- Download the iso file of Clonezilla at the URL. To support all CPU, choose the i486 as CPU architecture.
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Burn the iso file into CD/DVD with any burning program. The CD is used to boot the machine to back up full disk data. Some machines comes without a CD/DVD drive. In this case, a USB flash drive is the best way to boot Clonezilla live.
Follow the steps on the article below to make a bootable Clonezilla live USB flash drive:
- Prepare the USB hard disk with enough free disk space. The free disk space should be larger than the full disk size that will be backed up later.
- Boot the machine by the Clonezilla live CD/USB and choose Clonezilla live (Default setting, VGA 800x600).
- Select the language then select Don't touch keymap.
- Start Clonezilla and select Device-image work with disks or partitions using images.
- Select local_dev Use local device (E.g.: hard drive, USB drive), follow the instruction to insert the USB device.
- Select the right disk and choose the directory inside that disk to save the image.
- Review the size of /home/partimag. It should be the size of disk to save the image. Then choose Beginner mode.
- Select Savedisk Save_local_disk_as_an_image and input the name for the saved image.
- Select the disk as source for full disk back up. Choose Skip checking/repairing source file system.
- Select Yes, check the saved image and click OK to continue.
- Review the information (the disk size should be correct) and input “Y” to continue. Wait the backup procedure is completed.
- Follow the instruction to power off system to complete the full disk backup and unplug the USB hard disk to keep the backup data safe.
- Connect the USB hard disk which contains the backup data for restoration.
- Boot the machine by the Clonezilla live CD and choose Clonezilla live (Default setting, VGA 800x600).
- Select the language then select Don't touch the keymap.
- Start Clonezilla and select device-image work with disks or partitions using images.
- Select local_dev Use local device (E.g.: hard drive, USB drive), follow the instruction to insert the USB device if USB hard disk is not connected.
- Select the right disk and choose the directory inside that disk to read the image.
- Review the size of /home/partimag . It should be the size of disk that contain the image for restoration. Then choose Beginner mode.
- Select restoredisk Restore_an_image_to_local_diskand choose the right image file to restore.
- Choose the target disk to restore the data and press OK to continue.
- Review the information of target disk and press “Y”twice to proceed the restoration if it is correct.
- Wait the backup procedure is completed.
- Press OK to continue or select Power off to shut down the machine.
- Remove the Clonezilla CD and press OK to power off the machine to complete the disk restoration.