Redo Rescue
Redo Rescue is an easy-to-use backup and recovery solution that can restore a fully working system from a backup image, even to a blank new hard disk.
- Free • Open Source
- Disk Imaging
- Disk Cloning
- File Recovery
- Self-Hosted
Recent user activities on Redo Rescue
- Unk42 thinks Rescuezilla is an alternative to Redo Rescue
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- Zaljunior21 liked Redo RescueZa
Does the same thing as CloneZilla Live (which is very good too), but much more user-friendly! (graphical GUI instead of text-based menus)
For anybody seeking drop-in Clonezilla support / interoperability, I have forked Redo Rescue (back when it was called Redo Backup and Recovery and was abandoned for 7 years) into a new application called Rescuezilla
The user-experience between Rescuezilla and Redo Rescue is largely the same (both applications build upon the same base so maintain the easy-to-use wizard design). It's possible for advanced users to backup drives using Clonezilla (optionally using the Clonezilla "expert mode" options such as changing compression and partitioning tool) and then restore using Rescuezilla's easy-to-use interface. You can also backup using Rescuezilla and restore using Clonezilla if you'd like.
Rescuezilla does not yet support restoring the Redo Rescue image format, but this feature will eventually be implemented: I have already put a lot of work into unify all the features and backup formats from all versions of the Redo application into Rescuezilla, and I hope to continue this process.
Reply written over 1 year ago
Update June 2021: Rescuezilla now has full support for images created by Redo Rescue images (but the focus remains the industry-standard Clonezilla).
Reply written 8 months ago
I've used REDO for many years. 2 Linux rescues and 1 windows rescue.
Redo Rescue provides an elegant, intuitive interface that makes creating and restoring from backup images easy for anyone.
I have been an avid Clonezilla fan. I recently tried Rescuezilla as of 8-10-21 and would copy my nvme drive fine. Everytime I would restore it would give me errors on a partition that was checked and verified. Then tried it on Clonezilla same issue.
I then tried Redo Rescue copied and was able to reimage without a hitch. Thank You Redo. Redo did what Rescue and Clone could not do.
Hmm. Which operating system were you doing backup/restore of?
And you made a fresh backup using Clonezilla and it exhibited the exact same error? Or were you restoring the exact same Rescuezilla backup using Clonezilla?
Please let me know the answers so I can determine the issue and resolve it in case other users ever experience the same issue.
I am aware that Rescuezilla v2.2 and earlier differs from Redo Rescue in handling of disks with filesystem inconsistencies or read errors (see https://github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla/issues/237), as unlike Clonezilla/Rescuezilla, Redo uses the "--force" option which ignores many otherwise fatal errors. Also Clonezilla/Rescuezilla have advanced support for LVM-based operating systems like CentOS. The powerful feature means greater complexity, and corner cases which you may be encountering.
Reply written 5 months ago
Update December 2021: Rescuezilla v2.3 has introduced a "Rescue" option (currently on the confirmation page) that should match the behavior of Redo Rescue by enabling partclone's "--force" option to ignore filesystem inconsistencies. It also enables partclone's "--rescue" option to ignore disk read errors.
It's a dangerous option that I am not comfortable enabling BY DEFAULT. For a deeper discussion, see: https://github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla/issues/237
Reply written about 1 month ago
I needed to clone the contents of a drive to a new SSD. I was able to make a copy of the existing old hdd to my backup system and then clone that to the new drive and put the new drive back into a laptop. It worked perfectly! This is an excellent means of backing up a computer. I would highly recommend for new users as it is extremely user friendly.
Best bootable drive backup/restore program i have seen.
Pretty sexy and idiot proof! It's basically a sleek looking Clonezilla with a few less features, but waaaay better UX. Now I'm sad I only image my PCs once a year and I can't use Redo more often :D