Clonezilla

Create partition and disk images for backup purposes and restore them whenever necessary, all thanks to this powerful open-source application.

• Clonezilla
• License :GPL
• OS :Windows All
• Publisher :Clonezilla Team

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Clonezilla is a powerful, free, and open-source disk imaging and cloning tool used for:

• System backup
• Full disk cloning
• Partition duplication
• Disk-to-disk or disk-to-image transfers

It’s often used to create full system backups or migrate an OS to another drive (e.g., SSD upgrade).

🧰 Versions of Clonezilla

1. Clonezilla Live – For single system backup/restore.
2. Clonezilla SE (Server Edition) – For massive cloning over a network.

Most users just need Clonezilla Live.

🪟 How to Use Clonezilla Live (Step-by-Step)

🔹 1. Download Clonezilla Live

• Go to: https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php
• Choose a stable ISO (based on architecture: 64-bit most likely)

🔹 2. Create Bootable USB

Use one of:

• Rufus on Windows
• balenaEtcher
• dd on Linux/macOS (be careful!)

Example on Linux:

sudo dd if=clonezilla.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress

Replace /dev/sdX with your USB device.

🔹 3. Boot into Clonezilla

• Insert USB and boot the system from it
• You may need to press a boot key (F12, Esc, etc.)

🔹 4. Select Mode

You’ll see a text menu. Choose:

• Clonezilla live (Default settings, VGA 800×600)
• Language → [Enter]
• Keyboard layout → [Keep default]
• Start Clonezilla → [Enter]

🔹 5. Choose Mode of Operation

• device-image → Save or restore to/from image file (e.g., USB or external drive)
• device-device → Direct disk/partition to disk/partition (cloning)

🅰️ A. Backup Disk to Image (device-image)

1. Choose destination (e.g., external drive, mounted USB)
2. Choose Beginner Mode
3. Select savedisk or saveparts
4. Choose disk/partitions to back up
5. Confirm → Backup starts
6. Clonezilla will compress and save the image

🅱️ B. Restore Disk from Image

1. Same steps as above
2. Choose restoredisk or restoreparts
3. Pick the image and target disk
4. Confirm and restore

🅾️ C. Clone Disk to Disk (device-device)

1. Select disk_to_local_disk
2. Choose source disk (to copy from)
3. Choose target disk (to copy to)
4. Confirm – it will overwrite the target disk!

⚠️ Safety Tips

• BACK UP before cloning — all data on the target will be wiped
• Be 100% sure about source vs. target disk
• Match disk sizes when possible (or use gparted after cloning to resize partitions)

🧠 Extra Features

• Supports: ext4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, XFS, Btrfs
• Compression: gzip, bzip2, lz4, zstd
• Can run in unattended mode via command-line scripting

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