
#BALENAETCHER ERASE INSTALL#
It will not install anything to your hard drive, and you decide which hard drive to save backup images.

Enjoy!Īfter using Rescuezilla for a while, please consider giving the project a like on AlternativeTo so that more people can discover it! :-)Īfter the USB boots, you will have a mini operating system loaded into memory which will launch Rescuezilla. To boot from the USB, you may need to repeatedly press a key such as F8 or F12 while your computer is starting up. Rescuezilla does not run from inside Windows or any other operating system because it is one ! You must restart your computer with the USB inserted in order to use Rescuezilla. This step will completely erase any data on your USB stick. But the most important thing to make sure you look up any potential issues you may encounter with the distro you want. However, if you want to be on the safe side and/or your machine doesnt not detect it, you will need to erase and reformat it. You'll need to write the image to a USB drive using a program such as balenaEtcher which works on Windows, Mac and Linux. Technically yes, it will erase anything currently on the drive and replace it with new iso. Please note that all data on this disk will be erased, so please ensure.

Ensure that you are selecting the correct target drive. Then use a program such as balenaEtcher to flash the recovery.img file to. Note: balenaEtcher will completely erase the selected drive. Download the latest stable 64-bit version of Rescuezilla: rescuezilla-2.4. (recommended).Ĭheckout the Rescuezilla GitHub release page for information about what's new, backwards compatibility, and any bug advisories. We recommend using balenaEtcher for flashing OS images to SD cards or USB sticks. If its your first time flashing the board (or youre okay with deleting all.
