i reinstalled ubuntu today...

[bodyharvester]

i had made 3 backups, just to be safe ;), but i get an error when i try to restore my data :'(

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Thu Sep 24 20:38:02 2009: Starting restore operation from '/media/Local Disk/backup'

Thu Sep 24 20:38:02 2009: Restoring files.
Error: [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/media/Local Disk/backup/home/joseph/.gconf/apps/gedit-2/plugins/filebrowser/%gconf.xml'
rdiff-backup version: 1.2.7
Pybackpack version: 0.5.6
Please e-mail the contents of this text box to:andy@***********.me.ukThu Sep 24 20:38:53 2009: An error occurred whilst restoring from '/media/Local Disk/backup'.i reinstalled because for the past month ive been unable to get sound out of my browsers. and yes im emailing it. now ive got to reinstall origami/F@H.

thankfully, there is very little to do to get Ubuntu back the way it was, the biggest loss is that i now feel really guilty for only seeding around half of the 30GB torrents

[dragos240]

There is ALWAYS a way. A better way to backup things in my honest opinion, is dd. It ALWAYS works :)

[speedwell68]

I have recently started using Pybackpack. I think I'll go back to the old fashioned way of copying the stuff I want to back up directly to an external hard drive.