Clonezilla is a Debian based partition and disk imaging distribution
We used Clonezilla version 2.4.6-25 for the following manual

DRBL (Diskless Remote Boot in Linux)

Before you start it is a good idea to check the disk and filesystem for faults

• Spinrite is an exelent tool to check the disk
• The file system can be checked with programs like fsck

• Remove all unneeded files
• Boot from a live cd
  • Make sure all partitions are unmounted
  • Run zerofree -v /dev/sdx on all partitions

To download an ISO and put it on a CD

• Goto the Clonezilla downloads page for the stable release
  
• 1. Select CPU architecture: amd64 or 1686 (i686 will work on most systems. If you have a 64bit system select amd64]]
• 2. Select file type: iso
• 3. Select repository: auto
• Click the Download button
• Save the file to the harddisk
• Burn the ISO to a CD
• Boot the computer from the CD
• Make sure the partitions are not mounted
  

Now it has to be decide if an image of a partition is made or an image of the whole harddisk. If an image of the whole harddisk is made each partition image is stored in its own imagefile. If you want to make a whole disk image make a change in the procedure below and highlight savedisk Save_local_disk_as_an_image when the option apears

• When the orange and white menu screen has appeared select:
  • Standard: Clonezilla live (Default settings, VGA 800×600)
    
  • Advanced: If you know what you are doing:
    • Other modes of Clonezilla live
    • Clonezilla live (To RAM. Boot media can be removed later). The PC needs to have at least 100 MB of RAM as we can tell
      
• We choose Advanced
  
• Choose Language: en_US.UTF-8 English or as desired
• Configuring console-data Don't touch keymap
• Start Clonezilla Start Clonezilla Start Clonezilla
• Clonezilla - Opensource Clone System (OCS) device-image work with disks of partitions using images
• Connect, and turn on, an USB device if applicable.
• Goto a second terminal: Press ALT F2
• Do sudo su (become root)
• Check with blkid if the USB device is on line. If not, wait 5 seconds and check again. Repeat until online or check why the USB device is not coming on line
• If the USB device is online go back to Clonezilla by pressing ALT-F1
• Mount Clonezilla image directory by selecting local_dev Use local device (E.g.: hard drive, USB drive) and pressing ENTER
• In the screen Every 3.0s: ocs-scan-disk find the drive where the image should be stored, remember it and Press CTRL-C
• Highlight the partition to store the image on and press ENTER
• Highlight directory. We choose / Top_directory_in_the_local_device and press ENTER
• Check if there would be enough space on the selected partition and if so press ENTER otherwise abort Clonzilla, make enough space and start over again

• Highlight Beginner, press ENTER
• Highlight save parts Save_local_partitions_as_an_image
• Give the image a name which is recognizable later and press ENTER
• Select the source partition and press ENTER
• Checking options
  • If it is an ext2/3/4 or vfat (for other options see the screen) partition
    • Highlight -fsck-src-part Interactively check and repair source file system before saving and press Enter
  • else
    • Highlight Skip checking/repairing source file system and press ENTER
• Highlight Yes, check the saved image and press ENTER
• Highlight Not to encrypt the image and press ENTER
• Press ENTER (or first save the command for later use)
• If you are sure, press y and press ENTER
• Now the image creation starts. Wait a wile until it is finished
• When Clonezilla is ready, read what has been done. Press ENTER when done
• Select rerun2 if your want to make an other image. The procedure starts form the begining. Highlight (should be already highlighted) skip Use exitsting /home/partimag (Writable device. E.g. hard drive/USB drive) when the applicable screen appears
  • Otherwise remove the CD from the drive.
    • If the drive is locked highlight reboot and press ENTER. Pause the reboot process when the biosscreen appears. Remove the CD, close the tray and turn off the PC with the powerbutton.
    • Otherwise highlight shutdown and press ENTER

T.b.d.

