<s>
Partimage	B-Application
is	O
a	O
disk	B-Application
cloning	I-Application
utility	O
for	O
Linux/UNIX	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Partimage	B-Application
can	O
save	O
partitions	B-Application
in	O
many	O
formats	O
to	O
a	O
disk	B-Application
image	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Utilities	O
such	O
as	O
Partimage	B-Application
are	O
useful	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
situations	O
which	O
are	O
commonly	O
encountered	O
by	O
network	O
administrators	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
advanced	O
computer	O
users	O
who	O
maintain	O
their	O
own	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
stable	O
release	O
was	O
in	O
2010	O
;	O
since	O
then	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
Partimage	B-Application
's	O
authors	O
has	O
worked	O
on	O
FSArchiver	B-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
broader	O
functionality	O
than	O
Partimage	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
common	O
uses	O
for	O
Partimage	B-Application
are	O
as	O
follows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Backup	B-Protocol
of	O
individual	O
disk	B-Application
partitions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
volume	B-Application
backups	B-Protocol
are	O
very	O
useful	O
for	O
recovery	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
a	O
disk	O
failure	O
or	O
data	O
corruption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large-scale	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
deployment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Organizations	O
with	O
multiple	O
,	O
similar	O
computer	O
systems	O
may	O
use	O
Partimage	B-Application
or	O
similar	O
utilities	O
to	O
ease	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
and	O
software	O
provisioning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Windows	B-Application
users	O
,	O
Partimage	B-Application
includes	O
experimental	O
support	O
for	O
NTFS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Partimage	B-Application
supports	O
most	O
common	O
Linux	B-Application
file	B-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
including	O
Debian	O
and	O
the	O
live	O
distros	O
PING	O
,	O
Knoppix	O
and	O
SystemRescueCD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
notable	O
features	O
include	O
compression	B-General_Concept
of	O
disk	B-Application
image	I-Application
files	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
backup/restore	O
from	O
a	O
network	O
file	O
server	O
and	O
data	O
encryption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Partimage	B-Application
uses	O
Newt	B-Language
for	O
its	O
GUI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Partimage	B-Application
is	O
limited	O
to	O
cloning	O
partitions	B-Application
that	O
have	O
supported	O
filesystem	B-Application
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
Ext2	B-Application
,	O
Ext3	B-Application
,	O
Reiserfs	B-Application
,	O
FAT12	B-Application
,	O
FAT16	B-Application
,	O
FAT16B	B-Application
,	O
FAT32	B-Application
,	O
HPFS	B-Application
,	O
JFS	B-Application
,	O
Xfs	B-Application
,	O
UFS	B-Operating_System
,	O
HFS	B-Application
and	O
NTFS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
