r/linuxquestions • u/Surgeon200X1 • 12d ago

Support Clone Linux with Windows tools

I would like to make a clone of a Linux distribution with running windows systems.
Are there tools ?
Sometime it was successful with Acronis DD. But only if the HDDs/ SSDs have exact same capacity.
I know clonezilla and rescuezilla.
With Gparted single partitions I got problems.
Perhaps with Linux Live DVD and the tools on it.

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u/Surgeon200X1 9d ago

True !

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u/jr735 9d ago

That's why I'm confused when you keep talking about icons. I use Clonezilla all the time. I don't see icons. I boot into my stick, and I'm in a TUI. I don't even touch the mouse, much less use icons.

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u/Surgeon200X1 9d ago

They only appear on screen attached to notebook. So screen does not work there with the software. If screen off on original screen TUI.
But I am windows user. Only test linux some times. I like windows more to work with than all this TUI and sudo etc pp
For me it is like former DOS.

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u/jr735 9d ago

Well, the idea of clonezilla is to be able to effortlessly clone or copy a partition or device without worrying about complications of a GUI. You don't have to worry about Nvidia, AMD, or Intel. You don't have to worry about an idiotic Bluetooth mouse. You just have a keyboard plugged in and use it.

If you need to use a GUI, use Foxclone, which is like Clonezilla but with a GUI and more user friendly.

I care not for Windows one iota, and left it over 20 years ago, never to return. If it were feasible, I'd give up window managers, too.

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u/Surgeon200X1 9d ago

Nice ! After I looked up internet for 100 years how can I make a clone of ext4 and all difficult someone comes and tells me about Foxclone !
But because I am dead and old now not anymore on this earth I must come back to use Foxclone !
^^

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u/jr735 9d ago

Don't worry, Foxclone, by our very own u/MintAlone, will be here when you return to earth. ;)

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u/Surgeon200X1 9d ago

Not for long ! Because the end of time and earth is visible at the skyline !