Free programs that backup a hard disk to removable media from a boot cd?

[MrBrian]

Which free programs backup a hard disk (or individual partition(s)) to removable media (cd, dvd) from a boot cd? I'd also like the ability to verify the image without restoring first. Paragon can do this, except for verification without restoration. Any other candidates?

[Kernelwars]

Macrinum reflect free can do it too I think

[TheKid7]

Paragon Backup and Recovery 2010 Free Advanced "maybe". Read through the manual and see.

http://www.paragon-software.com/home...ad_manual.html

[andylau]

Clonezilla, Redo Backup and Recovery

but I am not sure they can verify or not

[MrBrian]

Originally Posted by Kernelwars

Macrinum reflect free can do it too I think

The Linux-based Macrium Reflect Free rescue cd unfortunately cannot make backups.

Originally Posted by TheKid7

Paragon Backup and Recovery 2010 Free Advanced "maybe". Read through the manual and see.

Paragon Backup and Recovery 2010 Free Advanced is probably missing the verification unfortunately. I recently used the boot cd from Paragon Backup and Recovery 2010 Home Edition to backup a hard disk directly to DVDs, so I know that works, but I believe it's also lacking verification.

Originally Posted by andylau

Clonezilla, Redo Backup and Recovery

Just to clarify, Clonezilla and Redo Backup and Recovery can burn directly to removable media from their respective boot cds?

[andylau]

MrBrian,
Clonezilla can.

Is there any way I can save image to CD-RW or DVD-RW directly ?
Yes, check this for more details: https://sourceforge.net/forum/messag...msg_id=4848130

Redo not sure. But you can take a look.

[MrBrian]

Originally Posted by andylau

MrBrian,
Clonezilla can.

From the link you posted:

10. proceed as usual, but keep in mind that the available space on a DVD is limited and cloning will fail if being exceeded

Can Clonezilla use multiple media if necessary?

[zapjb]

"....except for verification without restoration....."

I believe verification without restoration is a misnomer. And certainly shouldn't be used in any Mission Critical situations.

[andylau]

Originally Posted by MrBrian

From the link you posted:


Can Clonezilla use multiple media if necessary?

I don't know about that,

what does multiple media means? USB?

As the capacity of a DVD is 4.7GB(~4.3GB), so if your image is larger than that, it cannot be stored onto one DVD. Therefore, an external HDD or USB Flash will be a better storage for store larger than 4GB image.

AFAIK, Clonezilla can not save an image using the live disk to DVD media. It's not the most intuitive backup disk, so maybe I've missed it somewhere, but I didn't see it anywhere in the options.