[ubuntu-uk] Backing Up Ubuntu

[Jai Harrison]

Hey,

I have an external 1 terabyte HDD and would like to back up my Ubuntu
system onto it for easy restoration later if I accidentally wipe the
internal drive or it fails. Unfortunately my external HDD is using
NTFS format (because I would like to be able to allow Windows users to
access the drive whilst also storing >4gig files making fat32
impossible).

My question is is there a way I can back up my entire system onto an
NTFS system understanding that it doesn't support Unix permissions or
filenames (a lot of characters are illegal on NTFS). Or will I have to
resize my NTFS partition on the external drive and create an ext3 on
alongside it for storage?

Jai