What Does Cloning Software Mean?

Cloning software is a range of tools designed to make a complete copy of a hard drive to an image file. This copy can than be used to duplicate the contents of a hard drive to the same computer or to a new computer. The cloned disk is a bit-for-bit copy.

Techopedia Explains Cloning Software

Cloning software is used to make a complete backup copy of a hard drive, where conventional backup software typically works on individual files. A bit-for-bit copy is made to an image file, which can then be copied back to the hard drive in case of failure.