Re: How to Back Up Win Box for Linux Install

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Author: der.hans
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: How to Back Up Win Box for Linux Install
Am 26. May, 2005 schwätzte G Gambill so:

> I have a Win 2K laptop with USB.
>
> I also have a large external USB drive that is recognized and mounted with
> ubuntu live.
>
> I would like to backup the Win drive is such a way that I could reinstall
> from the backup just incase.


In addition to partition mechanisms like dd and partition imager you
might consider something that'll work at the filesystem level.

amanda claims to backup and restore m$ stuff. Others like mondo might as
well.

Also see ddrescue if you're having disk problems.

partimage-server - server to use partimage across a network

ciao,

der.hans
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