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It doesn't matter if it's a 60GB drive, it doesn't matter if it's a 120, 250, 500, or even 1GB in size, the computer itself cannot "see" more than the size of the drive that's been partitioned on it with Unetbootin and the drive image (the ISO) that you write to it. When you write that image to the external drive, that "drive" becomes 138MB in size, period. I just checked and what that means is the Clonezilla ISO (clonezilla-live-20101130-maverick.iso is the latest) is 138MB in size. The problem you're having is two-fold, so pay attention:ġ) When Unetbootin writes that ISO image to that external USB drive, that drive from that point on is seen only as an externally attached drive that is exactly the size of the ISO you wrote to it and nothing more. Who makes the hard drive (the external USB one)? If it's made by Western Digital or Seagate (or Maxtor), those companies offer a free version of Acronis True Image which is pretty much superior to just "backing up" data and perfect for doing such a bit-for-bit system image (where the entire hard drive is backed up to a single or multiple image files, everything - that means hidden partitions as well).Īlso, if the hard drive inside the Netbook is made by any of those that works too, obviously, and you'd be able to run it from either a) the Windows-based version of True Image (where you can image the system live, in real-time, with Windows actually running, to any external drives or even across a network) or b) by having True Image reboot the machine and then run from a DOS-environment. Īlso, I can't use Windows 7's built-in backing up features as they don't support backing up hidden partitions. I'm using a USB drive and not CD/DVDs as the netbook that needs to be backed up doesn't have an optical drive. I also indicated my USB Hard Drive as a 'USB Drive' in the list, and not 'Hard Disk'. Please note that in UNetbootin, I had to check 'Show all drives (use with care' option to see my USB Hard Drive's letter in the list. Ĥ) I restart my computer and try to boot from the USB Hard Drive.

Ĥ) UNetbootin now says that my USB Hard Drive is 'bootable'. ģ) I run UNetbootin, select the ISO file, and indicate the drive letter of my USB Hard Drive, and start the procedure.

Ģ) I download the CloneZilla ISO image (or the Linux image from Macrium Reflect - procedure is same for both) which are bootable CD images. ġ) I format the said USB Hard Drive to FAT32. I can't get this step done for some reason. Īnyways, (long story short) I'm trying to make a USB Hard Drive I have (a 2.5" internal 80GB Hard Drive in a 2.5" enclosure) bootable, from which I can load a Linux based PE to create backup images, etc. Well if you've read my last few threads then you know that I'm trying to create a backup disk image of a netbook I recently received.