Backup, clone, and erase drives with Atola's MultiDrive

Atola recently released MultiDrive, a freeware drive utility for 64-bit versions of Windows 10/11 & 2019/2022/2025.

Pros:

• Backup, restore, clone, and erase entire drives
• Both GUI & CLI modes
• Backup and clone drives with bad sectors
• Automatic retry for loose cable connections during operations
• Detailed error reporting for drive-related failures
• Run jobs in parallel
• Portable version available

Cons:

• According to the documentation, does not support ATA Secure Erase, at least for hard drives: "Does not support wiping methods based on Secure Erase command".
• Requires manually expanding partition size in Disk Management after cloning to a larger drive.
• When cloning a larger drive to a smaller one, MultiDrive will "display a warning box and ask for confirmation" then "clone all data from the source drive up to the target drive size."

❧ 2025-08-07