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!

  • MangoPenguinEnglish
    13·
    10 months ago

    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·
      10 months ago

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

      • Nix@merv.newsEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

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

    • const_void@lemmy.ml
      1·
      10 months ago

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

      • MangoPenguinEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

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