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It supports a ton of file systems and it plain works. Its UI is super simple to use, and you can even set an automatic file sync that will keep your backup up to date.Ĭlonezilla: This free, open-source cloning tool has been around for a long time, and with good reason. The restore/clone outcome is shown with no BitLocker icon on the restored partition when 'Copy selected partitions' is clicked.AOMEI Backupper: Like Macrium Reflect, there is a fully-functional, free version of AOMEI that lets you create system images, back up hard drives, and clone drives. In the example below a BitLocker Unlocked system disk is being restored to an empty disk: Outcome: The entire file system is restored in the clear and BitLocker must be manually re-enabled on the restored/cloned file system.īitLocker encryption used to encrypt the source file system will be removed if the target file system did not originate from the same format command, is a different size or is not BitLocker unlocked The text 'Encrypted Restore' will be shown in the restore/clone dialogĪfter restoring/cloning the drive can be unlocked by right clicking in Windows Explorer

This partition could be restored to *any position and would still retain its BitLocker locked stated after restoring. In the example below an image of a BitLocker locked partition (E:) is being restored to a different location on disk. Dynamic volumes do not support BitLocker encryption. The source encrypted volume cannot be restored or cloned to a Windows Dynamic volume.The source encrypted volume cannot be restored or cloned to a 'legacy' logical drive in an Extended partition unless the source was also a logical drive.*the following exceptions apply to the restored location. The file system cannot be read so unused space cannot be omitted and encrypted data does not readily compress.Īn image or clone of a locked BitLocker encrypted volume can be restored or cloned to *any available position on the target disk. An image of a locked BitLocker encrypted volume will be approximately the same size as the entire imaged file system.