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Wrote out instructions for all imaging methods, though haven't added pics to all of them yet.
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Make sure that the drive you want the image saved to is plugged into the PC.
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The next screen should be black with a list of devices - make sure you can see your drive listed (it will likely start with 'sdb' and have key works like 'SSD' in it).
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The next screen should be black with a list of devices make sure you can see your drive listed (it will likely start with 'sdb' and have key works like 'SSD' in it).
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The next screen should show the files currently inside your drive. If this looks correct, use the right arrow key to move to select 'done'.
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Next, choose Beginner mode.
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On the next screen, select 'savedisk' as we'll be saving the entire disk image.
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Next, you'll be prompted to name the image (for naming conventions see [this page](Image-Revision-History.md)). When you're done, choose 'ok'.
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It will prompt you again to choose a local disk as a source - again, choose your drive.
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It will prompt you again to choose a local disk as a source again, choose your drive.
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Finally press enter when prompted to continue. It will ask if you're sure you're want to continue - type 'y' and press enter to do so.
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Finally press enter when prompted to continue. It will ask if you're sure you're want to continue type 'y' and press enter to do so.
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It will then start the process of saving the image, and at this point all you need to do is wait.
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If it's successful, it will do whatever you chose previously. If you chose 'Choose', it will come up with a black screen when done. When you press Enter,
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# CloneZilla Direct Imaging
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- Boot into USB stick (press F12 as PC boots up)
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- Start up Clonezilla (option 2 VGA 800 x 600 & To RAM)
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- Choose English
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- Keep default keyboard layout
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- Press start Clonezilla
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- Choose option 'device-image'
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- Choose 'restore disk'
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- Choose the portable hard drive from the options
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- Choose the correct image from the drive
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- Choose what the PC will do when the image is done - either reboot, or choose.
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Choose is useful when in a lab where you want the PC to look unusable after the imaging if you don't want students to use it.
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However, reboot will just reboot the PC and leave it on the Windows log in screen.
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- Confirm by typing y and enter twice
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First, follow the steps outlined [here](Deploying-Images-using-CloneZilla.md) to get Clonezilla started.
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The next step will give you a lot of options. For direct imaging, you'll need to choose ‘device-image’ from the list.
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Next, choose ‘local-dev’ as we'll be saving to a local device (a.k.a. a portable hard drive). Press 'Enter' when prompted.
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![image_51.png](image_51.png)
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The next screen should be black with a list of devices — make sure you can see your drive listed (it will likely start with 'sdb' and have key works like 'SSD' in it).
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If you see it, you can press Ctrl-C to close this menu and continue the process.
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On the next screen you're choosing what drive the image you want is saved on, so choose your portable SSD (usually the bottom option).
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![image_52.png](image_52.png)
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Choose to skip the file system check (option 'no fsck').
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The next screen should show the files currently inside your drive. If this looks correct, use the right arrow key to move to select 'done' then press 'Enter'.
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Next, choose Beginner mode.
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Choose the correct image that you want to image the PC with.
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Choose the disk that you want the new image to be on. There is usually only one option here so select that.
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It will then ask you what partition table to use. Choose '-k0', which is the partition table from the image.
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Choose to skip checking the image before restoring by choosing '-scr'.
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The last major step is choosing what action should be performed when everything is finished.
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'Choose' will present you with a list of options in Clonezilla when the imaged is saved.
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These options will be shutdown (shuts down the PC), reboot (reboots the PC), and rerun (starts Clonezilla from the beginning).
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Choose is always a safe option as the blue on the screen makes it very obvious to people not to use the PC.
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'True' will enter a command line prompt. We don't normally use, but you can if you think it will suit your purposes better than other options.
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'Reboot' will reboot the PC when the image is captured, leaving it booted into Windows.
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This process is explained [here](Setting-Up-PC-Post-Imaging.md).

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# CloneZilla P2P Imaging
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Another way you can image PCs is using one PC that has already been imaged as the 'source' of the image that can be put onto a 'destination' PC.
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However, this can only be done BEFORE DeepFreeze is installed on the source PC.
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First, follow the steps outlined [here](Deploying-Images-using-CloneZilla.md) to get Clonezilla started.
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The next step will give you a lot of options. For peer-to-peer imaging on the source PC, you'll want to choose 'remote-source'.
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Next, choose 'Beginner' as it is easy to use, and we don't need anything from expert mode.
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When asked about network mode, choose 'dhcp'. It may take a few seconds to set up, so wait until you get to the next menu.
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Next, choose a local disk as a source. For the purposes of peer to peer imaging, you'll want to choose main disk of the PC.
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These options will be shutdown (shuts down the PC), reboot (reboots the PC), and rerun (starts Clonezilla from the beginning).
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Choose is always a safe option as the blue on the screen makes it very obvious to people not to use the PC.
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'True' will enter a command line prompt. We don't normally use, but you can if you think it will suit your purposes better than other options.
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'Reboot' will reboot the PC when the image is captured, leaving it booted into Windows.
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You'll have to wait a little for it to set itself up. You'll know it is done when the bottom of the screen says 'Waiting for the target machine to connect'.
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It will then start imaging. Wait until it is done, then it'll do whatever you choose when setting up the source side.
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- Choose option 'device-image'
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'Reboot' will reboot the PC when the image is captured, leaving it booted into Windows.
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