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I dumped Windows about three years ago and couldn't be happier with Linux. I have found replacements for everything that I used on Windows except Macrium Reflect backup software. It allowed me to do a bare metal backup image to a USB drive (Seagate 12 TB) while in Windows. I could not only restore files from the backup image, but boot from a USB drive and restore the image to another m.2 if the current one died.
I would run Reflect at night when I went to bed so nothing would change during the backup and it was also finished by morning. It saved me a number times when a Windows update would go haywire.
I have been using Clonezilla, but I have to shutdown my laptop, boot from a USB drive, run Clonezilla, and then reboot in the morning. I know it is free, but it is also a hassle.
Any suggestions for a similar program (it does not have to be free).
Could I dd the drive to a USB image from within Arch at night?
Thanks!
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Hi,
I don't know what you mean exactly by "bare metal", so I might not give you the insight you are expecting.
First off, start by reading this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Synchr … p_programs
I've been using kopia to do incremental backups for some months now. I do one backup a month, keeping one full backup and one incremental.
I must admit it works pretty well, I find it efficient. I store everything on a Backblaze B2 cloud storage bucket, which is cheap.
You can create kopia repository on your own local storage device, network storage or cloud storage, it is versatile.
TBH, I never had to restore my files due to ArchLinux being broken in 7 years. Most errors of the system can be fixed.
Well, yeah, dd is a straightforward way to do raw copy of entire filesystems. But it is not an efficient way. dd is not a backup software.
BTW, your topic is probably going to be moved to TGN because it is a product recommendation.
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