Backup & Restore of an entire Ubuntu system

Sat Aug 4 10:38:55 UTC 2007

Actually the weird issue is concerning the partitions... Seems like some 
information regarding them got corrupted. This means that I can safely 
boot into both systems, but when I try to access the HD using gparted 
(or Partition Magic from XP) there are no partitions shown.

(``-_-´´) -- Fernando schrieb:
> Why go to all that trouble?
> just delete the partition that has windows (with gparted or any other) from 
> you current Ubuntu install, and then either expand one of your partitions to 
> that free space, or create a new one to save your files there, when you run 
> out of space on your current partitions.
> I see no need to do a backup of everything. None the less, a backup of you 
> home, should be done before resizing your current partitions.

>> I have some weired issue on my dual-boot laptop installation (with XP
>> and Feisty) which I won't get into here; but since I don't need the XP
>> installation anymore, I decided to wipe the HD and repartition it using
>> a Live CD of Ubuntu.
>>
>> Is the following procedure feasible in my case?
>>
>> 1) Backup the Ubuntu system to an usb drive using 'rsync -avz /
>> /media/disk'
>>
>> 2) Boot the Live CD; delete the old partitions; create new ones
>>
>> 3) Now here I'm unsure: Does replacing the partitions remove the MBR of
>> the HD? If yes, how do I create a new one?
>>
>> 4) Restoring the system from USB drive
>>
>> 5) Updating GRUB
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