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CloneZilla is a free cloning/imaging tool that creates and restores snapshots. It can also be used for mass deployment.

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Clonezilla is a free and open-source disk cloning and imaging software.

Website: http://clonezilla.org/

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Clonezilla won't clone to a smaller disk

According the docs, Clonezilla supports cloning to a smaller drive using the option -icds. Let's cite: If you are sure all the data from the image could fit the smaller disk, i.e. it won't be written to the wrong disk space, you can check the…
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Clone only space in use from hard disk

Can I use dd, rsync, clonezilla or any tool to clone only space in use in my hard disk in Linux? I need to do a backup from a 1 TB HD (with only 2 GB space in use) into a 500 GB HD.
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Cloned disk - duplicate disk signature, how to resolve?

I have cloned a hard drive to an SSD using Clonezilla. Both drives were of identical size, and the process appears to have worked successfully. I can boot into Windows 10 from the SSD without any apparent issues, however the other disk (the…
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Creating a Master Image to roll out to 30 new Machines Licensing Issues

At my company we are buying 30 new Identical PC's from Dell so we have standard setup. What i want to know is if its possible to configure one of these machines to our specification as a master and then create an image/clone of it to roll out to…
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Clonezilla fails at cloning with mismatched GPT and MBR partition

I got this message: This disk contains mismatched GPT and MBR partition: /dev/sda Clonezilla's FAQ says: You might have installed an OS with GPT partition table, and later overwrite the disk by installing another OS with MBR partition table. …
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Force cloned hard-disk image upon a smaller hard-disk

I have a image which was taken with Clonezilla as SAVEDISK on a 160GB harddrive. Now a newer version of the PC released with a 120GB harddrive, the space in use is just 20GB Is there a way I can force Clonezilla (or any other program) to manipulate…
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How do I clone a larger disk to a smaller disk using clonezilla?

I have a larger disk Disk A and a smaller disk Disk B. Disk A contains a few partitions but the total size of all the partitions is smaller than the capacity of Disk B. Disk A is a GPT formatted disk. I tried using clonezilla (ubuntu, precise…
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Take a regular Windows 7 clone with clonezilla (device-to-image) partition only

I am unexperienced with cloning software and I've decided to use Clonezilla as it seemed best as freeware. I chose device > image and left most options standard. I chose expert mode anyway to see what I could configure, and decided to try the lzop…
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Tuxboot vs UNetbootin?

Tuxboot docs: Tuxboot helps you to create a bootable Live USB drive for Clonezilla live, DRBL live, GParted live and Tux2live. It is modified from UNetbootin and runs on both MS Windows and GNU/Linux. How is it modified? What's difference between…
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How to understand the differences between Clonezilla Live and the "alternative" Clonezilla Live?

How does one know whether they need the Debian-based Clonezilla Live, or the Ubuntu-based "alternative" Clonezilla Live? This FAQ provides a high-level outline of the differences, but unless the system has an i386 processor or uEFI, it is unclear…
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How do I know if an image I've created of my machine is accurate and complete?

I created an image of my machine (using Clonezilla) so that I could put a new operating system onto my machine and still have everything backed up. How can I tell if the clone was accurate and complete?
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Cannot EFI boot from Clonezilla disk image

I have created a Ubuntu Server 14.04 system that I would like to clone to several other machines with exactly the same hardware specifications. The system is an Intel NUC2820 with 30 GB SSD. The current working installation contains three…
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Can an image made with Clonezilla be restored without using Clonezilla?

I created several images with Clonezilla. If I don't have Clonezilla's live CD but I have another Linux distro, Knoppix, for example, that does not have Clonezilla, is there another program to restore the images to the local drive? My…
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Clonezilla restore from Samba - no 'restoredisk' option

I used a CloneZilla LiveCD to back up a couple of Windows machines to a Samba share. Now I'm trying to restore those images, and CloneZilla won't even give me the 'restoredisk' or 'restorepart' options on the menu. I'm guessing that this is…
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Can Clonezilla restore a Windows 10 image to a completely empty drive?

This question is a (belated) follow-up to my previous question about restoring Windows 10 to an empty disk using a Windows recovery USB. That, unfortunately, isn't possible. Now, I'm hoping to make a complete image of the drive (an SSD on…
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