Copy an entire HDD

[ben.walker]

Is there a way to make and use an entire HDD image from a PC? What I am trying to do is be able to backup PC’s from time to time in case of a hard drive crash. I would like to be able to put a new drive into the PC and say re-image.

Thank you in advance,
Ben

[Julianh]

You could always do a “raw” image, but it’d take a long time

[Wayne Workman]

The best way is just selecting “multiple partition - single disk” and “Resizeable”.

Because for the use that you are wanting, I will guarantee you that you will not replace a failed HDD with the exact same sized HDD. RAW is a bad choice for this usage.

Also, I’m not sure that FOG is for you. Clonezilla is likely better suited for this purpose.

[ben.walker]

Is there any plans for FOG to move in this direction anytime in the near future? I have heard about an upcoming release, but not sure about the new features.

Thank you again,
Ben

[Tom Elliott]

@ben.walker What do you mean?

[ben.walker]

I finally got it. I had to turn UEFI Network Boot Stack on in the BIOS. It has now imaged the drive. The only problem I have is can these images be compressed in any way?

Thank you,
Ben

[Wayne Workman]

@ben.walker said:

I finally got it. I had to turn UEFI Network Boot Stack on in the BIOS. It has now imaged the drive. The only problem I have is can these images be compressed in any way?

Thank you,
Ben

Yes, that is supposed to happen during image upload.
It’s the “compression” setting when you are creating/defining a new image.

[ben.walker]

@Wayne, I am under image creation the following is the only fields I see. I am currently running FOG 1.2.0. Image Name, Image Description, Storage Group, Operating System, Image Path, Image Type

Thank you,
Ben

[Wayne Workman]

Screenshot?

@Developers ?

[ben.walker]

Here is the screen shot of what I see.

Thank you,
Ben

[Wayne Workman]

The compression setting might be located in a different spot in 1.2.0.

Look around in FOG Configuration -> FOG Settings.

[ben.walker]

Is this it?

[Wayne Workman]

According to this thread: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/3076/changing-compression-levels

Yes, that’s it.

[Joseph Hales]

9 is the highest setting and the original default, 6 is the current default setting in SVN.

[ben.walker]

Thank you, I am not sure my first image was 433Gig and my second was 45Gig. I did nothing different. I am glad to see the file size has decreased.

Ben