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Free! Macrium Reflect imaging software
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:40 am
by carbon_unit
Has anyone tried
this disc cloning software?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:11 pm
by j-dawg
I'm looking for a similar utility, since Vista's Complete PC Backup doesn't copy FAT32- or ext3 -formatted partitions. I've downloaded Clonezilla, which is open-source, but haven't tried it yet. If that doesn't work out, I might take a look at this, though I'm a little skeptical.
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:07 pm
by iminj
Another FREE imaging option is Paragon Drive Backup 9.0 Express, available here:
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/
I use an older, paid version (8.51), and it works perfectly for my backup / imaging needs. I'm not sure what features may have been removed for the more recent free version. Paragon's website probably has the details.
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:24 pm
by j-dawg
As it turns out, Macrium Reflect is much easier to set up than Clonezilla and it seems to be imaging my ext-formatted partitions fine; though I haven't tried restoring from them yet, the amount of data supposedly stored in them matches up with the actual amount of data in the partition.
The downside is that I can't back up from within Ubuntu, but with Clonezilla I'd need to either mess with my GRUB settings or run it from a flash drive, neither of which was an acceptable option.
It may not be open-source, but it's free-as-in-beer and it backs everything up, so it gets my mark of approval.
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:41 pm
by carbon_unit
There is an option to make a boot disc so you can restore your images on a non-booting machine.