How do I clone a dual boot ubuntu system???

[Nuticulus]

Hi,

My laptop has a Vista partition and an Ubuntu partition. I have several applications that used to work on Vista, but I suspect that some trivial change might have caused them to stop working, so I want to restore the Vista installation using the provided disks. Will this affect (i.e. wipe) the partition with Ubuntu? Also, is there some way that I can make a custom liveCD that will install Ubuntu as I have set it up, if the Vista reset does mess things up?

Thanks in advance...

[logos34]

is there some way that I can make a custom liveCD that will install Ubuntu as I have set it up, if the Vista reset does mess things up?

There is something called Remastersys (http://www.ubuntugeek.com/creating-custom-ubuntu-live-cd-with-remastersys.html) (cd/dvd)...You could also just make an backup image of ubuntu with Partimage on the ubuntu live cd, or using Clonezilla live cd/usb.

[Nuticulus]

I tried Remastersys but when I tried to run the LiveCD it froze with a hashed-up looking ubuntu logo on both sides of the screen. With Partimage, which partition do I save? The main one, the linux-swap, or both?

[logos34]

With Partimage, which partition do I save? The main one, the linux-swap, or both?

Just /, the system partition.

[Nuticulus]

Assuming the Vista reset deletes my Ubuntu partition, how should I go about reinstalling my Ubuntu image?

[logos34]

just use the live cd to start up partimage, point it to the target partition and restore the image...its all explained in the documentation