I had to make an image from a server and for that I used Clonezilla on a usb stick and a 2TB USB External HDD formated in NTFS. I did the same steps as this guide :
Once the image was done I rebooted the server and everything was fine for that. The only thing I'm not sure is that now when I plug the External HDD to my Windows 7 PC I can't open the disk. I receive the error that the drive is corrupted or unreadable.
I'm guessing it's because Clonezilla used it for the image and changed the format of the drive since it's Linux based? Is that the normal behaviour? If I wanted to create an image that I can save on a NTFS drive and access with a Windows PC could I use Clonezilla or should I use another program?
Note : If I boot with Clonezilla and check on the External HDD I can see the image I made and I can restore it (haven't tried to restore it yet).
Thanks for taking the time to read this !
Last edit: Vincent Larose 2015-08-11
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"it's because Clonezilla used it for the image and changed the format of the drive since it's Linux based? Is that the normal behaviour?" -> No, Clonezilla won't change the file system. It just uses it.
Did you try to run chkdsk on your externel disk? Maybe it's due to the file system integrity.
Steven.
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Hi,
I had to make an image from a server and for that I used Clonezilla on a usb stick and a 2TB USB External HDD formated in NTFS. I did the same steps as this guide :
http://clonezilla.org/show-live-doc-content.php?topic=clonezilla-live/doc/01_Save_disk_image
Once the image was done I rebooted the server and everything was fine for that. The only thing I'm not sure is that now when I plug the External HDD to my Windows 7 PC I can't open the disk. I receive the error that the drive is corrupted or unreadable.
I'm guessing it's because Clonezilla used it for the image and changed the format of the drive since it's Linux based? Is that the normal behaviour? If I wanted to create an image that I can save on a NTFS drive and access with a Windows PC could I use Clonezilla or should I use another program?
Note : If I boot with Clonezilla and check on the External HDD I can see the image I made and I can restore it (haven't tried to restore it yet).
Thanks for taking the time to read this !
Last edit: Vincent Larose 2015-08-11
"it's because Clonezilla used it for the image and changed the format of the drive since it's Linux based? Is that the normal behaviour?" -> No, Clonezilla won't change the file system. It just uses it.
Did you try to run chkdsk on your externel disk? Maybe it's due to the file system integrity.
Steven.