How to Backup Ubuntu Mate System (whole drive & partitions) and restore easily?

[pappl1978]

Hi,
i’ve installed Ubuntu Mate 18.04 on my Dell XPS laptop and had to do some tweaks to make it run fine with my USB-C dock attached.
If anything major breaks, i don’t want to do a fresh install and run through all the annoying settings, installs and tweaks anymore.
The included Ubuntu Mate Backup tool only supports single folders, but no partitions or whole drives.
Now I’d like to create a 1:1 image backup of the whole system (all partitions) and recover easily if anyhing breaks.
I don’t store personal files on my system drive, so i’d like to create a usb-live backup, which can be installed like a fresh Ubuntu Mate USB install, but with all my tweaks and custom settings.

Any easy solution out there?
P.S: I’m a linux newby with medium terminal knowledge.
P.P.S: For some reason Ubuntu Mate works much more stable than standard Ubuntu on Dell XPS 13 9350.

Thanks in advance,

pappl

[Bernie]

Pinguy builder is supposed to be able to do something like that but I can’t seem to get it to create an iso so idk maybe give it a try but that’s the only easy one I know of

[Watford]

Is this an answer ?

Duplicate your Ubuntu MATE installation

Introduction If your disk drive is acting a little funky, or if the thing it’s on has only a leg left to stand on, it is very easy to duplicate your install to another drive of equal or greater size without the use of utilities such as CloneZilla (which is still useful to have on-hand, but not entirely necessary for this). This doesn’t assume special circumstances. For automatically-mounted partitions defined in /etc/fstab, making all partitions not directly a part of your Ubuntu MATE installat…

[jaybo]

I use Clonezilla weekly for my Dell XPS laptop. It is fairly easy and runs quickly, especially if you do not have Windows installed on the same drive.