Which clonezilla version to use

For unsupported file system, sector-to-sector copy is done by dd in Clonezilla. Boot loader, including grub version 1 and version 2 and syslinux, could be reinstalled. Unattended mode is supported. Almost all steps can be done via commands and options. You can also use a lot of boot parameters to customize your own imaging and cloning.

One image restoring to multiple local devices is supported. Image could be encrypted. Multicast is supported in Clonezilla SE, which is suitable for massive clone. Bittorrent BT is supported in Clonezilla lite server, which is suitable for massive deployment. The plan is to save the image to an external USB hard drive. When you go to download Clonezilla, it asks you some questions that I don't understand. Which version and CPU architecture should I choose? And, if I want to boot from a CD, should I choose file type of zip or iso?

JohnnyGalaga , Oct 2, You need the iso file. Read more over here. Eldon , Oct 2, Of course you know that Clonezilla is Linux based, not Windows based, right? Well, that link looks like the USB drive way of doing this. But I'd like to use a CD. Oh, does that mean it won't work on Windows? You're right. Eldon linked you to the USB.

No, it doesn't mean it won't work to clone a Windows drive. But, Linux uses different nomenclature for drives, etc. Yeah, I know nothing about Linux. Honestly, I hate the whole Linux thing cos there's so much of it online but I can never understand any of it. Are those other programs you mentioned freewares? The one Eldon mentions is good as well but, yes the ones I mention have freeware versions available here at Major Geek's.

My personal favorite is AOMEI Backupper — simpler interface, highest compression level, decent speed depending on compression level. Understood, thanks for the help. Scrapping the Clonezilla. Well, it looks like none of the free versions willl restore to dissimilar hardware. So if the hard drive or SSD craps out AND something else like the motherboard also goes haywire, you won't be able to recover Windows on a newly built PC with new and different hardware.

JohnnyGalaga , Oct 9, Job Title. Company Size Company Size: 1 - 25 26 - 99 - - 1, - 4, 5, - 9, 10, - 19, 20, or More. Get notifications on updates for this project. Get the SourceForge newsletter. JavaScript is required for this form. No, thanks. Linux BSD. For these file systems, only used blocks in partition are saved and restored. Multicast is supported in Clonezilla SE, which is suitable for massive clone.

Based on partclone to clone partition. However, clonezilla, containing some other programs, can save and restore not only partitions, but also a whole disk. Project Samples. Project Activity. Follow Clonezilla Clonezilla Web Site. Mit einem Experten sprechen.