I am a clonezilla newbie trying to do a little prep work before I mess something up. Here is what I am trying to do…
Recently I tried to restore something from a backup and found that the backup was not good. I was whining at work about it and a friend suggested using clonezilla for a complete backup image.
I have a laptop set up as dual boot. I downloaded clonezilla and created a live CD. I also have a 500MB Western Digital Passport. I would like to clone my 2 systems (one XP, one Ubuntu) to the HDD on occasion as a complete backup. I have searched the forum and almost everyone wants to boot from the HDD. Not me, I just want to clone to it.
I have a lot of data already on the passport… probably have used 1/3 of it. That data was created by XP… windows backup. I am concerned with destroying what is out there.
Given all this, I would appreciate advice on the best way to do what I have outlined. I have thought of a couple things:
1. using GPartEd to create a partition on the HDD.
2. Going to the local microcenter and buying another passport (they are much cheaper now) and using the whole thing for Clonezilla images.
I know from reading the forums that the clone needs to all fit on one device. The partitions on the laptop are each around 60Gig. The ubnuntu partition is about 15%, the XP about 50… that is why I want to put it to an HDD and not a jump drive. Also, I want to be sure I can store multiple copies of each clone (I generally do a backup every month or so).
Again, I would appreciate any advice you veterans can provide to a clonezilla newbie.
Regards,
Jim
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a Clonezilla image is basically a directory containing multiple files. The directory is named from the image name you choose.
Hence, your external HD may hold anything along with your image(s) and, given you change the image names for different versions, you may store as many images as the HD can hold.
IOW, no the clone doesn't NEED to fit on a dedicated partition or device.
All this means that you may use your Passport right now and my opinion is that you won't mess things up. This doesn't mean that you can forget backing important data up elsewhere either!
HTH,
Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Bordeaux
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Hello,
I am a clonezilla newbie trying to do a little prep work before I mess something up. Here is what I am trying to do…
Recently I tried to restore something from a backup and found that the backup was not good. I was whining at work about it and a friend suggested using clonezilla for a complete backup image.
I have a laptop set up as dual boot. I downloaded clonezilla and created a live CD. I also have a 500MB Western Digital Passport. I would like to clone my 2 systems (one XP, one Ubuntu) to the HDD on occasion as a complete backup. I have searched the forum and almost everyone wants to boot from the HDD. Not me, I just want to clone to it.
I have a lot of data already on the passport… probably have used 1/3 of it. That data was created by XP… windows backup. I am concerned with destroying what is out there.
Given all this, I would appreciate advice on the best way to do what I have outlined. I have thought of a couple things:
1. using GPartEd to create a partition on the HDD.
2. Going to the local microcenter and buying another passport (they are much cheaper now) and using the whole thing for Clonezilla images.
I know from reading the forums that the clone needs to all fit on one device. The partitions on the laptop are each around 60Gig. The ubnuntu partition is about 15%, the XP about 50… that is why I want to put it to an HDD and not a jump drive. Also, I want to be sure I can store multiple copies of each clone (I generally do a backup every month or so).
Again, I would appreciate any advice you veterans can provide to a clonezilla newbie.
Regards,
Jim
Hi Jim,
a Clonezilla image is basically a directory containing multiple files. The directory is named from the image name you choose.
Hence, your external HD may hold anything along with your image(s) and, given you change the image names for different versions, you may store as many images as the HD can hold.
IOW, no the clone doesn't NEED to fit on a dedicated partition or device.
All this means that you may use your Passport right now and my opinion is that you won't mess things up. This doesn't mean that you can forget backing important data up elsewhere either!
HTH,
Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Bordeaux