I cloned a BTRFS linux drive successfully but could not clone a NTFS windows 7 drive. For some reason when I tried to do the Win-7 drive it just did a feedback loop and restarted the program from the beginning. I used version 3.1.1-27. I used the beginner settings of the program because I didn't feel confident in using the expert mode. All in all I think it's a great program, I just don't think it handles Windows with the same quality it does with linux. So I ended up using AOMEI Partition Assistant to do the Win-7 drive.
Tremendous tool. The newer optional compression format is great, which is faster and has higher compression.
And yes, CZ can restore to smaller partitions, in Expert Mode.
The downside is that the interface is ugly and confusing. Especially, there is a logical inconsistency on the Select Repository screen, where the partition's root is actually pre-selected, but the the first item is highlighted as if it is, and remains so even when exiting the screen.
Also, persistence would be a huge plus, so that keyboard mapping wouldn't have to be done each boot.
I am writing this from the cloned system. Everything worked great. I was running Manjaro Xfce on an old 160GB laptop hard drive on my desktop. It was showing signs of age and possible failure. So, I got a 500GB 3.5 drive and got to work!
I downloaded version 3.0.0-26 stable, dd iso to usb, and let the software do the rest.
Once done, I swapped the drives, and it booted like nothing had changed. AMAZING!
I hadn't done this before, and was pleasantly surprised to find it also cloned three NTFS partitions that I use for file storage.
(I thought it was only going to clone the ext4 partiton.)
One word.... Indispensable!
Really don't have much of anything more to say.
Super small...
Super fast...
Does exactly what it's supposed to do... no more, no less.
Help files are on the site. Everything you might need.
No heavyweight GUI. Has always worked with all my hard ware. No problems... even with "testing" versions.
Updated almost weekly. Sometimes more. Always up to date.Even testing versions always work.
If you were expecting some Windows..esk bloated, activation code laden garbage, this ain't it.
The old Zesty version worked great but the last few new versions impish, jammy and hirsute all failed, I wasnt even able to get t boot on my Acer latop at all so I just used the very old version Zesty which works very well still. Hope they get the new versions sorted for all
This has been a great and easy to clone my Windows and Linux machines. Clonezilla does its job and does it well. An indispensable tool that I highly recommend.
I cloned a BTRFS linux drive successfully but could not clone a NTFS windows 7 drive. For some reason when I tried to do the Win-7 drive it just did a feedback loop and restarted the program from the beginning. I used version 3.1.1-27. I used the beginner settings of the program because I didn't feel confident in using the expert mode. All in all I think it's a great program, I just don't think it handles Windows with the same quality it does with linux. So I ended up using AOMEI Partition Assistant to do the Win-7 drive.
Tremendous tool. The newer optional compression format is great, which is faster and has higher compression.
And yes, CZ can restore to smaller partitions, in Expert Mode.
The downside is that the interface is ugly and confusing. Especially, there is a logical inconsistency on the Select Repository screen, where the partition's root is actually pre-selected, but the the first item is highlighted as if it is, and remains so even when exiting the screen.
Also, persistence would be a huge plus, so that keyboard mapping wouldn't have to be done each boot.
I am writing this from the cloned system. Everything worked great. I was running Manjaro Xfce on an old 160GB laptop hard drive on my desktop. It was showing signs of age and possible failure. So, I got a 500GB 3.5 drive and got to work!
I downloaded version 3.0.0-26 stable, dd iso to usb, and let the software do the rest.
Once done, I swapped the drives, and it booted like nothing had changed. AMAZING!
I hadn't done this before, and was pleasantly surprised to find it also cloned three NTFS partitions that I use for file storage.
(I thought it was only going to clone the ext4 partiton.)
One word.... Indispensable!
Really don't have much of anything more to say.
Super small...
Super fast...
Does exactly what it's supposed to do... no more, no less.
Help files are on the site. Everything you might need.
No heavyweight GUI. Has always worked with all my hard ware. No problems... even with "testing" versions.
Updated almost weekly. Sometimes more. Always up to date.Even testing versions always work.
If you were expecting some Windows..esk bloated, activation code laden garbage, this ain't it.
The old Zesty version worked great but the last few new versions impish, jammy and hirsute all failed, I wasnt even able to get t boot on my Acer latop at all so I just used the very old version Zesty which works very well still. Hope they get the new versions sorted for all
This has been a great and easy to clone my Windows and Linux machines. Clonezilla does its job and does it well. An indispensable tool that I highly recommend.
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