Drive Imaging - Backup

Imaging

Not as elaborate as Reflect for imaging, but CloneZilla is always my “go-to” when needing to clone a disk (or partition) for later restoration.

A while ago I authored this tutorial which I include here not for you to follow, but to illustrate how relatively easy CloneZilla is to use.

It’s truly unfortunate that Macrium no longer offer a free version of Reflect; the cost of the “paid” alternative is quite prohibitive for the average “home user”.


Backup

Consider rsync for simplicity;

DejaDup

  • dejadup is sometimes mentioned as a graphical alternative – I recall using it long ago, briefly, but it didn’t leave a lasting impression.
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