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

[Fabian Dost]

hi everyone,

I also have a software recommendation. for a long time, I use "Déjà Dup".
https://launchpad.net/deja-dup
It is very easy to use and never failed :)

cu,
fabdo





Am 03.12.2011 06:35, schrieb 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.
>