Does anyone have any recommendations for free/open-source drive imaging software?

I have come across Clonezilla and FOG.

I've yet to try out FOG, but Clonezilla is ridiculously unstable and doesn't seem to work properly.

Anyone have suggestions?

I'm going to try out FOG later today too, but figured I'd ask around to see what all everyone had to offer.

Thanks.

Bill

If FOG disappoints, you might consider just trolling the dealdump sites for awhile. This year I saw a Symantec bundle with Ghost for like 29.99. Yeah it sucks to pay, but your getting a reliable product.

I just tried out the Trinity Rescue Kit which actually has some really neat features that I'm going to need to explore a little more. It seemed pretty stable, but it doesn't do local disk-to-disk backups (that I could find). It does, however, have an option for disk-to-disk over the network and requires 2 CDs and a different boot option in the receiving system. I'm going to try that out when I get a chance.

For now I'm still looking for something that will clone to a drive I have connected via USB. My next try is going to be with PING.

Jimbob, specifically I'm looking for something that has the ability to clone a drive (completely.. programs, registry, etc). I would like to be able to plug-in an external drive (or drive-to-usb device) and be able to clone the local drive. Then obviously have the ability to boot this new clone. Exactly what Clonezilla says it does, but something that works

If you go the dd or dcfldd route, check the free tool from cert/cc for booting a dd image

http://liveview.sourceforge.net/

In our forensic lab at work we use the dcfldd tool form the Helix live cd for imaging an entire drive. Using dcfldd works fine for cloning a drive to an external USB hard drive.

We also use what oleDB mentioned, liveview for booting the image.

All these tools are free so that's why we use it. Our budget is limited.