Rescuezilla
Free and straightforward disk cloning and imaging software that boots from a USB, supporting Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Interoperable with Clonezilla and can recover and extract files. Includes partition editing, undeleting, and NTFS recovery. No installation needed.
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- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Linux
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Rescuezilla 2.6 released with Secure Boot fixes, Ubuntu 24.10 support, and moreRescuezilla has rolled out version 2.6, featuring numerous enhancements and bug fixes. This version...
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Rescuezilla 2.5 is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and brings improved BTRFS support and moreRescuezilla, the widely used disk cloning and imaging software, has unveiled its 2.5 version, incor...
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UltraDAGcom added Rescuezilla as alternative to Hardware ClinicThere is always someone who complains about Incremental backups etc.. RescueZilla is here to Rescue you from a fatal situation not provide you with a file backup. There is nothing more satisfying knowing that you can have your operating system back up and running in 10 minutes. I am grateful to the developers who have provided this critical tool.
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Does one job superbly well. It's one of the must-have ISO images on my bootable USB that lives in my pocket.
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Full disclosure: I am the developer of Rescuezilla. If you think this review is biased, feel free to vote this review down.
Advanced users will often be coming from Clonezilla, which has a complicated text-based interface with a huge number of configuration options: you can go into Clonezilla's "Expert Mode" and tweak just about everything: the compression algorithm, compression level, imaging utility (eg, partclone vs partimage vs ntfsclone vs dd), and much more.
Some of these configuration options may be integrated into future versions of Rescuezilla, but even today Rescuezilla can still restore Clonezilla images created using these 'expert mode' options.
This means Rescuezilla is useful for advanced users, even if you choose not to use Rescuezilla to create your backup because it does not yet provide every configuration option you would like.
For typical home users looking for a way to create a hard drive image, Rescuezilla's simple graphical user-interface and Ubuntu Linux based live USB approach should work well for you. It's worth noting that hard drive imaging is definitely a very specialized task that's not necessarily the best approach for all users: it's worth researching whether a traditional file-based backup approach is more suitable for the specific problem you are looking to solve.
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I need a full disk cloning, a tool for partitioning and deal with FSs, file rescue and to be bootable from an external drive (flash, hd or ssd) For Windows passwords and user issues i use Hiren´s Boot. For file recovering, test disk. Sometimes i use MHDD I also need a defragmentation tool (i use contig) and copying files/folders and even a complete tree. Rescuezilla is a great tool. The "advanced (or expert) mode" can be useful with these tools i cited and even what other users can talk about. The biggest thing you can do is this: listen to what we can say as users, in despite of their individual expertise.
Important things to know about Rescuezilla: . . . . . . 1. It doesn't do incremental/differential backups. Most free image backup programs like Veeam Community free allow this. This means that with Resuezilla, you will need to make a long full backup each time. . . . . 2. You can't work on either your Windows at the same time as using Rescuezilla, or your own installed LinuxOS at the same time, because the usb sets up a live OS environment of its own, locking out other OS. Veeam free, and likely others, will let you work on Windows while you do a backup.
I would rate Rescuezilla 3 stars, but to help keep the rating numbers modern, I'm going with 1 star. I generally use a cloning device and keep 2 clones. Cloning works, but I'm trying for quicker easier backups too, so I decided to try Rescuezilla again (seeing all the rave reviews). Got it booted, but upon research, Rescuezilla is rated slow compared to peers, and has 2 big downsides: 1. Rescuezilla doesn't do incremental/ differential backups. You would be doing a long, full backup each time. 2. You can't work on your own OS at the same time. Veeam free lets you work on Windows during backup.
There is always someone who complains about Incremental backups etc.. RescueZilla is here to Rescue you from a fatal situation not provide you with a file backup. There is nothing more satisfying knowing that you can have your operating system back up and running in 10 minutes. I am grateful to the developers who have provided this critical tool.
Does one job superbly well. It's one of the must-have ISO images on my bootable USB that lives in my pocket.
It seems allowing to start and use (in some extent) a computer without any OS installed ("doing the job"); it would be better if a detail like ability to set the date and time (to allow browser runing correctly) was smoother.
Brilliant tool for us geeks, especially a Linux distro hopper like me :)
this quality for free. this world is like a dream. i hope NGOs donate to such softwares like rescuezilla which provide a service even paid ones can't do like rescuezilla.