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- | ====== clonezilla notes ====== | + | ====== Clonezilla notes ====== |
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+ | Official Clonezilla web site: [[http://clonezilla.org/]] | ||
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+ | ===== Creating a Clonezilla boot USB stick ===== | ||
- | ===== Creating a clonezilla boot USB stick ===== | ||
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* A clonezilla boot USB stick | * A clonezilla boot USB stick | ||
- | * External USB hard disk | + | * External USB hard disk with a //Clonezilla// directory (or any name you choose) |
==== Steps ==== | ==== 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! | * 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 | * 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 | ||
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+ | ==== Result ==== | ||
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+ | 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 | ||
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+ | ===== Restoring a disk image ===== | ||
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+ | <note warning>**Warning**, restoring an image will completely erase the content of the target disk and replace it with the image!</note> | ||
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+ | Just follow the steps above, till step 8, then restore the disk from an existing image the external image to the target disk | ||