Rescuezilla — The Complete Guide: Graphical Disk Backup and Cloning from USB

Rescuezilla is a boot environment with a graphical interface built on the Clonezilla engine. You boot from USB, pick a disk, and in a few clicks create an image, restore it or clone to another disk. It is open source under the GPL and free for any use; the project asks for voluntary donations.

Rescuezilla

Rescuezilla project

Disk backup, restore and cloning in a simple graphical interface from a USB stick, compatible with Clonezilla images.

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What you get

Image backup — save a whole disk to a file on an external drive or the network.
Restore — put the PC back to the saved state.
Cloning — move a system onto a new SSD.
Image compatibility — reads Clonezilla, VirtualBox, VMware and Qemu images.
Image explorer — copy single files out of an image (in beta).

When to use it

Rescuezilla works even when you cannot log in to Windows, macOS or Linux, which makes it useful for rescue jobs and before a reinstall. It is ideal for moving a PC to a new disk or making a full backup before a major change. Limitations: no scheduling and no incremental backups, and the computer cannot be used while the backup runs. For routine backups, add a second tool.

Related tools

For multi-PC deployment and advanced options — Clonezilla. For scheduled image backup from inside Windows — Veeam Agent FREE. For routine encrypted file backup — Duplicati.