Bootable CD Disk Imaging with Sector-by-Sector backup?

I want to do a sector-by-sector backup of my harddisk using a bootable disk... any recommendations?

 

I will use Active@ Boot Disk Creator (5.0.5) to create bootable CD/USB. I am already using bootable USB to back up my system drive.

 

Image for DOS & Image for Linux have the option to perform Sector-by-Sector Imaging. I have never made a Sector-by-Sector Image.

See pages 31, 33 and 116 of the Image for DOS manual:

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/ifd_en_manual.pdf

Image for DOS:

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-dos.htm

Image for Linux:

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-linux.htm

 

Thank you, I'll check them

 

I do this all of the time using Drive Snapshot, because I want to backup all sectors including those not used by Windows so that I capture my entire Rollback Rx environment.

I like Drive Snapshot especially because it is one of the very few truly portable disk-imaging programs and therefor it will execute from wherever I place it (on my backup drive, flash drive, CD, etc.). Drive Snapshot accomplishes an all-sectors image by selecting its Maintenance Mode as shown below:



That said, be aware that unless you are using Rollback Rx (or another 'ISR' program) doing a sector-by-sector backup serves no purpose and doing so consumes more backup storage (and time) than a normal backup image (where only sectors used by Windows are backed up).

 

Check out Ultimate Boot for DOS and Ultimate Boot for Windows.

 

You can create UBCD4Win plugins for Macrium Reflect,Paragon Backup & Recovery and Easeus Todo Backup along with others.