What is Partimage?
Partimage is an open-source software utility for disk imaging and cloning. It allows users to backup the contents of partitions as compressed image files and restore those images to the same or a different partition at a later time.
Some key features of Partimage include:
- Creating compressed partition images to reduce disk space usage
- Support for many filesystems including ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, FAT16/32, and NTFS
- Saving images across the network over protocols like SSH/SCP
- Command line, GUI, and web-based interfaces
- Ability to verify image integrity after backups
- Runs on Linux and Windows systems
Partimage is commonly used for system backup and recovery, hard disk duplication, system migration to different hardware, or disk space optimization. As it works at the partition level, it allows backing up and restoring entire OS installations with ease. Its small resource footprint makes Partimage well-suited for older or embedded systems.
Clonezilla, Win32 Disk Imager, Macrium Reflect, Rescuezilla, dd for windows, SystemRescue, Mondo Rescue, Active@ Disk Image, RIPLinuX, ALT Linux, Clonedisk, FSArchiver, Finnix are some alternatives to Partimage.