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System Backup and Restore
7. System Backup and Restore
This section explains how to create a bootable USB drive for backing up and restoring the system.
7.1. Preparation
7.1.1. Clonezilla
Clonezilla
is an open source tool for backup and restoration.
1. Download the stable version from the official website:
https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php
2. Select
amd64
for
CPU architecture
and
iso
for
file type
, and then click
Download
.
Clonezilla
will automatically start to download.
3. After downloading the Clonezilla ISO file, load the ISO file onto your USB drive and make it bootable.
If you’re unable to do this, we recommend using
Rufus
instead.
7.1.2. Rufus
Rufus
is a Windows program for creating bootable USB drives. This section illustrates how to create a bootable
Clonezilla USB drive.
Note:
•
Ensure that you have downloaded the Clonezilla ISO before performing the following procedure.
•
We recommend using an empty USB drive with at least 32GB of free space. Creating a bootable USB drive
erases all data on the drive.
1. Download Rufus from the official website:
2. Start Rufus.
3. Select the USB device and Clonezilla ISO
4. Specify a name for
Volume label
.
5. Click the
START
button to load the ISO onto the USB drive.