Backup and Restore

[Fred Roller]

kate wrote:
> Home user backup and restore dose not backup the whole hard drive or
> files, for example I have 3 gig of files when using the programs
> described they only backup 200 mb of data.
>
> There is a program called ghost 12 for windows xp which backs up all
> files and directories, data to a external hard drive or any other
> recordable media that is on the market.
>
> With Ubuntu I have tried the two programs that work in terminal and the
> graphic home user backup and restore, also simple backup config and all
> these programs only back up part of the hard drive not the entire
> operating system.
>
> With ghost 12 it backs up the whole system and returns it to new, ghost
> 12 is a bit messy to use but dose the trick.
>
> With Ubuntu is there a program that will back up the whole operating
> system and restore it the present condition as it was when backed up.
>
> All the back up programs in Ubuntu only save a small proportion of the
> data, I have tried setting the programs to save all the directories,
> tried every setting possible and only can save a small parts of the
> program.
>
> Also with the dump command it treats the hard drive as a tape storage
> device in the sense that it only stores data on the hard drive and
> erases the rest plus other problems as well.
>
>
>
> Thanks Katie
>
>
>   
You have a thread started on this already and several good responses and 
suggestions.  Please respond in that thread and not hijack this one.  If 
you are having trouble with the suggestions provided in your original 
thread then send the details, in the original thread, so that we can 
best help you.

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Fred
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