Redo Rescue Explained

Redo Rescue
Developer:	Zebradots Software
Latest Release Version:	4.0.0
Operating System:	An included version of Linux (Live OS)
Language:	English
Genre:	Disaster recovery
License:	GNU General Public License
Discontinued:	yes

Redo Rescue, formerly Redo Backup and Recovery, is a free backup and disaster recovery software. It runs from a live CD, a bootable Linux CD image, features a GUI that is a front end to the Partclone command line utility, and is capable of bare-metal backup and recovery of disk partitions. It can use external hard drives and network shares.

After a long period of inactivity since 2012, the project has been resumed in 2020 adopting a shorter name: Redo Rescue.

In addition to backup software, the disk includes additional supporting programs such as:

• baobab
• chntpw
• cryptsetup
• drivereset
• Chromium
• fsarchiver
• geany
• gnome-disk-utility
• gparted
• grsync
• hdparm
• lshw-gtk
• partclone
• partimage
• photorec
• rsync
• scp
• smartctl
• ssh
• testdisk

Rescuezilla

In 2019, while the project was inactive, it was forked^[1] and many long-standing bugs were fixed,^[2] to create Rescuezilla^[3] based on Debian, later based on Ubuntu.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} Rescuezilla 2.5 is described as Clonezilla with a GUI.^[8]

See also

• List of data recovery software
• Disk cloning
• List of disk cloning software

External links

• http://redorescue.com/
• https://github.com/redobackup/redobackup
  • Archived 2018-08-10 version of the earlier official website

The earlier official website now redirects to an advertising site

Notes and References

1. https://github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla
2. https://github.com/redobackup/redobackup
3. https://rescuezilla.com Rescuezilla website
4. Web site: Proven . Liam . System recovery solution Rescuezilla 2.4 released . 2022-08-13 . www.theregister.com . en.
5. https://www.linux.org/threads/rescuezilla-system-recovery-tools.48828/
6. https://linuxiac.com/rescuezilla-2-5-launches-with-enhanced-btrfs-support/
7. https://9to5linux.com/rescuezilla-2-5-system-recovery-distro-is-out-now-based-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts
8. Web site: Proven . Liam . Put Rescuezilla 2.5 on a bootable key – before you need it: Sort of a FOSS Norton Ghost, now updated to Ubuntu 24.04 base . . en.