Backup Solution Needed - Incremental and Cloned Hard Drive Image
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION (from Belarc Advisor)
Windows 7 Ultimate ( x64 )
Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
Installed: 8/9/2013
Hard Drives
C: (NTFS) (Boot) 500 GB 290.84 GB free
F: (NTFS) 2,199 GB 1683.77 GB free
Processor
Intel Core i7 930, 2.80 GHz
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
64-bit ready
Memory (RAM)
24,568 MB
Mother Board
Board: EVGA 141-BL-E757 Tylersburg
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 08/25/2011
BACKGROUND
- I want to begin a backup and recovery solution for my home desktop computer.
QUESTION
Please tell me which version of CloneZilla should I use for my system. I want to create a bootable CD-ROM from which to run CloneZilla and then to create either a clone, or a disk image.
Also, for ongoing (partial) backups please explain whether CloneZilla compares to Macrium Reflect 7 to accomplish a simple backup / recovery solution. Not sure whether I need Incremental or Differential, or both. Your experience with Macrium would also be appreciated, or alternative solutions.
RESTRICTIONS
- I want to store the images in the cloud either on-the-fly, as created, or after saving to hard drive first.
- This question may evolve into which online backup solution to use. But let's start with what I've asked above, for now.
Windows 7 Ultimate ( x64 )
Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
Installed: 8/9/2013
Hard Drives
C: (NTFS) (Boot) 500 GB 290.84 GB free
F: (NTFS) 2,199 GB 1683.77 GB free
Processor
Intel Core i7 930, 2.80 GHz
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
64-bit ready
Memory (RAM)
24,568 MB
Mother Board
Board: EVGA 141-BL-E757 Tylersburg
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 08/25/2011
BACKGROUND
- I want to begin a backup and recovery solution for my home desktop computer.
QUESTION
Please tell me which version of CloneZilla should I use for my system. I want to create a bootable CD-ROM from which to run CloneZilla and then to create either a clone, or a disk image.
Also, for ongoing (partial) backups please explain whether CloneZilla compares to Macrium Reflect 7 to accomplish a simple backup / recovery solution. Not sure whether I need Incremental or Differential, or both. Your experience with Macrium would also be appreciated, or alternative solutions.
RESTRICTIONS
- I want to store the images in the cloud either on-the-fly, as created, or after saving to hard drive first.
- This question may evolve into which online backup solution to use. But let's start with what I've asked above, for now.
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As indicated by Sajid Shaik M, Clonezilla is used for disk cloning, not backup. So it doesn't support the functionality you're looking for.
Acronis was suggested, however another option to consider is BackupAssist - https://www.backupassist.com/
Acronis was suggested, however another option to consider is BackupAssist - https://www.backupassist.com/
that will decide on how to proceed
you can use any of the free backup programs, to make a bootable cd, this one is considered very user friendly, and very good : https://www.backup-utility.com/