07-02-2015, 02:26 PM
I voted Systemback. I have been using it successfully for several months to create live-usb versions of my system (including user data) which I then use to set up other computers. I have not yet tried to use it to restore a system on the same computer for which a backup was made. But knowing that I have a live-usb version seems to me a step of confidence above a normal backup. If the error is so great that the system cannot be booted, then would not Timeshift would have a problem? (how would you boot up and how then restore?)