[SOLVED] Will Clonezilla restore an image to a brand new hard drive

Tem2 · 02-01-2019, 10:16 PM

I have a bad hard disk. I used Clonezilla to create a disk image of my Ubuntu system. When I replace my hard drive, will Clonezilla be able to restore the image file to the new hard drive?

Sorry if this is a dumb question or if it is in the wrong forum.

berndbausch · 02-01-2019, 10:46 PM

That's what Clonezilla is for.

Of course, the new drive must have enough space. And you must have cloned the old drive entirely, not just single partitions. Clonezilla allows you to do either.

Since there is no success guarantee for the clone, keep the old drive around.

Tem2 · 02-01-2019, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by berndbausch

That's what Clonezilla is for.

Of course, the new drive must have enough space. And you must have cloned the old drive entirely, not just single partitions. Clonezilla allows you to do either.

Since there is no success guarantee for the clone, keep the old drive around.

Thanks!

syg00 · 02-01-2019, 11:20 PM

Why don't you just try it and see. You can't do any damage - if it all goes wrong, delete it and try again.