!!!WARNING!!! This guide assumes you know what you are doing. If you do not understand what you are doing DO NOT DO IT! Data loss may accrue
Prerequisites: Bootable media with Clonezilla
Difficulty Level: Member • Nerd • Platypus
Estimated Time: Dependent on disk size/speed
Tools Required: Bootable Clonezilla media, PC with applicable disk connected
Expected Outcome: Your disk will be cloned
Steps to Perform
- Boot into Clonezilla
- Choose your language and keyboard layout at the prompts then choose "Start Clonezilla"
- Select "device-device" to clone one disk directly to another
- There are other options which are not covered in this guide but the process is very similar
- Choose beginner mode. This option will work for most use cases
- If your disk has bad sectors or your clone fails, choose Expert mode and select the -rescue option from the first advanced parameters prompt and Use the partition table from the source disk from the second advanced parameters prompt
- Choose disk_to_local_disk
- Choose your source disk from the prompt
- Choose your target disk from the prompt
- !!!!ALL DATA ON THIS DISK WILL BE LOST!!!!
- Choose -sfck to skip disk checks during clone
- If you choose to check and repair the filesystem during the cloning process you will have to monitor the process to answer any user prompts
- Choose your desired action once the process is complete
- You will be prompted twice to confirm you want to erase all data on the target disk. strike y to continue