[NOTE: I have found Paragon Backup & Recovery tool to be better fit for me, and really like it: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/]
Steps for setting up Clonezilla an a USB thumb drive:
- go to http://tuxboot.org/download.php
- click Files on SourceForge
- download tuxboot*.exe (or other, depending on your currently booted OS)
- run tuxboot
- the defaults are good usually:
- clonezilla_live_stable chosen
- no Pre Downloaded images selected
- MD5 Check selected
- Type: USB
- Drive should be already the USB drive you have plugged in
- hit OK