• EXpert
• saveparts
• Enter the image name. No spaces allowed
• -q2
• OK
• -z2p
• 8000000000
• If the backup is NTFS: Skip checking/repairing source file system. If ext 2/3/4 -fsck-src-part
• Yes, check the saved image
• Not to encrypt the image
• -p true Do nothing when the clone finishes
• Enter
• y (Confirm the start of the cloning action)

• When the orange and white menu screen has appeared select:
  • Standard: Clonezilla live (Default settings, VGA 800×600)
    
  • Advanced: If you know what you are doing:
    • Other modes of Clonezilla live
    • Clonezilla live (To RAM. Boot media can be removed later). The PC needs to have at least 100 MB of RAM as we can tell
      
• We choose Advanced
  
• Choose Language: en_US.UTF-8 English or as desired
• Configuring console-data Don't touch keymap
• Start Clonezilla Start Clonezilla Start Clonezilla
• Clonezilla - Opensource Clone System (OCS) device-image work with disks of partitions using images
• Connect, and turn on, an USB device if applicable.
• Goto a second terminal: Press ALT F2
• Do sudo su (become root)
• Check with blkid if the USB device is on line. If not, wait 5 seconds and check again. Repeat until online or check why the USB device is not coming on line
• If the USB device is online go back to Clonezilla by pressing ALT-F1
• Mount Clonezilla image directory by selecting local_dev Use local device (E.g.: hard drive, USB drive) and pressing ENTER
• In the screen Every 3.0s: ocs-scan-disk find the drive where the image should be stored, remember it and Press CTRL-C
• Highlight the partition to store the image on and press ENTER
• Highlight directory. We choose / Top_directory_in_the_local_device and press ENTER
• Check if there would be enough space on the selected partition and if so press ENTER otherwise abort Clonzilla, make enough space and start over again

• Highlight Beginner, press ENTER
• Highlight savedisk Save_local_disk_as_an_image
• Give the image a name which is recognizable later and press ENTER
• Select the source disk and press ENTER
• Checking options
  • If it is an ext2/3/4 or vfat (for other options see the screen) disk. We choose to check the disk although there are ntfs partitions on it. It does not seem to be a problem. Clonezilla complains about not having a good tool to check ntfs partitions an skips the test. If you are not sure, skip the disk checking
    • Highlight -fsck-src-part Interactively check and repair source file system before saving and press Enter
  • else
    • Highlight Skip checking/repairing source file system and press ENTER
• Highlight Yes, check the saved image and press ENTER
• Highlight Not to encrypt the image and press ENTER
• Press ENTER (or first save the command for later use)
• If you are sure, press y and press ENTER
• Now the image creation starts. Wait a wile until it is finished. It can take some time
• When Clonezilla is ready, read what has been done. Press ENTER when done
• Select rerun2 if your want to make an other image. The procedure starts form the begining. Highlight (should be already highlighted) skip Use exitsting /home/partimag (Writable device. E.g. hard drive/USB drive) when the applicable screen appears
  • Otherwise remove the CD from the drive.
    • If the drive is locked highlight reboot and press ENTER. Pause the reboot process when the biosscreen appears. Remove the CD, close the tray and turn off the PC with the powerbutton.
    • Otherwise highlight shutdown and press ENTER

WARNING: Trying to restore can destroy all data on your harddisk
OUR ADVICE: Practice with Clonezilla until you feel save to use it on the real thing!
Make sure the target partition is larger than the source partition

• When the orange and white menu screen has appeared select:
  • Standard: Clonezilla live (Default settings, VGA 800×600)
    
  • Advanced: If you know what you are doing:
    • Other modes of Clonezilla live
    • Clonezilla live (To RAM. Boot media can be removed later). The PC needs to have at least 100 MB of RAM as we can tell
      
• We choose Advanced
  
• Choose Language: en_US.UTF-8 English or as desired
• Configuring console-data Don't touch keymap
• Start Clonezilla Start Clonezilla Start Clonezilla
• Clonezilla - Opensource Clone System (OCS) device-image work with disks of partitions using images
• Connect, and turn on, an USB device if applicable.
• Goto a second terminal: Press ALT F2
• Do sudo su (become root)
• Check with blkid if the USB device is on line. If not, wait 5 seconds and check again. Repeat until online or check why the USB device is not coming on line
• If the USB device is online go back to Clonezilla by pressing ALT-F1
• Mount Clonezilla image directory by selecting local_dev Use local device (E.g.: hard drive, USB drive) and pressing ENTER
• In the screen Every 3.0s: ocs-scan-disk find the drive where the image should be stored, remember it and Press CTRL-C
• Highlight the partition to restore the image from and press ENTER
• Highlight directory. We choose / Top_directory_in_the_local_device and press ENTER
• Press ENTER
• Highlight Beginner Beginner mode: Accept the default options and press ENTER

