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Originally Posted by eschwartz
And all those delectable free linux offerings I suggested?...
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CloneZilla was just released and unreliable at the time I was looking for a new program in 2007-2008. In the end I went for Image for Linux by Terabyte Software, as it got very good reviews.
I have the program already, it still gets updated, it still gets good reviews, and I know I can trust it to work. Even if they decide to go to version 3.00 from 2.99 and want some money for the upgrade (or even the full €21 again) I'd probably just do it. I'm not in the mood for switching away from a reliable imaging solution for the sake of switching or saving €21 in 7 years.
The one and only issue I ever had was that it does not seem to include the boot sector into its image if you just select only one partition and nothing else, but nowadays I just select "Entire Drive" to backup my SSD, so I never tested the correct selection to include the boot partition for a partially imaged drive.
Actually, CloneZilla looks like very old 1.x versions of Image for Linux. I wouldn't be surprised if Image for Linux is partially based off of CloneZilla, or if they have the same roots. Even so, in that case, I'd prefer a program with professional support for something like imaging, in case anything goes wrong. I did ask Terabyte some questions back in 2008 and 2009, and they were promptly and correctly answered.
If I'd switch to anything else, it'd probably be the native Windows 7/8.1/.... imaging solution.