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Is Clonezilla still a solid choice for complete backup and restoration of partition(s) / drive(s) nowadays? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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My dear lemmings,

I discovered Clonezilla a while ago and it still is my main tool to backup and restore the partitions I care about on my computers.

I cannot help but wonder if there are now better, more efficient alternatives or is it still a solid choice? There's nothing wrong with it, I'm just curious about others' practices and habits — and if there was newer tools or solutions available.

Thank you for your feedback, and keep your drives safe!

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[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's difficult to use with some odd defaults as I remember, and you have to boot into it which is annoying.

Rescuezilla seems like a good open source option, but you do still have to boot into it.

My go-to is the free Veeam Endpoint, as it just installs on the system and does full system images without needing to reboot. I'm not sure if there is a good easy to use open source equivalent to it, so far I have not found one.

[–] Godort@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I also use Veeam at home for this. It's not FOSS, but it is still free, and works really well.

[–] nix@merv.news 4 points 8 months ago

I hate that it requires a phone to download unless you already have a download link

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is the "restore media" universal or do you have to create a new USB drive for each computer you want to restore?

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

It's universal unless you need to bake in specific drivers from a machine.