Best Application to Backup / Restore Entire Ubuntu System ?

[Jatin]

Steve wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:02:55 -0000, Jozsef <jzfk9 at aol.com> wrote:
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>> On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 11:48 +0000, Steve wrote:
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>>> On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:32:08 -0000, Jozsef <jzfk9 at aol.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 16:47 +0530, Swapnil Jain wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> i use mkcdrec, its a very good tool, creates a complete bootable  
>>>>>           
>>> backup
>>>       
>>>>> image on USB Flash disk, cdrom, dvdrom or a iso file to burn on disk.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Swapnil Jain
>>>>> Indore, India
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Did you try to restore your system from such kind of backup? And if  
>>>>         
>>> yes,
>>>       
>>>> was it successful?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> A very good question!  How many people actually test their backups?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Steve
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>>>       
>> It's very easy to clone your HDD or partitions with Clonezilla, for
>> example, but when you try to restore it and use it - it's not that good.
>> That's why I'm asking because if I only have a nice backup - that's only
>> half a way and it doesn't makes me feel I'm fine :)
>>
>>
>>     
> I most admit I’ve been guilty of not checking to see if the backups work  
> OK, only to discover later that some directory wasn’t getting backed up.   
> Normally the one with the data that’s needed right now!
>
>   
Thanks Everyone who have responded with valuable inputs. I wanted to 
know one more thing as well. In ubuntu all the user related data is 
stored in the /home folder. If i want to take backup of all the files in 
this folder and all its sub-folders on a daily basis is it possible to 
do using the applications that have been suggested so far. If not please 
let me know which one should i use.

Thanks
Jatin