Post AVu7iVBUnoYRex3awC by piggo@piggo.space
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(DIR) Post #AVu5kgWbPUZrVBqIiW by piggo@piggo.space
2023-05-22T05:45:57.960965Z
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I need to do a full disk backup (including the MBR). Ideally compressed. What tool to use? Just dd or something fancier? I remember there was something called clonezilla, but is it still the go-to?
(DIR) Post #AVu614PeMahoDqP5w8 by Moon@shitposter.club
2023-05-22T05:49:08.407337Z
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@piggo use ddrescue over dd but clonezilla is best, it uses ddrescue but wraps it to make it easier
(DIR) Post #AVu6W0EdwfXkF80O48 by miscbrains@misc.brainsoap.net
2023-05-22T05:54:38.678Z
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@Moon@shitposter.club @piggo@piggo.space clonezilla is pretty old school, but it does the job. Windows has some fancier imaging options, but: windows, and also generally commercial if that matters.
(DIR) Post #AVu6eSSEuVlq52Oe0W by piggo@piggo.space
2023-05-22T05:55:57.250656Z
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@miscbrains @Moon yeah no windows and no commercial for me
(DIR) Post #AVu7E3Klmk9kaysLGy by Moon@shitposter.club
2023-05-22T06:02:39.857117Z
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@piggo @miscbrains the main thing is using a ddrescue variant rather than dd because dd alone can't handle unreadable sectors if you happen to have a disk problem
(DIR) Post #AVu7iVBUnoYRex3awC by piggo@piggo.space
2023-05-22T06:07:57.662102Z
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@Moon @miscbrains here I just want to backup the laptop I bought for grandma so when she inevitably wrecks it I don't have to reinstall everything đŸ˜…There's probably no bad sectors (yet)
(DIR) Post #AVuOFtUR3SGLrerOk4 by LMAOYEEN@pounced-on.me
2023-05-22T08:57:10Z
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@piggo not sure if anything has superseded clonezilla but i still use it and it works wonders. a full-disk clone will do exactly what you need, and clonezilla does compression by default.
(DIR) Post #AVuOFuCkOhhy55amoK by piggo@piggo.space
2023-05-22T09:13:15.950467Z
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@LMAOYEEN it should also skip unused blocks, right? Is the backup significantly smaller than the full source disk size?