disk clone

Have you tried Ghost4Linux - http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l ?

Hello

you can use gparted live cd

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Also refer

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem#From%20the%20command%20line

Regards

Hello Bhavani,

Thanks very much for taking the time to answer my question.

Since I am not very intelligent, I expected some kind of simple GUI program
where I would click on clone and clone my Unbutu drive to a blank internal
hard drive.

Would you be so kind as to explain in a few words (just to put me on the
right track) how gparted is installed (can I do it through the Synaptic) and
just an idea of how it works.

Thanks very much, jean

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> you can use gparted live cd
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> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
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> Also refer
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> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem#From%20the%20command%20line
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Hello Saša,

Thanks very much. I was looking for something that I can easily install, and
with a simple GUI interface.

Thanks again very much, jean

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I'm not sure if 'sbackup' has clone option, but as far GUI is concerned, I think it's the best backup application for beginners. For more info check this out - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/SimpleBackupSuite

Hello Saša ,

I am new to Ubuntu but I know MS Windows well, and am used to performing
backup clones for the simple reason that in case of a crash, I want not only
my data but the zillion program files, patches, etc that I have installed
over the years.

Let me ask my question another way. I would like to perform a backup in such
a way that if and when I restore after a hard drive crash, I restore not
only my data but also everything that I configured, downloaded and installed
in Ubuntu; in other terms, if I have a crash, I would like to:
1- reinstall Ubuntu from the Ubuntu ISO one can download from the internet
2- perform some kind of "restore" procedure which would *restore everything
*(all the tarballs, packages, drivers, etc installed, everything I
configured in Ubuntu, including the NVIDIA display drivers and configuration
programs which took a long time to understand).

In other words, what should I back up to insure that apart from the Ubuntu
standard installation CD, I have everything to bring me back where I was.

Thanks again very much. Your kind help is greatly appreciated. jean

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> I'm not sure if 'sbackup' has clone option, but as far GUI is concerned,
> I think it's the best backup application for beginners. For more info
> check this out -
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/SimpleBackupSuite
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As I mentioned before, Jean, I think the best tool for backing up entire Ubuntu filesystem is Ghost4Linux (http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l).

Download ISO image (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=119810&package_id=130506&release_id=611816), burn it with any burning application (K3B, Nero...) and then boot your computer from that CD.

If you follow the wizard's instructions, you'll be able to backup your Ubuntu filesystem to another partition (or image) in very short time. If you get stuck, check out the G4L documentation (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=119810&package_id=154046&release_id=331790).

Hope this will help you.

Hello Saša, I have a x64 system; G4L appears to come in i386 version only.
thanks again, jean

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> Your question #40492 on Ubuntu changed:
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>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Saša Teković proposed the following answer:
> As I mentioned before, Jean, I think the best tool for backing up entire
> Ubuntu filesystem is Ghost4Linux (http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l).
>
> Download ISO image
> (
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=119810&package_id=130506&release_id=611816
> ),
> burn it with any burning application (K3B, Nero...) and then boot your
> computer from that CD.
>
> If you follow the wizard's instructions, you'll be able to backup your
> Ubuntu filesystem to another partition (or image) in very short time. If
> you get stuck, check out the G4L documentation
> (
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=119810&package_id=154046&release_id=331790
> ).
>
> Hope this will help you.
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i think partimage can help your need.

You can just clone your partition and save it to a disk so that you can restore the whole partition later.

Get further information here

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/partimage

Advantages of partimages are

It will backup only used space.
You can even backup boot partition's.

If you want to backup your installation then you should unmount your installation partition.

So do this using a livecd.

Thanks Saša Teković, that solved my question.