I don't believe that Clonezilla (or any other cloning software) does things differently when cloning disk-to-image vs disk-to-disk which is why I contend that it isn't any safer to do it one way or the other. In either case, the original source drive should remain unaltered. Anything that could possibly go wrong during a disk-to-disk clone operation has the exact same possibility of happening during the disk-to-image clone.
You may feel it is an extra margin or layer of safety but it really isn't. I'm glad you finally admitted that either method is fine, in the past it has been you attacking me for suggesting the direct method and trying to convince others that the image method was safer and that they were somehow putting their data at risk unless the image method was used.
I've had good results using both methods, the image method takes about twice as long but does result in a saved backup (you can never have too many backups).
You may feel it is an extra margin or layer of safety but it really isn't. I'm glad you finally admitted that either method is fine, in the past it has been you attacking me for suggesting the direct method and trying to convince others that the image method was safer and that they were somehow putting their data at risk unless the image method was used.
I've had good results using both methods, the image method takes about twice as long but does result in a saved backup (you can never have too many backups).
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