Method used for imaging

[johnrobert]

What method is being used for imaging I am a big fan of Acronis and always booted with it for imaging?

Does anybody do imaging within Windows I was thinking about doing that so I wouldn’t have to mess

With clients uefi boot settings.

If it was easier I would be inclined to do it more often as it should be done

 

[Larry Sabo]

Sure, all the time. Using ATI 2010.

 

[frase]

I use Macrium Reflect

 

[kwisher]

I PXE boot to Clonezilla.

 

[acscva]

EaseUS Todo Backup (Technician License)

 

[brandonkick]

I've used ATI to do backups, but never a full "image". I don't use it much.

When I clone, I always use clonezilla

 

[PBComputer]

Macrium Reflect Tech licence
shadow Protect (my favourite)
Hdclone Tech Licence

If all that fails I'll use imagex but only done that once.

 

[ohio_grad_06]

Don't forget ddrescue as well for failing drives. Can be a dirtier method so to speak, but decent. Also, anyone have issues with parted magic not wanting to read file systems on the newer uefi machines? I've got a parted magic iso from I think november that I bought and it boots the machine fine, but sometimes won't mount the partitions if I'm trying to recover data.

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

Don't forget ddrescue as well for failing drives. Can be a dirtier method so to speak, but decent. Also, anyone have issues with parted magic not wanting to read file systems on the newer uefi machines? I've got a parted magic iso from I think november that I bought and it boots the machine fine, but sometimes won't mount the partitions if I'm trying to recover data.

I have not seen this, but I believe my disk is from the first part of 2014.

 

[Moltuae]

I use Macrium Reflect

Same here.

Love Reflect, especially Server and Server Plus (with its SQL support). Oh, and did I mention viBoot (which is free)

 

[SAFCasper]

Macrium Reflect if it's a straightforward image/clone/SSD upgrade.

Acronis if it's being restored to different hardware as they have a "Universal Restore" feature. Macrium have the same feature (named ReDeploy) but I just prefer Acronis for this.

 

[TechPJC]

I use Macrium Reflect

+1

 

[Eagle21]

... Also, anyone have issues with parted magic not wanting to read file systems on the newer uefi machines? I've got a parted magic iso from I think november that I bought and it boots the machine fine, but sometimes won't mount the partitions if I'm trying to recover data.

I've seen situations where Parted Magic will not mount a drive and you get an error message like this:

The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0).
Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdc1': Operation not permitted
The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown
Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), or mount the volume
read-only with the 'ro' mount option.

I found some advice here
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS-3G

The problem is due to a feature introduced in Windows 8 called "fast startup". When fast startup is enabled, part of the metadata of all mounted partitions are restored to the state they were at the previous closing down. As a consequence, changes made on Linux may be lost. This can happen to any NTFS partition when selecting "Shut down" or "Hibernate" under Windows 8 or 10. Leaving Windows by selecting "Restart", however, is apparently safe.

To enable writing to the partitions on other operating systems, be sure fast restart is disabled. This can be achieved by issuing as an administrator the command:

powercfg /h off

You can check the current settings on Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options > System Setting > Choose what the power buttons do. The box Turn on fast startup should either be disabled or missing.

 

[PBComputer]

Same here.

Love Reflect, especially Server and Server Plus (with its SQL support). Oh, and did I mention viBoot (which is free)

I never know about viBoot but it looks great.

 

[Krynn72]

I've seen situations where Parted Magic will not mount a drive and you get an error message like this:

I believe also that if you right click in the bottom left (or hit win+x) and choose shut down from there, it does a proper shut down also. But none of this helps us in cases of a non-booting OS, which is usually why I'm pulling data off using PartedMagic in the first place. In Linux Mint I used to be able to mount the drive as read only, but it doesn't seem to work in PMagic. A WinPE disk of 8 or 10 will probably work better in these cases.

As to the OP, I also use Macrium Reflect.

 

[HCHTech]

The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0).

In Mint, you can pull up a terminal window and issue this command:

sudo ntfsfix -d /dev/sdb1 (substitute your actual device)

If you don't have ntfsfix resident, you can get it with this command:

sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs

I presume you can do this in parted magic as well, as long as the ntfsfix program is resident. I think there is also some built in way to mount read only in parted magic, but the details escape me at the moment...

Oh, and I use Clonezilla & ATI

 

[cypress]

Easeus Todo or AOEMI.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

For bench cloning of drives, backups before hard drive work, we use the freebie version of Acronis that you download from drive manufacturers websites. WD or Seagate of Crucial,..they all offer a currently updated version of Acronis. (Crucial gives you a full license for standard Acronis).

For servers, we use StorageCraft.

 

[HCHTech]

there is also some built in way to mount read only in parted magic, but the details escape me at the moment...

In Parted Magic, the Mount utility is the box just to the right of the start button. Click on it and in the resulting dialog, check the "Read Only" box before you click on the "Mount" button. That should let you mount drives that Windows left dirty for purposes of copying off the data.

 

[pcpete]

Sure, all the time. Using ATI 2010.

that is my favorite version. We use it for anything non UEFI.