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Dec 19 2008   4:34 PM GMT
Galucio   280 pts.

Free/OSS Hard Drive Image/Recovery Software


Microsoft Windows, Linux, Open source software, Disk Imaging

I'm looking for free, preferably Open Source software that will allow one to create an image of a hard drive that can be restored later without the use of a pre-installed OS. I know of tools like CloneZilla, PartImage et cetera, however none of those provide me my key: Spanning of DVDs or CDs, instead of an external hard drive/NAS as a backup median.

For comparison, the software used before was PC Angel.

Just because I know the above is probably jumbled and confusing, here's a list of what I need, if any of you know of this kind of software:

Hard Disk Imaging Software:
1. Free, OSS is a plus.
2. Create Recovery-type media.
3. No pre-installed OS required for recovery of drive.
4. Ability to burn to discs, span CDs/DVDs.

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you can try this g4u-2.1.iso
thanks


The dd command on linux may do what you are looking for. It would be something like:

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/yourdiskpartition bs=512 conv=sync,notrunc


DD is cool, but for damaged sectors you are better off with ddrescue (gddrescue in ubuntu).

Personally I use fog. Perfect if you ask me.
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