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--- other:clonezilla [2014/04/01 11:53] – created jypeter
+++ other:clonezilla [2014/04/01 15:03] (current) – Detailed steps jypeter
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-====== clonezilla notes ======
+====== Clonezilla notes ======
+Official Clonezilla web site: [[http://clonezilla.org/]]
+===== Creating a Clonezilla boot USB stick =====
-===== Creating a clonezilla boot USB stick =====
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   * A clonezilla boot USB stick
-  * External USB hard disk
+  * External USB hard disk with a //Clonezilla// directory (or any name you choose)
 ==== Steps ====
-  * Make sure that booting on a USB stick is activated in the BIOS
+  * Make sure that booting on a USB storage is activated in the BIOS
   * If the disk you want to image uses a mSATA SSD cache disk, [[other:msata#synchronizing_the_cache_and_the_disk|synchronize]] or disable the cache (so that the content of the disk is really synchronized with the cache) before creating the image of the disk!
   * Connect the USB stick and the USB external hard disk to the machine
+  * Switch on the machine and choose the following options
+    - //Clonezilla live// or //Other modes of Clonezilla live => To RAM// boot
+    - Default language (English) and keyboard (Don't touch keymap)
+    - //Start Clonezilla//
+    - //device-image//
+    - //local_dev//, then press Enter because the USB disk for the backup is already connected
+    - Select the disk where the image will be stored (probably the last line, with the biggest size)
+    - Select the Clonezilla (or an alternate name you chose) directory on the external disk, for storing the image
+    - //Beginner mode//
+    - //savedisk//
+    - Choose a name for the backed-up image (e.g. Dell_T1700_JYP_init-img)
+    - Select the disk that needs to be imaged (choose the internal disk of the machine)
+    - //skip checking/repairing source file system//
+    - //Yes, check the saved image//
+    - Press Enter, then 'y' and... wait
+    - When the image is created, just type Enter and then poweroff
+==== Result ====
+You will end up wit a //Clonezilla/Dell_T1700_JYP_init-img/// directory on the hard disk, with all the files required to restore your disk to the same
+===== Restoring a disk image =====
+<note warning>**Warning**, restoring an image will completely erase the content of the target disk and replace it with the image!</note>
+Just follow the steps above, till step 8, then restore the disk from an existing image the external image to the target disk