Thanks for the reply, I went ahead and downloaded the trial version for now. Do I just backup my install drive, or do i need to backup EFI or something else?
Greetings -- Clonezilla looks to be a solid option, and free.
Ultimately, depending on how 'locked down' your config with Clover is, I'd start with atleast ensuring your system drive is entirely backed-up and go from there. I don't currently backup my EFI partition, but I also don't modify it as frequently as I do my system/primary drive. For that, I simply do a complete backup every 24 hours -> external drive with 'Safety Net' on (for cache of modified/deleted files), which ensures a bootable external drive.
You could consider mounting and backing-up your EFI partition, but I don't know the specifics of how to do that. Seems like something you'd back up once you got things locked-down, though, and maybe not a routine back-up. Just thoughts, here.
One thing I truly dig about CCC is the flexibility, reliability, and consistency. It's easy to set up profiles and, unlike some other backup software(s) -- I've used several and own licenses accordingly -- I found the interface to be quite intuitive and it delivers a reliable, bootable backup quite easily. Restoration was just as easy as creating a backup profile, just in reverse (essentially).
Good luck, man! Sorry for the slow reply, here -- didn't get an alert for your response, strangely!
Best
J