[LUNI] [OT] Backup windows 7 to Rescue the user!

[Mark Stuart Burge]

The method depends on whether you need to back up the entire windows 7 
partition, or if you just need data.

I would recommend doing a clonezilla image to the SMB share first, so 
you have a nice compressed backup you can recover from if it all goes 
pear shaped.
Then copy the necessary data, from C:\users as well as any driver 
folders you may want.
You can do all that using partedmagic live cd and clonezilla live cd (or 
I would recommend building a nice usb tool using both of those from the 
pendrivelinux site. You can make a partedmagic live usb drive that also 
gives you clonezilla at the boot prompt.

DD is nice, and will hopefully copy everything in one swift move, 
however, DD will copy the whole partition, so if it is a 250GB 
partition, you have filled your share with 250GB of nothing. (correct me 
if I am wrong anyone?)


On 12/22/2010 09:56 PM, Craig Van Tassle wrote:
> I'm trying to find a good way to backup a Windows 7 to a NFS/Samba
> share. But I also need a way to access the files as needed. Does anyone
> have a good way to do that?
>
> After this is done I will be rescuing the system from Windows and
> moving the user over to ubuntu.
>
> Thanks.
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