[Wolves] Clonezilla

[Mo Awkati]

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From: davmor2 <davmor2 at davmor2.co.uk>
To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, 8 May 2011, 14:50
Subject: Re: [Wolves] Clonezilla


On Sun, 8 May 2011 14:15:05 +0100 (BST), Mo Awkati <mawkati at yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
>>Hi folk,
> 
> 
>>Thinking of using Clonezilla to make a copy of my HDD. I amconscious
that
>>I have been using the
>>hard drive for quitea few years now and don't want to be caught out by
it
>>failingon me at a critical time.
> 
>>Any tips or things I need to watch out for?  Obviously I will back upall
>>my files before I start the process.
> 
>>Cheers
> 
>>Mo
> 
> Just to also say that I want to back up the image to an external HD. Can
I
> put it in a specific folder or
> will it require the whole drive?
> 
> Mo
Mo by default it will save the image it produces to the root dir of the
drive you save too.  Alway remember to call it something sensible like
<machinename><backupdate>  it gets confusing if you backup more than one
machine else.
-- 
Seek That Thy Might Know


>>>>>>>>

I did install  gddrescue from the Software Centre and could not get it up and running?? :( 
I can get ddrescue from the CL but I wanted to see the GUI of gddrescue but could not find it.

With Clonzilla it is a live CD which  I downloaded. You can specify the partitions you want to save
to including an external HD. But if it takes a long time then I might try David's suggestion. 

Cheers

Mo
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