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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thanks a lot Bas. I need to digest and try doing what is suggested in these Forums. Will get back to you ASAP.<br><br>Ramesh<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: basroufs@gmail.com<br>To: kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<br>Subject: Re: External Backup Disk Drive<br>Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 16:16:19 +0200<br><br>
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<p style="text-indent:0px;">Hello again, Ramesh,</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;"> </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">First of all, I DID receive the screen shots you have sent the reply to my </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">previous mail. </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;"> </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">From your reply, I get that your system does not yet recognise your external </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">HD as an external HD. Now, I remember, I had a similar problem when I was </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">trying to get on the way with my own 2 TB external HD. </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">On the other hand, you manage to find it via "lsusb".This is a good starting </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">point. Stay in the command line and follow the instructions of this page:</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;"> </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">http://superuser.com/questions/467170/how-do-i-mount-internal-hdds-in-ubuntu-via-the-command-line</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;"> </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">See also amongst others this one:</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;"> </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">If you need more info, go to Google and give in this search string:</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">mount external hdd Ubuntu command line</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">!! Take care of consulting pages not older than about one year!!</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;"> </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">Secondly, I need to slightly amend my own explanation on "Lucky Backup".</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;"> </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> Finally, one point of attention with respect to Lucky Backup. A few times, I</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> got back "old" files and folders from the external HD back to the laptop.</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> Later, I found out how to prevent this. I use the option "synchronise source</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> and destination.". The laptop, /home/user name, is the "source" in this case.</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> The external HD is the destination: /media/name-of-external-HD/user name. </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> One</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> of the "advanced" options I use, is this one: "delete files on the</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> destination". By doing so, I make sure I get the most recent files and</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> folders configuration on BOTH source AND destination.</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> In case you have to put back your files and folders to your laptop, after a</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> fresh install, simply use one time an option like "clone source to</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> destination". In that case, do NOT use the advanced option "delete files on</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">> the destination".</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;"> </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">If you want to avoid getting back old files and old folder structures, it is better to act as follows:</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;"> </p>
<ul style=""><li style="text-indent:0px;">start Lucky Backup in root mode and choose for the main option "backup source inside destination";</li>
<li style="text-indent:0px;">than go to ADVANCED > tab "command options";</li>
<li style="text-indent:0px;">inside the tab "command options", tick the first 4 boxes from the left, "Preserve .... special files";</li>
<li style="text-indent:0px;">stay in the same tab and tick the first 3 boxes from the right: "Delete ..... from the right";</li>
<li style="text-indent:0px;">still stay in the same tab and tick the box "Do NOT create extra directory";</li>
<li style="text-indent:0px;">now go to the tab "exclude", and tick ALL the boxes there;</li>
<li style="text-indent:0px;">stay in the same tab and check via the button "validate;</li>
<li style="text-indent:0px;">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="text-indent:0px;">after the process, check the result via the command line file manager "Midnight Commander" via the command "sudo mc";</li>
<li style="text-indent:0px;">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="text-indent:0px;">you can find your external disk via /media;</li>
<li style="text-indent:0px;">if you do not have Midnight Commander, install it via' sudo apt-get install mc';</li>
<li style="text-indent:0px;">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>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">Good luck. My next possibility to get back to you at this forum is probably tomorrow.</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;"> </p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">Respectfully yours,</p>
<p style="text-indent:0px;">Bas Roufs.</p>
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