Clonezilla Capture Image using Bootable USB

In this post, we created a bootable Clonezilla USB. Now let's capture a Windows image.

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Boot into the USB, Clonezilla, select the first option.

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Select your language

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Select keyboard layout

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Select mode: Start Clonezilla Start Clonzilla

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We are going to select "device-image work with disks or partitions using images". This option will allow us to save the image on the USB Storage partition.

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Select "local_dev Use local device (E.g. : hard drive, USB drive)"

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Press Enter to start scanning for USB devices.

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Clonezilla detected my USB

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Select the partition where you want to save your image. I am selecting the NTFS Storage partition on the USB.

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We need to tell Clonzilla what directory is for Clonezilla images, Press Tab and Press Enter on Done

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Clonezilla will mount the partition

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Select "Beginner Beginner mode: Accept the default options"

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Select "savedisk Save_local_disk_as_an_image"

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Set the name of your image.

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Select the local disk that is the source.

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Select the compression option, I selected "-zip Use parallel gzip compression, for multicore/CPU"

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Select "-sfsck Skip checking/repairing source file system"

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Select "Yes, check the saved image" to check if the image is restorable. If will take longer to take the image or you can just select "-scs No, skip checking the saved image" to skip the check.

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Select if you want to encrypt the image, I selected "-senc Not to encrypt the image"

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Select the action you want to happen after the image is done capturing. I selected "-p poweroff Shutdown"

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Clonezilla will output everything as a command if you need to re-run.

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Clonezilla will ask if you are sure you want to continue, type y and press enter.

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Clonezilla will now start capturing the image.

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Here is what the image looks like once your done capturing.