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Re: Making a hard drive image

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On 2026-05-03, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
>
> I want a full back up of my 500Gb NVME disk. I tried Foxclone, but I 
> found that the image can only be written back to the original drive, 
> which pretty much negates it's usefulness.

To be correct the image neds to be written to the same size or larger
disk/partition, and yes down to the byte. 


> I want an image of the NVME 
> drive I can use on any disk to create a working drive.

If you accept the size limitation then you will get a working drive after
the copy is done.

Bork your HD and you can install the backup image and be away right from the
reboot after the copy.

You need to understand the tool(s). It is some what frustrating the the copy
partition/disk needs to be larger(or the exact size) than the backup.


> I tried the Disks 
> app, and discovered it doesn't compress the image, and since the image 
> created is a bit over 500 Gb, I can only write it to a drive larger than 
> 500Gb. (sigh) I think the problem is that the NVME drive is actually a 
> fraction over 500Gb, since if I try to clone it to a 500Gb drive I get a 
> message that the receptor drive is too small. I was told I can reduce 
> the partition on the NVME drive to make a smaller image, but I'm afraid 
> to do that in case I lose data.

Well, have about you do an image backup of the disk before you try reducing
the NVMe partition? then if you lose data all you need to do is to restore
the NVMe partition from the backup and try again.

Just keep in mind that a partion is not the whole disk in some cases. 

> I will try Rescuezilla, but if that 
> doesn't compress the image there's no gain from that. Does anyone have 
> any better suggestions for what I can do? thanks to all. :)
>
Clonezilla, and others use partclone as the engine.

Regarding compression. Clonezilla does not copy the unused space on the
orginal, it then compresses the copied parts. The issue is that clonezilla
*demands* that it needs a space as large as the orginal to copy it back to. 

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  Re: Making a hard drive image Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-03 06:19 +0000
    Re: Making a hard drive image Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-05-03 20:20 +1000
      Re: Making a hard drive image George <George@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-03 14:54 +0100
        Re: Making a hard drive image Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-05-03 09:44 -0700
          Re: Making a hard drive image Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-03 16:56 -0400
  Re: Making a hard drive image german newsgroups <usualsuspectrider@gmail.com> - 2026-05-03 11:00 +0200
    Re: Making a hard drive image Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-05-03 20:21 +1000
      Re: Making a hard drive image Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-03 16:18 +0200
        Re: Making a hard drive image german newsgroups <usualsuspectrider@gmail.com> - 2026-05-04 10:07 +0200
        Re: Making a hard drive image Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-05-04 18:30 +1000
          Re: Making a hard drive image german newsgroups <usualsuspectrider@gmail.com> - 2026-05-04 17:51 +0200
      Re: Making a hard drive image german newsgroups <usualsuspectrider@gmail.com> - 2026-05-04 10:06 +0200
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    Re: Making a hard drive image Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-05-03 10:32 -0700
      Re: Making a hard drive image Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-05-03 10:40 -0700
    Re: Making a hard drive image CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com> - 2026-05-04 06:55 +0000
  Re: Making a hard drive image Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-05-04 09:59 +1000
    Re: Making a hard drive image Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-05-04 10:06 +1000
      Re: Making a hard drive image Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-05-04 11:37 +1000
        Re: Making a hard drive image Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-04 00:04 -0400
          Re: Making a hard drive image Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-05-04 18:26 +1000
          Re: Making a hard drive image Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-04 08:33 +0000
        Re: Making a hard drive image Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-05-04 18:06 +1000
          Re: Making a hard drive image Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-04 05:18 -0400
          Re: Making a hard drive image Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-05 18:52 -0400
            Re: Making a hard drive image Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 02:55 +0000
              Re: Making a hard drive image Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-06 01:37 -0400
                Re: Making a hard drive image Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 06:48 +0000
    Re: Making a hard drive image Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-03 20:19 -0400
      Re: Making a hard drive image Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-05-04 11:48 +1000
  Re: Making a hard drive image Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> - 2026-05-04 00:45 +0000
    Re: Making a hard drive image Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-05-04 11:51 +1000
    Re: Making a hard drive image Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-04 00:23 -0400

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