We are going to restore one partition

• Highlight restoreparts Restore_an_image_to_local_partitions and press ENTER
• Highlight the image file to restore. If you made a full disk image select in stead of a single partition select the full disk image
• If you selected the full disk image now select the partition (only one!) you want to restore
  • If you do not know which one to restore press ALT-F2
  • Do cd /home/partimage/<the directory name of the image>
  • Do cat blkid.list which might give some ideas
  • When ready do cd
  • Do ALT-F1
• When the partition is selected press ENTER
• Highlight the partition you want to restore to and press ENTER
• Highlight Yes, check the image before restoring and press ENTER
• Wait while the image is checked
• Press ENTER
• Read, and when you are sure it is Ok enter y and press ENTER
• And think again and still sure enter y and press ENTER
• And then we had a problem . . . . Clonezilla would not restore. To be investigated. Trying again with expert mode

We are going to restore one partition

• Highlight restoreparts Restore_an_image_to_local_partitions press ENTER
• Highlight the image file to restore. If you made a full disk image select in stead of a single partition select the full disk image
• If you selected the full disk image now select the partition (only one!) you want to restore
  • If you do not know which one to restore press ALT-F2
  • Do cd /home/partimage/<the directory name of the image>
  • Do cat blkid.list which might give some ideas
  • When ready do cd
  • Do ALT-F1
• When the partition is selected press ENTER
• Highlight the partition you want to restore to and press ENTER
• Now we gat a page with a lot of options
  • Select -v Prints verbose messags (especially for udpcast)
  • Scroll down to the bottom of the list and Select -srel Save restoring error log in image dir
  • Press tab until <Ok> is highlighted
  • Press Enter
• Highlight -k Do NOT create a partition table on the target disk and press Enter
• Highlight Yes, check the image before restoring and press ENTER
• Highlight -p true Do nothing when the clone finishes and press Enter
• Press Enter when you are ready reading
• Wait while the image is checked
• Press ENTER
• Read, and when you are sure it is Ok enter y and press ENTER
• And think again and still sure enter y and press ENTER
• And then we had a problem . . . . Clonezilla would not restore. To be investigated

• There is no way to cancel the restoring of the image
• The restore window shows NFTS partition. We are restoring an ext2 partition (to an ext4 partition)

WARNING: Trying to restore can destroy all data on your harddisk
OUR ADVICE: Practice with Clonezilla until you feel save to use it on the real thing!
Make sure the target disk is equal or than the source disk

• When the orange and white menu screen has appeared select:
  • Standard: Clonezilla live (Default settings, VGA 800×600)
    
  • Advanced: If you know what you are doing:
    • Other modes of Clonezilla live
    • Clonezilla live (To RAM. Boot media can be removed later). The PC needs to have at least 100 MB of RAM as we can tell
      
• We choose Advanced
  
• Choose Language: en_US.UTF-8 English or as desired
• Configuring console-data Don't touch keymap
• Start Clonezilla Start Clonezilla Start Clonezilla
• Clonezilla - Opensource Clone System (OCS) device-image work with disks of partitions using images
• Connect, and turn on, an USB device if applicable.
• Goto a second terminal: Press ALT F2
• Do sudo su (become root)
• Check with blkid if the USB device is on line. If not, wait 5 seconds and check again. Repeat until online or check why the USB device is not coming on line
• If the USB device is online go back to Clonezilla by pressing ALT-F1
• Mount Clonezilla image directory by selecting local_dev Use local device (E.g.: hard drive, USB drive) and pressing ENTER
• In the screen Every 3.0s: ocs-scan-disk find the drives where the image is stored and where it should be restored, remember themt and Press CTRL-C
• Highlight the partition to restore the image from and press ENTER
• Highlight directory. We choose / Top_directory_in_the_local_device and press ENTER
• Press ENTER
• Highlight Beginner Beginner mode: Accept the default options and press ENTER

We are going to restore a full disk (to a larger disk as the disk where the image was made from)

• Highlight restoredisk Restore_an_image_to_local_disk and press ENTER
• Highlight the image file to restore and press ENTER
• Highlight the drive to restore to and press ENTER
• Highlight Yes, check the image before restoring and press ENTER
• Press ENTER
• Wait while the image is checked. Every partition in the image is checked separately
• Read, and when you are sure it is Ok enter y and press ENTER
• And think again and if you are still sure: Again enter y and press ENTER
• Wait while the image is restored. Every partition in the image is restored separately
• Press ENTER
• Reboot and check if all works
• It worked for us!

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