[SOLVED] Clonezilla doesn't see my os partition anymore

I used to use clonezilla all the time to make images of the partitions on my laptop's hard drive. I'm not 100% positive that this incarnation of my os partition has been visible to clonezilla, because I just rebuilt everything not that long ago. I do know that I just spent a few days trying to get clonezilla to boot from the grub menu, thanks to all those of you who helped me accomplish this! I finally got clonezilla to boot and then, like a slap across my face, I can't see my os partition to choose it as the source drive. I've gotten the impression in the past that anyone with any sense does not resort to using clonezilla. But now it's a matter of principle with me. I've invested too much time to just give in and use dd.

Can anyone explain why clonezilla doesn't see my os partition, which is completely available to other apps, like gparted and disks? I've tried 2 different versions of clonezilla. I'll try a few more while I wait for a response to this thread.

Thanks for all of your help!