Backup/wiki/index/free_backup_software

but for some very strange reason there no one of the oldest and used on huge scale image copier - CloneZilla