[xubuntu-users] Backup and restore to larger hard disk

[kelly]

On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:54:19 -0600
uteck <theuteck at gmail.com> wrote:

> Paragon site says it will do Linux EXT2 and 3 file-systems.  If your
> system was formated with EXT4, I think it may still work since 4 is
> supposed to be backwards compatible with 3 and 2, but I am not
> completely sure about how well third party cloning software will
> handle that. That is one of the issues with the Linux backup
> software, it tends to be too complex for most people.  I really like
> Clonezilla but the interface is not user friendly.
> 
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Alex <alexong2005 at yahoo.com.sg> wrote:
> 
> >  <theuteck at ...> writes:
> >
> > >
> > > On Friday, December 02, 2011 08:50:26 AM alex ong wrote:
> > > > My hard disk is running out of space for Xubuntu 10.10. Is
> > > > there a
> > software
> > > > to use so that I could backup and restore to a larger hard disk?
> > >
> > > You could just tar up your /home and then reinstall.  :)
> > >
> > > Clonezilla will make a backup of your disk then resize it for a
> > > larger
> > disk.
> > > It runs as from cd, so you swap in the new disk, then clone the
> > > old to
> > it.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Tried Clonezilla from Clonezilla website but it proves not so
> > simple. Along the
> > way I noticed errors and I don't know exactly what is wrong. Can
> > Paragon Backup
> > be used instead? I find it simplier and easy to use on Windows
> > system.
> >
> >
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> 

Actually, for a great and quite simple GUI backup, try Simple Linux
Backup ( http://simplelinuxbkup.sourceforge.net/ ).

Been using it for years and it has never failed me.

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