Tutorial Clone

[Condobloke]

The idea is to clone whatever is on one disk to another

In this case I have an old HDD and a new SSD, both mounted/plugged into the same laptop/tower

I will use RESCUEZILLA to achieve this.

The old hdd and new ssd must be either the same size (exact) or preferably the new ssd will be larger. If the ssd is smaller than the old hdd, this will NOT work

In a nutshell: Rescuezilla is downloaded to a usb stick



you then boot to that usb stick



It presents a screen showing rescue zilla....You click on a choice....either to backup, restore, Clone or confirm that a backup is valid.

You would select Clone



Then choose your Source disc....this will have your current installation on it. (the old hdd)



Then choose your Destination disc.....this will be your SSD (if it's brand new there is no need to format it)



Then sit back and wait...drink coffee or whatever you do.



When it has finished...(be patient...depending on the size of your hdd and ssd and the amount of data, this could easily take an hour or more). Mine only had approx 40gb on it and it took an hour +



When you have finished, Rescuezilla will simply stop...its job is done. Shut the pc down and take out the Rescuezilla usb stick .....THEN., take the old hdd OUT.

Your new SSD will remain plugged in.......boot the pc, it will recognise the new SSD with everything on it that it needs to function.

Thanks to Linux.org ....Jarret B

Thread 'Rescuezilla: System Recovery Tools'

Feb 26, 2024

Rescuezilla is a fork of Clonezilla with more ability. You can back up and restore drive and partitions. It is also possible to clone a whole disk, including all partitions, to another disk.

Rescuezilla is a Debian based distro of Linux that is an ISO and you can burn it to a USB Stick to be bootable. Once booted, you can back up, restore, clone or verify an image.

Rescuezilla Booting

To start, you'll need to get the ISO file for Rescuezilla. Go to 'https://rescuezilla.com/download' to find the link for the most up-to-date version. Currently, the version is based on Jammy...

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[APTI]

use clonezilla instead

 

[Condobloke]

Rescuezilla is based on clonezilla......with a gui

 

[APTI]

clonezilla has gui too just less BS.

 

[MzQ1NjExN2]

What do you recommend to use if I want to make a clone from one machine and use it another machine that has different hard drive size and specs? MX Linux has its own tool that does and it hasn't failed me yet. I'm looking for something similar that I can use for other distros.

 

[Condobloke]

The specs are probably not so important, but the different hard drive sizes definitely are.

I am unaware of Clonezillas likes/dislike when it comes to different hard drive sizes, but it would be worth taking a look at its page. HERE

Another one which I have no experience with is Foxclone HERE
@bob466 has experience with it, and will likely swing by when he gets the notification I sent.

 

[wizardfromoz]

I am unaware of Clonezillas likes/dislike when it comes to different hard drive sizes,

Clonezilla requires just a "smidgin" more size with the destination, both on disk to disk and partition to partition. I would allow 1GB/1GiB more to allow for any formatting overheads.

I use it if I have to move my Timeshift snapshot storages from one drive to another, on rare occasions.

HTH

Wiz

 

[wizardfromoz]

BTW, GParted's partition cloning facility is quite functional, same size conditions apply, seems a little faster than Clonezilla, but have not bench-marked times.

 

[bob466]

The specs are probably not so important, but the different hard drive sizes definitely are.

I am unaware of Clonezillas likes/dislike when it comes to different hard drive sizes, but it would be worth taking a look at its page. HERE

Another one which I have no experience with is Foxclone HERE
@bob466 has experience with it, and will likely swing by when he gets the notification I sent.

Foxclone works the same as Rescuezilla to Clone one HDD/SSD to another of the same size...both are easy to use..I have both on my Ventoy Flash Drive.

 

[wizardfromoz]

use clonezilla instead

Better would be, eg

"You can use Clonezilla as well", if it is mentioned at all.

The OP, in his OP has said

I will use RESCUEZILLA to achieve this.

He has not excluded other options, simply chosen that one to demonstrate.

And yes, I have referenced GParted above.

So my bad, Brian.thanks for sharing.

 

[bob466]

Better would be, eg

"You can use Clonezilla as well", if it is mentioned at all.

The OP, in his OP has said



He has not excluded other options, simply chosen that one to demonstrate.

And yes, I have referenced GParted above.

So my bad, Brian.thanks for sharing.

This is always a problem when someone takes time and effort to write a "How To"...people say why don't you try this or that and go off-topic.