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    restore backup on ubuntu

    Hi,

    I have a Windows 7 backup image which I want to restore on Ubuntu. is that possible ? if not,how can I have whatever I have on Windows 7 to be on Ubuntu and then remove Windows ?

    Thanks fellows

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    Re: restore backup on ubuntu

    Are you talking about data or programs or both? Is this a backup of your whole Windows 7 partition?

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    Re: restore backup on ubuntu

    I'm talking about both.

    This is a backup of my whole Windows 7 partition.

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    Your data's fine but Windows programs won't work in Ubuntu unless you're using Wine. They can't be installed natively. Not really sure what you're getting at here. If you want to use Windows why not just restore your Windows to a partition of its own and run Windows? Ubuntu is Ubuntu which is a Linux operating system, not Windows ...

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    Re: restore backup on ubuntu

    I don't want to run Windows..all I want from my windows right now is the data. forget about the programs.

    How do I move all the data to Ubuntu and then remove Windows ?

    Sorry for my stupid questions,I'm a total newbie.

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    Re: restore backup on ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by wadie View Post
    ...How do I move all the data to Ubuntu and then remove Windows ?...
    Presuming that Ubuntu is installed on its own separate partition, do the following ...

    To migrate the data, open the MS Windows partition, and use a file Manager (e.g., Nautilus) to COPY the files from the Windows partition to the Ubuntu partition. Use COPY because after this is done, you want to CONFIRM that all the files are intact inside the Ubuntu partition. If you MOVE them and something goes wrong, you will have lost the files.

    To remove Windows, simply use the Disk Utility or GParted to remove the MS Windows partition. You can then create a data partition in its place and use that.

    However ... if you installed Ubuntu from INSIDE MS Windows using Wubi, you can do NONE of this -- because when you then remove Windows, you will also remove Ubuntu.
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    Re: restore backup on ubuntu

    I download Ubuntu the .iso and now I'll burn it to a DVD and install it by creating a partition. won't use webui.

    Everything else should go fine,else I'll just post here again.

    Thanks Mark.

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    Re: restore backup on ubuntu

    The most important question is what application did you use to make your Windows backup image.

    This will let us know whether or not it is possible to recover the data into Ubuntu.
    Cheesemill

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    Re: restore backup on ubuntu

    I used Windows built-in backup system

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    Re: restore backup on ubuntu

    In that case it's not going to be easy restoring the files into Ubuntu.

    Your backup is probably saved as a .vhd file which is a proprietary Microsoft file format. You have 2 options for getting at your data:

    Apparently it is possible to mount these files in Ubuntu but it means using the program vdfuse which isn't available through the Software Center, you will have to compile it from source code.

    The other option is to install VirtualBox, then install a Windows VM and set up file sharing, and then attach the vhd file as a secondary hard drive to the VM before extracting the files.
    Last edited by Cheesemill; April 20th, 2012 at 12:35 AM.
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