<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"> <html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css"> p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } </style></head><body style=" font-family:'Ubuntu'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;"> Hello again, Ramesh, First of all, I DID receive the screen shots you have sent the reply to my previous mail. From your reply, I get that your system does not yet recognise your external HD as an external HD. Now, I remember, I had a similar problem when I was trying to get on the way with my own 2 TB external HD. On the other hand, you manage to find it via "lsusb".This is a good starting point. Stay in the command line and follow the instructions of this page: http://superuser.com/questions/467170/how-do-i-mount-internal-hdds-in-ubuntu-via-the-command-line See also amongst others this one: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB If you need more info, go to Google and give in this search string: mount external hdd Ubuntu command line !! Take care of consulting pages not older than about one year!! Secondly, I need to slightly amend my own explanation on "Lucky Backup". > Finally, one point of attention with respect to Lucky Backup. A few times, I > got back "old" files and folders from the external HD back to the laptop. > Later, I found out how to prevent this. I use the option "synchronise source > and destination.". The laptop, /home/user name, is the "source" in this case. > The external HD is the destination: /media/name-of-external-HD/user name. > One > of the "advanced" options I use, is this one: "delete files on the > destination". By doing so, I make sure I get the most recent files and > folders configuration on BOTH source AND destination. > In case you have to put back your files and folders to your laptop, after a > fresh install, simply use one time an option like "clone source to > destination". In that case, do NOT use the advanced option "delete files on > the destination". If you want to avoid getting back old files and old folder structures, it is better to act as follows: <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; -qt-list-indent: 1;"><li style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">start Lucky Backup in root mode and choose for the main option "backup source inside destination";</li> <li style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">than go to ADVANCED > tab "command options";</li> <li style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">inside the tab "command options", tick the first 4 boxes from the left, "Preserve .... special files";</li> <li style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">stay in the same tab and tick the first 3 boxes from the right: "Delete ..... from the right";</li> <li style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">still stay in the same tab and tick the box "Do NOT create extra directory";</li> <li style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">now go to the tab "exclude", and tick ALL the boxes there;</li> <li style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">stay in the same tab and check via the button "validate;</li> <li style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">when everything seems to be OK, press at the button "run" and give Lucky Backup the time to carry out it's job;</li> <li style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">after the process, check the result via the command line file manager "Midnight Commander" via the command "sudo mc";</li> <li style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">check both the computer and your external HD and remove the files/ folders you do not need any more on both sides;</li> <li style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">you can find your external disk via /media;</li> <li style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">if you do not have Midnight Commander, install it via' sudo apt-get install mc';</li> <li style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">repeat the backup process explained above as often as you want - at least once or twice a week, or even daily in case of very intense working days behind the PC. </li></ul> Good luck. My next possibility to get back to you at this forum is probably tomorrow. Respectfully yours, Bas Roufs. </body></html>