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<h2 id="common-uses">Common uses</h2> <p>Some common uses for Partimage are as follows.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Backup/ldV72CkU">Backup</a> of individual disk partitions. <a href="/facts/Volume_(computing)/g94wpmdC">volume</a> backups are very useful for recovery in the case of a disk failure or data corruption.</li> <li>Large-scale operating system deployment. Organizations with multiple, similar computer systems may use Partimage or similar utilities to ease the process of <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> and software provisioning.</li></ul> <h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>For <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a> users, Partimage includes experimental support for <a href="/facts/NTFS/dryNM3BK">NTFS</a>. Partimage supports most common Linux <a href="/facts/File_systems/FdPm90uc">file systems</a>, and can be found in many <a href="/facts/Linux_distribution/0vVl4N4f">Linux distributions</a>, including <a href="/facts/Debian/cBd93qfJ">Debian</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> and the <a href="/facts/Live_CD/J4bpHUs1">live distros</a> PING,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Knoppix/BkrEUxHC">Knoppix</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/SystemRescueCD/JFsSwMhH">SystemRescueCD</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>Other notable features include <a href="/facts/Data_compression/gMFuY4FT">compression</a> of disk image files, support for backup/restore from a network file server and data <a href="/facts/Encryption/16q29Fdv">encryption</a>. </p><p>Partimage uses <a href="/facts/Newt_(programming_library)/2Wg3JbCo">Newt</a> for its GUI. </p><p>Partimage is limited to cloning partitions that have supported filesystem types. This includes <a href="/facts/Ext2/ftyVw4Kv">Ext2</a>, <a href="/facts/Ext3/VSEhX1WQ">Ext3</a>, <a href="/facts/Reiserfs/aGg9PTtk">Reiserfs</a>, <a href="/facts/FAT12/uFvpmWxa">FAT12</a>, <a href="/facts/FAT16/uFvpmWxa">FAT16</a>, <a href="/facts/FAT16B/uFvpmWxa">FAT16B</a>, <a href="/facts/FAT32/uFvpmWxa">FAT32</a>, <a href="/facts/High_Performance_File_System/dz2Vgek4">HPFS</a>, <a href="/facts/JFS_(file_system)/bmJLqaP8">JFS</a>, <a href="/facts/Xfs/2I4Wn5wG">Xfs</a>, <a href="/facts/Unix_file_system/qWU9Tlnh">UFS</a>, <a href="/facts/Hierarchical_File_System_(Apple)/FVv6r1pe">HFS</a> and <a href="/facts/NTFS/dryNM3BK">NTFS</a>. Partimage does NOT support <a href="/facts/Ext4/zFbQRpsh">Ext4</a> and <a href="/facts/Btrfs/lPwmXVJ6">Btrfs</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_disk_cloning_software/detNAb59">List of disk cloning software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Partclone/34jKatc0">Partclone</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Clonezilla/IHU6dqVY">Clonezilla</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/FSArchiver/bJ54JLmB">FSArchiver</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.partimage.org/">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"FSArchiver - Comparison with partimage". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2014-09-27. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151208100808/http://www.fsarchiver.org/Fsarchiver_vs_partimage" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151208100808/http://www.fsarchiver.org/Fsarchiver_vs_partimage</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Backup and Restore Linux Partitions Using Partimage – Debian Admin <a href="http://www.debianadmin.com/backup-and-restore-linux-partitions-using-partimage.html" target="_blank">http://www.debianadmin.com/backup-and-restore-linux-partitions-using-partimage.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Details of package partimage in sid". packages.debian.org. Retrieved 2024-05-28. <a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/partimage" target="_blank">https://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/partimage</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>PING Partimage <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060223015135/http://ping.windowsdream.com/ping/download.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20060223015135/http://ping.windowsdream.com/ping/download.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Knoppix Partimage". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2016-07-25. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110613155510/http://www.kernel.org/pub/dist/knoppix/packages.txt" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110613155510/http://www.kernel.org/pub/dist/knoppix/packages.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>SystemRescueCD Partimage <a href="http://www.sysresccd.org/Detailed-packages-list" target="_blank">http://www.sysresccd.org/Detailed-packages-list</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Main Page - Partimage". www.partimage.org. Archived from the original on 5 April 2006. Retrieved 6 June 2022. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060405003353/http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page#Limitations" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20060405003353/http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page#Limitations</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>